GoFundMe Says $30 Billion Has Been Raised on Its Crowdfunding and Nonprofit Giving Platforms
The most common donation on GoFundMe is $50, and most fundraising campaigns raise money mostly from the personal networks of the people who started them, but there are exceptions.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Lisa Yang Gives $35 Million to Boost Global Wildlife Conservation
Plus, we report on big donations to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Monmouth College, and a new history museum in Wisconsin.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Nonprofit at the Heart of a Collision of Science, Politics, Business, and Big Philanthropy
The Everglades Foundation has been at the forefront of restoring the Florida wetlands for 30 years. Not everyone is on board with its environmental plans.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
St. George Corporation Gives $51 Million to Northwestern Medicine for a New Cancer Institute
Also, the Kansas Health Foundation will award $30 million to 30 grassroots organizations that advance racial health equity throughout the state, and Citi Foundation will give $25 million to develop and promote solutions to address homelessness.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Donor Chemistry: An $84 Million Gift to UPenn Sciences
Plus, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, McCombs School, CUNY’s journalism school, and Dickinson College all got big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Warning From the Gates Foundation: The Wealthy Must Give More
In an exclusive guest essay, CEO Mark Suzman calls on megadonors to change and deepen their giving to preserve hard-fought gains in health and prosperity.
By Mark Suzman
Contributor
Duke Endowment Awards $75 Million to 3 Universities in North and South Carolina
Also, the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $17.6 million to back programs for homeless New Yorkers with serious health needs, and the new Adobe Film & TV Fund will award $6 million to help filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds find careers in entertainment.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Dogs, Octopuses, and Cash: Two TikTok Fundraising Success Stories
Animal organizations have turned to the popular video-sharing platform to connect with fans and raise money.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
2nd Big HBCU Gift This Month: Spelman College Lands $100 Million
The donation from Ronda Stryker follows a Lilly Endowment grant to UNCF to boost endowments at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Plus, CUNY, MIT, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receive multimillion dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Cellebrite Donates A.I. Investigative Tools to Nonprofits to Help Find Missing Children Faster
John Walsh, advocate for missing children and longtime host of America’s Most Wanted, said he feels outmanned by criminals all the time — especially in the courtroom.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies has committed $250 million to train high schoolers to enter high-demand jobs in health care without a college degree, and the Lilly Endowment awarded $100 million each to the Purdue Research Foundation and the United Negro College Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Election years can be challenging for nonprofit fundraisers — and some are already bracing for an uphill climb.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Federal Climate Funds Are Plentiful — but Nonprofits Should Move Quickly
Experts say if a Republican wins the White House, the new administration could change the rules that govern the Inflation Reduction Act. Plus: Check out the rest of our special report on the most important trends shaping philanthropy and the nonprofit world.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Has the Giving Crisis Reached the Point of No Return?
The giving crisis is finally beginning to hit nonprofits where it hurts — the pocketbook. But organizations are fighting to win back everyday donors.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Denver Bankers Give Local Science Museum $20 Million
Plus, Howard University’s medical school landed $12 million from billionaire novelist MacKenzie Scott, and Ballet Arizona company received $2 million from a longtime supporter.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How Donor-Advised Funds Are Changing Philanthropy
DAFs are turning up everywhere — in grant-maker collaboratives, impact investing, workplace giving, and even wedding-gift registries. Will 2024 see new regulation?
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor