Philanthropy Roundtable CEO Elise Westhoff Is Stepping Down
She says she wants to focus more on her family and that her efforts as CEO to raise the group’s public profile through sometimes controversial opinion articles and public appearances have appealed to the values that the group’s members share.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Los Angeles Couple Give $50 Million for Environmental Programs at USC
Plus, the founder of Politico is giving $20 million to start a new journalism institute, and five universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthropy Helps Boost Manufacturing in Areas With High Job Vacancies
In Cleveland, where communities have been left behind as plants have closed or moved to the suburbs, a nonprofit network is investing millions to train adults for jobs and provide high-school internships.
How to Avoid Turf Wars When Raising Money From Wealthy Families
How to deal with donors after a divorce, raising money from relatives of a longtime donor, and more.
By Isa Catto
Contributor
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $75 Million for the Mental-Health Center at Columbia U.
Also, the Ballmer Group and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation jointly donated $30 million to help community-college students find good jobs in the Detroit region, and the X Prize Wildfire will award $11 million to teams that develop technology to detect, contain, and extinguish extreme wildfire events.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grant Makers Support Affordable Housing to Further Many Other Causes
Donors and foundations that seek to improve education, health, and economic opportunity are backing solutions to fix the housing crisis.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
To Stem the Housing Crisis, Religious Congregations Are Building Homes
Churches and other religious organizations are developing vacant or underutilized land in their own backyards to meet the need for affordable housing. Nonprofits are helping them navigate the financial and political challenges.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
To Effectively Support Democracy, Donors Need to Support Workers’ Rights
Investing in workplace organizing is one of the surest ways to build a thriving and inclusive American democracy — and disrupt movements that fuel division and dysfunction.
By Pamela Shifman and Shekar Narasimhan
Phil and Penny Knight Pledge $400 Million to Rebuild Historic Black Neighborhood
Plus, hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin gave big gifts to a community college and a charter school, and Purdue University received two major donations from alumni.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts Taught Philanthropy About How to Close the Racial Health Gap
Grant makers need to adopt what worked during the pandemic when vaccination rates for Black people improved sharply and apply those approaches to address other stubbornly high health gaps.
Climate Funders Justice Pledge Brings In More Than $120 Million
The Donors of Color Network created the pledge, which calls on signatories to give 30 percent of their climate funding to organizations led by people of color.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Walter and Elise Haas Fund Commits $24.5 Million to Close Wealth Gaps in the Bay Area
Also, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation will give up to $15 million over three years to test a new program that will provide direct cash payments to mothers in Flint, Mich., and the Marriott Foundation donated $2.3 million to establish a fellowship program in mental health at Unity Health Care, in Washington.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
What Michael Bloomberg’s Plan to Transfer His Company to Charity Could Mean for Philanthropy
The former New York mayor’s plans to give his $12 billion company to Bloomberg Philanthropies could signal a sea change in how mega-donors give.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Tex. Billionaire George Bishop Gives $100 Million for Scholarships
Plus, New York financier Ron Perelman gave $25 million to Brown University, a Community College got $10 million, and four other universities received multimillion-dollar donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
No, Not All Philanthropic Views Are Good, and Many Don’t Deserve Our Respect
An essay in the Chronicle by six philanthropy leaders urging support for pluralism disregarded the real dangers caused by big donors, especially by those who fund efforts to take away rights and hurt marginalized groups.
By Vu Le
Contributor
A study released today shows that $70 billion was awarded, most of it from people in the wealthiest nations.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor