Many Big Corporations Are Not Increasing Their Giving, Survey Finds
Donations in inflation-adjusted dollars barely budged from 2013 to 2015 and giving as a proportion of profits declined, according to a new study of 211 firms’ philanthropy.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Haitians Saying ‘No’ to Red Cross Help
Also, March Madness-themed charity Brackets for Good expands and the Associated Press answers questions on the latest Clinton Foundation controversy.
Daily News Roundup: Obama Foundation Names ‘Inclusion Council’
Also, new State Department emails show coordination with the Clinton Foundation following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and Houston officials debate naming a public school for a big donor.
Grants Roundup: Building Healthy Communities Gets $12 Million for NYC Program
Other grants support housing, literacy, student field trips, a Jewish arts camp, and more.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: ‘Forbes’ Ranking Lists Buffett as Biggest 2015 Benefactor
Also in other media, Slate compares the fundraising and advocacy tactics — and differing levels of success — of the early-20th-century fight against tuberculosis and today’s pink-hued breast-cancer campaigning.
A Great Tweet Will Win $10,000 Each for 10 Small Nonprofits
Deluxe Corporation Foundation, a check-printing company, is offering groups with budgets of less than $3 million the option of applying for a grant in fewer than 140 characters.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Coke and Pepsi Fund Scores of Public-Health Groups
Also, a national evangelical nonprofit issues a call for employees who support same-sex marriage to quit, and City College of New York’s leaders steps down amid an inquiry into a campus foundation’s finances.
Daily News Roundup: 32-Year Juilliard Leader Stepping Down
Also, Doctors Without Borders re-creates the refugee experience in Washington, and Michelle Obama gets corporate support to maintain the White House vegetable garden.
Did Foundations Do the Right Thing in Detroit?
Big grant makers’ “stimulus package” for the city included choosing which neighborhoods to invest in, a bold but politically risky stand that differed from philanthropy-funded revitalization efforts elsewhere.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Embattled Leader Keeps Hold on Bay Area Museums
Also, patient-advocacy charities lay low in the debate over rising drug prices, and a data company pledges $100 million in software to nonprofits and schools.
Daily News Roundup: Watchdog Report Contrasts Clinton and Trump Charities
Also, the University of Maryland launches a $75 million program to support students’ philanthropic ventures, and Clemson University’s fundraising rises with its football prowess.
Grants Roundup: Four Groups Commit $48 Million for Marine Protection
Also, the Walmart Foundation awards $33 million for youth-focused hunger relief and seven California grant makers fund a program to build trust between minority communities and police.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Clinton Global Initiative Winds Down on a Note of Optimism
Nonprofit leaders expressed a sense of “mission accomplished,” saying the event elevated the status of public-private partnerships and helped spawn a new generation of similar efforts.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Foundations’ $20-Million Commitment Targets Urban Spaces
Other notable awards include $5.8 million from the Marnier-Lapostolle Foundation for research on a rare neurological disorder.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Kellogg Fund Backs Work to Combat Native American Stereotypes
Other notable awards include $28.8 million from two foundations to BBYO, a nonprofit serving Jewish teens, and $8.5 million from Salesforce to improve computer education in the Bay Area.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Common Ground: Police and Teenagers Go From Strangers to Friends
The first moments of the Police Youth Challenge in Baltimore rarely seem promising, with participants eyeing each other warily, but the barriers fall quickly during a day of team-oriented fun.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor