MacKenzie Scott Has Given 24 Nonprofits $146 Million in the First Half of 2023
Nearly half went to early-childhood education and development, but she also gave to strengthen maternal health, combat infant mortality, create affordable housing, and more.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
DonorsChoose Sees Banner Donation Year With Help From Gates Foundation and Millions of Small Gifts
The nonprofit, which collects contributions to help teachers buy classroom supplies, is seeing a lot of engagement from donors at a time when overall giving is down, especially among young people.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Warren Buffett Gives $27 Million in Berkshire Hathaway Stock to an Unnamed Charity
He has said that more than 99 percent of his nearly $118 billion fortune will eventually go to charity.
By Josh Funk
AP Business Writer
Arkansas Children’s Northwest Receives $25 Million for Endowment and Expansion
Also, the T. Boone Pickens Foundation has given $20 million to Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Wilmer Eye Institute, and the NBA Foundation awarded $13.5 million to 40 organizations to advance equity in historically marginalized communities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Cancer Survivor Gives $25 Million to Build El Paso’s First Comprehensive Cancer Center
Plus, Pamela Wood Avedisian gave $20 million to American University of Armenia, MacKenzie Scott gave $12 million for affordable housing, and three other institutions landed multimillion-dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The chair of the Giving USA Foundation says data on mutual aid and other forms of generosity that bypass charities are far too unreliable to include in its annual estimates.
Why Track Giving? Because Nonprofits Need Money to Do Their Work
Those who say “Giving USA’s” focus on nonprofit giving is too narrow miss a critical point: To sustain these organizations, individual donations count most.
By Phil Buchanan
Contributor
Wells Fargo Commits Up to $60 Million for Re-Entry Programs for Former Prisoners
Also, the Lustgarten Foundation gave $23 million for pancreatic-cancer research, and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation gave $1 million to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Why Location Matters for Fundraising and Why Social Donors Give
Where donors live can change their giving patterns, two recent studies show.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Writer and Producer Seth MacFarlane Gave $1 Million to Help Hollywood Workers Survive Strike
Plus, actor Eliza Dushku Palandjian and her husband, Peter Palandjian, gave Brigham and Women’s Hospital $7.5 million for substance-abuse treatment, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a group that works to expand affordable housing.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Opinion | Don’t Admonish ‘Giving USA’ for Painting an Accurate Picture of Just One Aspect of Giving
A director at the Giving Institute argues that criticism of the report is unfair, while acknowledging the need to track new forms of giving.
Shubert Foundation Awards $37.9 Million in Unrestricted Grants to Performing-Arts Groups
Also, the Houston Endowment gave $15 million to four charities that aim to reduce homelessness, and the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument has received $3 million from the Mellon Foundation and Fund II Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Donor Codes of Conduct to Fight Sexual Harassment of Nonprofit Fundraisers Are Growing More Common
The codes also seek to reduce other problematic donor behavior, like pushing organizations to start programs that fall outside their mission and trying to get involved in day-to-day operations.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
A Grateful Patient Leaves Texas Heart Institute $32 Million
Plus, heiress Seema Boesky gave Wayne State University $20 million for neuroscience, and financier Leon Cooperman and his wife, Toby, gave more than $13 million to support housing and programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Giving USA’ Misses the Boat on the True State of Generosity in America
Americans are actually giving more, but they’re giving differently. And their contributions — as well as their needs — are invisible to the philanthropic professional class.
By Jeff Cain
Contributor
Ballmer Group Gives $24 Million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America for Los Angeles County Programs
Also, the Peterson Center on Healthcare creates a $50 million institute to improve health outcomes, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum received $25 million toward its capital campaign.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions