Gates Foundation Pours $2.1 Billion Into Women’s Causes
The money will go toward women’s economic empowerment; family planning and health; and expanding women’s access to leadership positions.
By Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento
Plus, the Helmsley Charitable Trust is giving $20 million to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene systems for rural residents of Alaska.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
They drove ambulances, administered oxygen, and kept the health-care system running when the coronavirus struck, but many of these workers struggle to advance in their careers without assistance. Grant makers interested in work-force development can help.
By Tamar Jacoby
Contributor
Professor Gives Tufts $10 Million for Entrepreneurship
Plus, brother and sister tech investors, Shervin Pishevar and Sarah Pishevar Haynes, gave Howard University $3 million to honor their father, Abraham Pishevar.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
To understand why it’s important to support healing-focused approaches to structural racism, philanthropy should take time to learn the horrible history of government-sanctioned boarding schools designed to obliterate Indigenous cultures.
By Erik Stegman
Contributor
A Challenge to Philanthropy: Find a New Way to Talk About Care Giving
Nonprofits and foundations are rallying to help educators, health workers, and others who support the young, the old, and people with disabilities. But policy changes will come up short unless we stop using a phrase that suggests caring is a natural skill, not a career choice.
By Nat Kendall-Taylor
Contributor
Airbnb Commits $100 Million for Community Development Worldwide
Also, three investment firms have pledged $90 million to train students at historically Black colleges and universities for careers in cryptocurrency and other alternative investments.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Warren Buffett Resigns as Trustee of the Gates Foundation
At age 90, Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, has resigned as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He says has he has no plans to step down from his role at Berkshire.
Battles about the New York Times 1619 Project and other efforts to focus on systemic racism are now the hottest thing in the culture war. But foundations have been slow so far to recognize the threat.
By Alvin Starks and Pamela Shifman
Billions Flood Into Blue Meridian as It Seeks to Help Innovative Nonprofits
The group is aggregating huge amounts of cash to give patient, no-strings-attached capital — as well as coaching and guidance — to organizations that have developed promising ways to solve social problems.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone Gives $25 Million to Medical Center
Plus, a community college in Long Beach, Calif., landed $30 million from the billionaire MacKenzie Scott, and her former in-laws, Jacklyn and Miguel Bezos, gave $12 million to a private school for financial aid.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How Much Can We Really Learn About Philanthropy From ‘Giving USA’ and Other Data Sources?
We have more knowledge about philanthropy than ever before, but we need to be wary of the limitations of that knowledge and the objectivity behind the data.
By Leslie Lenkowsky
Contributor
JPMorgan Chase Pledges $400 Million to Expand Affordable Housing for People of Color
Also, the University of Utah has received $110 million for its School of Medicine, and the Wyss Foundation has committed $108 million to protect wildlife and parks throughout Africa.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
5 Years After the Pulse Massacre: Lessons for Philanthropy
A fund that gave decision making to those touched by the tragedy led to long-term gains in advocacy — and healing efforts that made a real difference.
Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?
Individual giving made up 69 percent of all philanthropy last year, the smallest share “Giving USA” has ever recorded.
By Eden Stiffman and Michael Theis
2 Anonymous Donors Pledge $550 Million to Western Michigan U.
Plus, four universities, an art museum in Israel, and an Ohio medical center received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor