Also, the family that founded Hobby Lobby has given $20 million to an evangelical college in Alabama, and two brothers have donated $10 million to Elon University to rename its school of education after their mother.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Major League Baseball Pledges $150 Million for Diversity, Service, and Education Programs
Also, three major foundations commit $250 million to the Justice and Mobility Fund to help formerly incarcerated people, and the Marcus Foundation is giving $60 million to pay for Jewish teenagers to travel to Israel.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
$60 Million in New Grants Help Nonprofits Innovate Quickly to Close Financial Equity Gaps
Blue Meridian, a donor collaborative, is helping nonprofits experiment with rapid testing and other approaches that speed up their work as they seek to ensure that marginalized people get an even shot at the nation’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Researcher on Donors and Fundraising Reflects on What Nonprofit Supporters Want
As Penelope Burk releases her final survey of nonprofit donors, she talks about how to put the focus on supporters and what needs to change in fundraising to make it better.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Half of Donors Plan to Give as Much in 2021 as They Did Last Year
More than half of respondents to a recent survey said they gave a larger sum to charity in 2020 than in 2019, but Penelope Burk, the report’s author, warns nonprofits not to be complacent. Plus, see our <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/article/veteran-researcher-reflects-on-what-donors-want-exit-interview">exit interview</a> with Burk.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Updated: Analysis of MacKenzie Scott’s Charitable Giving Shows Where the Money Is Going
Of the 798 recipients, so far 205 have disclosed how much they have received.
By Maria Di Mento and M.J. Prest
NYU’s Business School Lands $50 Million for Scholarships
Plus, Pennsylvania State University, UCLA’s Hammer Museum, and other groups received big donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How MacKenzie Scott’s Gifts to Leaders of Color Fuel Transformation
Unrestricted dollars from the billionaire allow us to experiment, make discoveries, and protect the health of our organizations — as well as ourselves and our colleagues.
By Bianca Casanova Anderson
Contributor
Data Gaps Hinder Tracking of Racial-Equity Funds
A new report says more than 90 percent of donors who supported racial-equity initiatives in 2018 have yet to report how much they gave in 2020. The findings further highlight the limitations of tracking charitable dollars for racial equity amidst America’s racial reckoning.
Helen Diller Family Foundation Commits $300 Million for Housing at the U. of California at Berkeley
Also, the Knight and Annenberg Foundations jointly gave $6 million to create a memorial in Washington dedicated to slain journalists, and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation recruited teenagers to select the recipients of $4.1 million in grants for after-school programs.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
National Service Is One of the Few Things That Could Unite America
A new national campaign will raise up diverse voices from across the political spectrum in support of expanded national service. We call on philanthropic organizations of all stripes to join us.
By Laura Lauder and Stanley McChrystal
Tech Tool Helps Nonprofits Attract Supporters on Facebook — and Stay in Touch With Them
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has experimented with fundraising challenges on the social media giant’s groups, Messenger, and advertising.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Entertainment Mogul David Geffen Gives $150 Million to Make Yale Drama School Tuition Free
Plus, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates gave their foundation $15 billion, and Phil and Penny Knight gave the University of Oregon $500 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Plea From Community Nonprofits for Investment, Equity, and Less Bureaucracy
Small nonprofits should require less red tape, and they need support for efforts to advance fair pay and benefits — and recognition for making communities stronger.
By JOAN GARRY
Contributor
Your Nonprofit Coach: Advice for Executives and Board Members
The columnist Joan Garry tackles tough topics that face CEOs, board members, and other nonprofit leaders as they work together to advance important causes.
Critics Worry Supreme Court Ruling on Donor Disclosure Will Make Charity Fraud Easier
The Supreme Court on Thursday voted 6 to 3 to overturn a California donor-disclosure law that critics said was a needless intrusion on donor privacy and would hurt giving.
By dan.parks and Michael Theis