The Diversity Issue on College Campuses This Fall That May Surprise You
At universities nationwide, women greatly outnumber men, with huge ramifications for the economy and society. Philanthropy can help correct the imbalance.
By Rick Dalton, Jon Reidel and Bob Seaberg
MacKenzie Scott Has Given 24 Nonprofits $146 Million in the First Half of 2023
Nearly half went to early-childhood education and development, but she also gave to strengthen maternal health, combat infant mortality, create affordable housing, and more.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
DonorsChoose Sees Banner Donation Year With Help From Gates Foundation and Millions of Small Gifts
The nonprofit, which collects contributions to help teachers buy classroom supplies, is seeing a lot of engagement from donors at a time when overall giving is down, especially among young people.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Warren Buffett Gives $27 Million in Berkshire Hathaway Stock to an Unnamed Charity
He has said that more than 99 percent of his nearly $118 billion fortune will eventually go to charity.
By Josh Funk
AP Business Writer
How a Donor’s Embrace of a Neglected Idea Allowed This Nonprofit to Thrive
In an unusual move, the Ford Foundation helped a grantee build an investment portfolio. Two results: better fundraising and a $20 million MacKenzie Scott donation.
By Monica Aleman and Ndana Bofu-Tawamba
Foundation Giving May Rise Slightly in 2023 as Assets Overcome Recent Slump
Grant makers’ assets are estimated to have increased almost 8 percent during the first half of 2023 as global stock markets recovered from a tough 2022, according to a new report.
By Yesica Balderrama
Contributor
Philanthropy Must Stop Ignoring the World’s Hardest Hit Climate Victims
Donors who are serious about addressing the climate crisis need to pay attention to places like Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp and other nearly invisible communities across the globe.
By Tamar Kosky Lazarus
Contributor
Arkansas Children’s Northwest Receives $25 Million for Endowment and Expansion
Also, the T. Boone Pickens Foundation has given $20 million to Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Wilmer Eye Institute, and the NBA Foundation awarded $13.5 million to 40 organizations to advance equity in historically marginalized communities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Nonprofit’s Expensive Road to Inexpensive Birth Control
Medicines360 developed a low-cost hormonal IUD but encountered challenges from the tax code, FDA regulations, and Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also spent $82 million.
By Sono Motoyama
Contributor
Cancer Survivor Gives $25 Million to Build El Paso’s First Comprehensive Cancer Center
Plus, Pamela Wood Avedisian gave $20 million to American University of Armenia, MacKenzie Scott gave $12 million for affordable housing, and three other institutions landed multimillion-dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How Philanthropy Is Helping Cities Adapt to Extreme Heat
Foundations are supporting efforts to reduce the impact of climate change and to hire chief heat officers. Plus: See our August cover story on how nonprofits are confronting their own climate perils.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Wells Fargo Commits Up to $60 Million for Re-Entry Programs for Former Prisoners
Also, the Lustgarten Foundation gave $23 million for pancreatic-cancer research, and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation gave $1 million to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
In a Landmark Voting Case, Philanthropy and Nonprofits Were Crucial Players. Now We Need to Do More
Civil-rights and advocacy groups, powered by money from charitable donors, won a victory for Black voters, who are too often left out of decisions in Alabama and elsewhere. Now is a key moment to capitalize on that work to safeguard our democracy.
By Evan Milligan and Janai Nelson
Writer and Producer Seth MacFarlane Gave $1 Million to Help Hollywood Workers Survive Strike
Plus, actor Eliza Dushku Palandjian and her husband, Peter Palandjian, gave Brigham and Women’s Hospital $7.5 million for substance-abuse treatment, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a group that works to expand affordable housing.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Shubert Foundation Awards $37.9 Million in Unrestricted Grants to Performing-Arts Groups
Also, the Houston Endowment gave $15 million to four charities that aim to reduce homelessness, and the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument has received $3 million from the Mellon Foundation and Fund II Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Extreme Rhetoric on Policing Has Led Donors Down an Unproductive Path
Grant makers need to make sure the loudest voices in the room aren’t stopping them from investing in meaningful community-engagement efforts that bring police and residents together to develop just and effective approaches to public safety.