MacKenzie Scott’s Foray Into Impact Investing
The ‘Oprah of Philanthropy’ is putting an undisclosed amount of her fortune into companies and funds that provide social and financial returns. Will impact investing see a new boom?
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
As Funders Face New Levels of Risk, What Does Bravery Look Like?
We foundation leaders have long been insulated from threats. It’s time to shed our chicken feathers.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Billionaire David Duffield Gives Alma Mater $100 Million
Plus, Grove City College received a $70 million bequest, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts landed $10 million, and three other organizations received big gifts from supporters.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Funder Trip to an Alaskan Native Community Shows a Better Way to Measure Impact
Data alone can’t capture the human-centered impact of investments. Here’s a solution.
By Erik Stegman
Contributor
Power Couple Giving: The 10-Year Journey of Steve and Connie Ballmer
A yin-yang approach to philanthropy has shaped the Ballmer Group. But the husband-and-wife founders have remained focused on one goal: Improving economic mobility in the U.S.
By George Anders
Contributor
What Works Now: Rethinking Big Gifts 5 Years After the Pandemic
Three nonprofit leaders share the new ways they’re approaching major-gift fundraising in a post-Covid world — from Zoom-forward fundraising to outside-the-box events.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Build a Climate Funding Strategy in the Age of Trump
As federal climate policy is dismantled, grant makers need to end their silence and get to work.
By Jacob Harold
Contributor
Plus, Fordham University landed $100 million, and Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, Cornell Tech, and two other universities landed multimillion-dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Knight Foundation Awards $25 Million to the American Journalism Project
Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $22.4 million to the Aspen Institute to support grassroots community leaders, and the Airbnb Community Fund disbursed $8.5 million to 160 community-based nonprofits.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Tracking a Quarter Century of Giving
A look at who gave the most and the trends that have shaped big philanthropy since 2000
By Maria Di Mento and Jim Rendon
Meet the Mega-Donors of the Future
Whether self-made or inheritors, they’re serious about giving today and are poised to shape philanthropy in the coming decades.
By Stephanie Beasley and Eden Stiffman
Thomas Golisano Gave $500 Million to 125 Organizations in 2024
Much of the money went to social-services groups that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
America’s Mega-Donors Stuck to Their Giving Strategies in 2024
The donor backlash and MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings giving didn’t sway the country’s biggest philanthropists.
By Maria Di Mento and Jim Rendon
How the Chronicle Compiled Its List of the Top 50 Donors of 2024
A look at what gifts count toward the ranking — and why some big-name philanthropists aren’t on the list
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Michael Bloomberg Tops List of America’s Biggest Donors for the Second Year in a Row
The former New York City mayor gave $3.7 billion. Six donors on the list gave $1 billion or more. Plus, see the rest of our March issue, published online today.
By Maria Di Mento and Jim Rendon
Late Goldman Sachs Partner and Wife Give $70 Million
Plus, the reality television pioneer Jonathan Murray gave his journalism school $10 million, and Montana State University and Wabash College received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor