Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Commits $54.5 Million to Advance Health Equity
Also, PNC Foundation gave $20.2 million to enhance outdoor play for young children, and the Kraft Heinz Company Foundation committed $15 million to address global malnutrition and hunger.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
To Address Drops in Giving, My Nonprofit Turned Fundraising Into a Game
Fun and collaborative approaches to giving can be more successful than conventional efforts focused on major donors, the author found.
By Dana Nichols
Contributor
MacKenzie Scott’s Budget Limit May Seem Arbitrary, but It Serves an Important Purpose
A $1 million cutoff helps donors identify organizations with strong potential to help more people.
Ikea Foundation Awards $100 Million to the ClimateWorks Foundation’s Drive Electric Campaign
Also, the West Virginia University Cancer Institute received $50 million for a new cancer hospital, and the Skoll Foundation has announced the four winners of the 2024 Skoll Award for Social Innovation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
As the Number of Donors Continues to Drop, Monthly Giving Could Be a Solution
Year-end giving was down 2.8 percent compared to 2022, according to a new study. Donor participation fell across the board.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor
Granddaughter of Megadonor Digs Into Rural Philanthropy in New Podcast
One theme: the surprising overlap between urban and rural needs
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Most charitable wealth was built by exploiting Black people. Owning up to that is crucial to the reparations conversation.
Call to Invest in Emotional Health of Nonprofit Leaders Is Spot On
Recent op-ed expertly captures why foundations must step in to ease stress and workloads at nonprofits.
Readers Respond to Op-Ed Criticizing MacKenzie Scott for Ignoring Small Nonprofits
A call for the philanthropist to pay more attention to small nonprofits draws agreement, dissent.
Seattle Children’s Receives $50 Million for Pediatric Cancer Research
Also, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded $35 million for conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $12.7 million to train health-care professionals in Israel.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Fearless Fund, DEI, and Attacks on Philanthropic Freedom
Even conservatives skeptical of race-based policies should support a foundation’s right to hold a grant contest for Black women.
By Howard Husock
Contributor
10 Words and Phrases You Should Never Use
Philanthropy loves big words. Americans don’t. So why is the nonprofit world filled with philanthro-speak?
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
What Philanthropy Elites Can Learn From Appalachia
“We’ve got to stop hyperintellectualizing things,” says L.B. Prevette, a North Carolina leader of a program founded by New York Times columnist David Brooks to build community.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Caring More for People Than Our Ideologies
Too often, philanthropy seeks to influence people we do not love. That’s dangerous, says a former faith outreach director in the Obama administration
By Michael Wear
Contributor
Big Philanthropy to the Rescue? Think Again.
Americans shouldn’t look to nondemocratic, publicly unaccountable foundations to save democracy.
By Jeff Cain
Contributor
Manufactured ‘Truth’ and the Merchants of Outrage
How can we agree when we can’t separate fact from conspiracy? A Giving Pledge member champions nonprofits that are honest information brokers
By Melanie Lundquist
Contributor