Bezos Makes Gifts to Obama Foundation and NYU Medical Center
Former President Barack Obama’s foundation has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. which it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date. Also New York University’s medical center said Monday it has received a $166 million gift from Bezos and his family.
What You Need to Know Going Into Year End: the Latest News and Research on Giving
For many nonprofits, the biggest fundraising days of the year will fall over the next month. We’ve rounded up recent Chronicle reporting to help you plan and forecast as 2021 comes to a close.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Ted Lasso’s Sudeikis Helps Raise Funds for Prosthetic Limbs
Jason Sudeikis of the hit TV show “Ted Lasso” recently returned to his hometown of Kansas City to host an annual benefit concert for a charity that helps amputees who lack proper health coverage pay for prosthetic limbs.
GiveDirectly’s Paul Niehaus Discusses Direct Cash Transfers and Trust
Niehaus also explains why trusting those in need with cash is effective, and when an alternative is better.
Nearly Half of Higher-Education Fundraisers Now Have Hybrid Work Arrangements
Just 15 percent of gift officers and alumni-relations staff members said they were working remotely all or most of the time, according to a new survey. In January that share was 91 percent, and in May it was 81 percent.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Fight Erupts Over Whether Donor-Advised Fund Bill Would Help or Hurt Community Foundations
The Senate measure has special provisions designed to make it easier for community foundations to compete against commercial sponsors of donor-advised funds. But leaders of the foundations say they fear the measure will dampen giving and add new regulatory burdens.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Clear Communication Is Essential to Keep Pandemic-Weary Big Donors Engaged and Giving
Experts say the nonprofits mostly likely to win repeat gifts are those that provide detailed information about how past donations made a difference and convincingly make the case for what future support can do.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Ford Foundation to Give $25 Million to Support Workers Who Lack Labor Safeguards
Also, the World Central Kitchen is putting $50 million into a climate disaster fund and aims to raise $1 billion more, and the social-media company that operates Snapchat has given $10 million to address racial-equity gaps in computing education.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
High-Powered Effort to Help Resettle Afghan Refugees Awards $8.3 Million in Grants
Officials from the Bush and Obama administrations started Welcome.US, which aims to make it easier for people and businesses to plug into efforts to welcome refugees.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Salk Institute Lands $100 Million From Qualcomm Founder
Plus, the Baltimore financier Bill Miller gave $50 million to the Santa Fe Institute to expand its work in complex systems science, and Mike and Maria Repole gave $50 million to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Americans’ Trust in Charity Holds Steady Amid Pandemic, Poll Finds
Civil-rights and community-action charities fared better than other nonprofits in gaining the confidence of Americans.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Growth in Giving Slowed in Second Quarter
Strong giving in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021 have begun to taper off, signaling potential volatility as nonprofits head into the year-end fundraising season.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Education Charities Continue to Receive Largest Share of Donor-Advised Fund Grants
Grants from DAFs accounted for 6.1 percent of all dollars received by charitable organizations in 2018, up from 3.8 percent five years earlier, according to a new report from the Giving USA Foundation.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
84 Percent of Donors Plan to Give the Same or More to Charity in 2021, Survey Finds
In a new survey from fundraising technology company Classy, more than one-third of millennial and Generation Z respondents said they were more likely to make a monthly gift instead of a one-time donation because of the heightened level of need in society today.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Charities and Foundations Spent $352 Million on Disaster Efforts in 2019
Half went to relief and response projects, while preparing for catastrophic events was the second most popular use of nonprofit funds. Still, government spending is far more, accounting for over $29 billion.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Google.org Gives $35 Million to Create Economic Opportunities for Veterans and Women
Also, the Hershey Trust Company has given $350 million to open six new schools for young children from disadvantaged backgrounds, and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has given $10 million to 12 recipients in Georgia and the Southeast through its new democracy program area.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions