Fed Up with How College Students are Behaving? Fund a Campus Pluralism Center
Donors frustrated with the response on college campuses to the Hamas attack on Israel should consider endowing centers that teach students how to cooperate across differences.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
NASA’s Endeavour Space Shuttle to Get New Home With $25 Million Gift
Plus, the University of Northern Iowa got $25 million for business-ethics education programs, a couple who emigrated from Ukraine are giving $17 million to advance treatment for a rare type of blood cancer, and three other nonprofits received major gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Best Hope for Ending the Israel-Hamas War? Civil Society Peace-Builders
Grant makers are reluctant to support the risky work of groups struggling to build peace in the Middle East. But they need us now more than ever.
By Perry Cammack
Contributor
How Diabetes and Weight-Loss Drugs Are Reshaping the World’s Wealthiest Foundation
In an interview with the Chronicle, the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation discusses how the grant maker has expanded its giving and global reach.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
U.N. Warns That Gaza Desperately Needs More Aid
An emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza.
By Paul Spiegel
Contributor
Championing Capitalism and Conservative Donors: A Q&A With Philanthropy Roundtable’s New CEO
Christie Herrera, who started working at the organization in 2019, has long advocated to lawmakers on conservative issues.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
A Grant Maker Is Betting a TV Show for Teen Girls Can Help Narrow the STEM Gender Gap
Lyda Hill Philanthropies is among a growing number of funders turning to “narrative change” strategies that use the power of entertainment to shift people’s worldview.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $250 Million for Cell-Health Research Hub in New York
Also, the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation has given $20.6 million to house its Clark Scholars Program Network at the University of Maryland after the foundation sunsets in 2025, and Prologis awarded $3 million to prepare Black students at Morehouse College for careers in commercial and residential real estate.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The 2023 Soros Arts Fellows Plan to Fight Climate Change and Other Global Issues With Public Art
Each of the fellows will receive $100,000 in unrestricted funding from Open Society Foundations to develop a public art project that confronts climate change with community-based solutions.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Grant Seekers May Benefit as Wealthy People Put More Money Into Their Foundations
Foundation giving is likely to rise by 2 percent this year, to $95 billion, according to a new estimate by FoundationMark.
By Yesica Balderrama
Contributor
He Lived Quietly and Then Gave $200 Million for a Science Immersion Program
Plus, Fort Lewis College, three universities, and a civic engagement group for youths all landed multimillion-dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Garcelle Beauvais Teams With Kellogg Foundation for a $90 Million Plan to Help Haiti
“Pockets of Hope” will focus community-level efforts to provide education, health care, and economic development.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Cities Tackle Global Issues
The effort will give help launch programs proven effective in other cities, providing grants for startup costs and technical support, as well as sponsor trips and webinars to inform leaders about new programs.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Why Is Philanthropy Afraid to Talk About Reparations?
Donors committed to racial repair need to support reparations for Black people forcefully and unapologetically.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor
Foundations and Companies Pour Millions Into Aid for Victims of Israel-Hamas Conflict
In other grant-making news, the Hodson Trust gave almost $110 million to add to scholarship endowments at Washington and Hood Colleges, and $40 million from the Art Bridges Foundation will help offer free admission to 64 museums across the United States.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Billionaire Bernie Marcus to Rich People: Get Off Your Rear Ends and Do Something Good
The 94-year-old Home Depot co-founder has donated roughly $2 billion so far, including big bets in Atlanta.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor