Grants Roundup: $5 Million to Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center
Other awards include $2 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to Say Yes Buffalo to provide college scholarships to graduates of Buffalo, N.Y., public and charter schools.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Vibrant Boston Arts Scene Lags in Public Funding, Study Says
Boston has one of the most active cultural sectors among major U.S. cities but lags behind other urban areas in institutional and government support, The Boston Globe writes, citing a new report by the Boston Foundation.
Opinion: Time to Stop Courts From Compelling Donations
A law professor assails the practice of federal judges and prosecutors incorporating compulsory charitable gifts into verdicts and settlements in a Wall Street Journal opinion column.
Microsoft Pledges $1 Billion in Cloud Services to Nonprofits
Company officials said the program will open up the “public cloud” — the fast-growing field of web-based computing power and data storage — to organizations that might otherwise have difficulty accessing it, The Seattle Times reports.
Major Companies Join Fight Against Ga. Religious-Liberty Bills
Some of the world’s largest corporations, including Google and AT&T, have enlisted in an advocacy campaign against Georgia legislation that opponents say would enshrine anti-gay discrimination and make the state an economic pariah, writes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Grants Roundup: Joyce Foundation Awards $14.4 Million to Wide-Ranging Causes
Other awards include $6.7 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to five organizations working to improve the care of older adults.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Opinion: How to Report on Giving by the Superrich
The New York Review of Books examines how the media covers large-scale philanthropy by billionaire financiers, tech titans, and major corporations in the second of two articles on coverage of the “1 percent.”
Common Core Fight Embroiled Big Donors and Top Executives
Fortune examines the roles big business and big philanthropy played in developing the Common Core standards for public-school curricula and how they responded when the widely adopted guidelines sparked a largely conservative-led backlash.
Visa and Dell Help Girl Scouts Boost Digital Cookie Program
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.'s burgeoning online cookie sales will get an estimated $3 million assist this year from the companies’ investment in training, tech tools, and digital features, reports The New York Times.
Wine Retailer Gives ACLU $15 Million for Justice Reform
The American Civil Liberties Union has received $15 million from David Trone, co-founder of the Total Wine store chain, and his wife, June, to expand its efforts to cut prison populations and improve job opportunities for ex-convicts, The Washington Post writes.
Hedge-Fund Mogul Works to Make Companies More ‘Just’
The New York Times looks at finance billionaire Paul Tudor Jones’s nonprofit Just Capital, which aims to reduce income inequality and address other social problems by ranking big corporations on social responsibility.
Billions at Stake as IPO Charity Set-Asides Become Routine
After years of sporadic interest, the technology start-up community is embracing the practice of setting aside company stock before going public, creating the potential for windfalls for nonprofits.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Microsoft Restyles Philanthropy Unit Under New Name and Leader
The tech giant announced Tuesday that it will expand its charitable activities under a newly named division, Microsoft Philanthropies, The Seattle Times and CNET report.
Companies Weave Employee Giving Into Corporate DNA, Report Says
The new study on trends in employee-centered corporate philanthropy finds a “dramatic shift” in the past two years toward making giving programs a core component of the workplace environment, Forbes writes.
Grants Roundup: $20 Million for Transgender Issues, $4.2 Million for Senior Care
Other recent grants include $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Texas at Austin and $1.5 million from the Teagle Foundation to several universities.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Greenpeace Sting Tests Funding Disclosure in Climate Science
The environmental activist group conducted an undercover operation in which its employees posed as representatives of energy firms seeking to secretly fund research touting the benefits of coal and carbon emissions, reports The New York Times.