Conference: Fundraising Strategies and Successes at Often-Overlooked HBCUs
Historically Black colleges and universities should build up their planned-giving programs and focus more on seeking federally funded grants, according to a panel discussion at the conference, which also described successful fundraising drives.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Harold Alfond Foundation Commits $75.5 Million for Maine’s Community Colleges
Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies awarded $1 billion to eliminate tuition at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Home Depot Foundation gave $9 million to build and repair 500 housing units for more than 3,400 homeless military veterans.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How One Word Could Change Philanthropy
Embracing the word “solidarity” alongside “justice” and “equity” will help philanthropy rethink what it means to do good.
By Leah Hunt-Hendrix
Contributor
After 30 Years of Environmental Grant Making, Lois DeBacker Remains Optimistic About the Future
A pioneer in supporting environmental-justice groups, DeBacker will retire from the Kresge Foundation in September.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Denny Sanford Commits $35 Million for Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium
Also, Karen and William Davis gave $10 million to establish the Davis Family Center for Preventive Genomics at Endeavor Health, and Robert Kraft gave $1 million to Yeshiva U. to support students transferring to the Jewish university.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Michael Bloomberg’s New $1 Billion Gift to Johns Hopkins Matches the Year’s Biggest So Far
The media mogul’s donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Awards $33.5 Million to Protect Longleaf Pine Forests
Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation granted $25 million for a global pediatric cancer program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Google.org gave $5 million to offer training to government workers worldwide in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
NVIDIA Executive Gives $20 Million to Fight Cancer With A.I. Tools
Plus, contemporary ballet company BalletX received a $7.4 million bequest from an influential scholar of 17th- and 18th-century literature, and a Texas oil magnate gave Baylor Athletics $10 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What Nonprofit Leaders Are Reading This Summer
From post-apocalyptic fiction to lessons on democracy, here are six books to add to your summer reading list.
By Nandita Raghuram
Deputy Editor, Opinion
Can a Lottery Winner Run an Effective Foundation? Meet Roy Cockrum
How a onetime comic actor turned $60 million of Powerball winnings into a grant-making engine that has backed ambitious theater since 2014.
By George Anders
Contributor
Facing Arrest and Worse, Climate Advocates Need Legal Defenders. Philanthropy Can Help.
Protecting the environment is dangerous business. Those on the front lines need greater support to fend off fossil fuel industry threats.
By Betsy Apple and Alfred Brownell
Can Melinda French Gates Reignite Post-Dobbs Rage Giving?
Supporting women and girls of color should always be an urgent matter. French Gates is showing what that means.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor
Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gives $25 Million to Cleveland Museum of Art
Also, the Nomis Foundation committed $20 million to the Salk Institute for neuroimmunology research, and Coca-Cola Foundation gave $10 million to clean up plastic waste and reduce water pollution on seven African islands.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Make Sure Data Is Used to Help — Not Harm
Data on the communities grantees serve should be accurate, accessible, and used for their benefit. Grant makers can ensure this happens.
By Ryan Merkley
Contributor
A $150 Million Grant Will Strengthen Catholic Education in Northwest Indiana
Plus, the Shubert Foundation awarded $40 million in unrestricted grants to 653 nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $15 million to remove 15 million pounds of floating plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Major Funders Bet Big on Rural America and ‘Everyday Democracy’
Takeaways from a new $50 million venture with national grant makers investing in philanthropy-starved rural America: “No one is coming to do this work for us.”
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor