Bezoses Pledge up to $500 Million to Unicef USA’s Child Nutrition Fund
Plus, an alum left $35 million to Allegheny College to build an innovation lab, and Vanderbilt Law School will use $6.8 million to exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Tennessee.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Funders Should Practice Humility, Not Bravery
In response to recent op-ed, reader argues that nonprofits should stay in their lane and out of politics.
Want to Encourage More Wealthy People to Give? Here’s a Solution.
Foundations should share their deep expertise on issues and causes to help aspiring philanthropists move their money off the sidelines.
By Eric Weingartner
Contributor
Reid Hoffman’s $10 Million Contest to Restore Trust in Institutions
Introducing our Commons in Conversation podcast! The LinkedIn co-founder joins Lever for Change’s Cecilia Conrad to talk about his open call to lift up new ideas — and attract funding — for reforms of government, the media, higher education, and more.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
As Populism Surges, Can a $3 Billion Foundation Shed Its Elite Image?
Community grant makers are “built for this moment” of division in America, says New York Community Trust’s Amy Freitag. The trust wants to change how it’s perceived by the average New Yorker.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
In a Time of Nonprofit Defunding, Will Foundations Put More Money on the Line?
Progressive foundations have been largely silent in response to Trump administration policies that affect many of the nation’s nonprofits. But some insiders say a response is coming.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Lands $125 Million From Comcast CEO and Wife
Also, the University of Delaware received a commitment of $71.5 million for its business school, and Fairfield University will use a $50 million gift to enhance academic and interdisciplinary programs.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Iconiq Impact Pledges $200 Million Through Its Youth Mental Wellbeing Co-Lab
Also, Open Philanthropy promised $120 million through its Abundance and Growth Fund to advance economic development, and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation gave $10 million to develop precision therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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