Philanthropy 400 Special Report: Top Charities Appeal to Impatient, Policy-Minded Donors
The Chronicle’s 2017 ranking, drawn from IRS data and our exclusive survey results, unlocks a wealth of insights for fundraisers on how donors increasingly back nonprofits that promise solid returns and seek to influence policy.
Fidelity Charitable Tops United Way for 2nd Year in a Row in the Philanthropy 400
The donor-advised-fund manager leads a pack of similar organizations in the upper reaches of The Chronicle’s annual list of charities that raise the most from private sources.
Social-Service Groups Fight to Reverse a Slide in Donations
In the age of Trump, the United Way and others face the delicate task of ensuring that donors know and understand their missions and their importance.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
U. of Florida Spurs Big Gifts With a Sense of Urgency
A unique financial arrangement puts pledges to work immediately for endowed faculty. Plus: The university invites donors to help it solve major societal problems.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Digital Connection to Children Helps Compassion International Retain Donors
The international relief group makes a tech-savvy upgrade to the traditional pen-pal relationship between children and their sponsors.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
In a Time of Upheaval for Retailers, Strong Ties Pay Off for a Relief Charity
Delivering Good, formerly K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers, saw private support jump 63 percent in 2016.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
How the 2016 Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled
The results were compiled from Internal Revenue Service Form 990 filings, a survey sent to 520 tax-exempt organizations, annual reports, financial statements, and more.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips
Contributor
From the Philanthropy 400: Champions of Donated Goods
Charities that rely most on donated goods and services include the Task Force for Global Health, Good360, and a host of food banks and international relief organizations.
By Drew Lindsay and Peter Olsen-Phillips
From the Philanthropy 400: Wall Street Bonanza
See how much the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Charitable, and 168 other charities received in the form of stock gifts.
By Drew Lindsay and Peter Olsen-Phillips
From the Philanthropy 400: Who Got the Most Million-Dollar Gifts
The Smithsonian, the University of California at San Francisco, and several community foundations are among the leaders in big-donation fundraising. Five groups got more than 100 gifts of $1 million or more.
By Drew Lindsay and Peter Olsen-Phillips
Unicef Leader Takes Risks in Push Toward $1 Billion Goal
With an innovation lab, an eye on “customer service,” and market research on donors, CEO Caryl Stern has doubled revenue at Unicef USA.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Rodents Show Surprising Versatility to Help Fight Tuberculosis
A Dutch nonprofit first employed African giant-pouched rats to sniff out land mines; now they’re helping health officials move faster to identify carriers of TB.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Giving Days May Favor Big-Name Nonprofit Groups
Donors face too many choices when presented with lists of groups to support, so they tend to gravitate to organizations they already know, says a University of Memphis researcher.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
A Young Leader Pools Funds to Fight Anti-Muslim Bias
Kashif Shaikh’s Pillars Fund aims to support charities that are fighting bias against Islam — and to simply give back.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How to Get the $300 Billion More That Nonprofits Need to Make a Difference
By focusing on impact and results — and resisting mission creep — donors, foundations, trustees, and nonprofit executives can transform society.
By Kim Starkey Jonker
Contributor
Fixing Journalism’s Ability to Promote Civic Good Should Be the Focus of Philanthropic Giving
Low-income people, mulitracial neighborhoods, and others are losing access to the news they need to improve their communities.
By Josh Wilson
Contributor