Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Raise More Than $275 Million in Joint Campaign
The Cleveland institutions teamed up to raise money for a new health education campus to bring together students from many disciplines.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
MacArthur’s Julia Stasch Talks About Leadership, Big Bets, and Her New Role (Exit Interview)
After she leaves her post as president of the foundation, she will chair a new nonprofit that seeks philanthropic support for the ideas pitched in 100&Change contest.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Park Foundation Adds $25 Million to Ithaca College Scholarship Endowment (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Kendeda Fund commits $24 million to expand opportunities for employees to own shares of the companies where they work, and Google.org gives $3 million to make cash grants directly to low-income families affected by natural disasters.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Philanthropy’s Helping Us Learn More About How to Stop Gun Deaths
Especially as the federal government has cut back on studying what works, grant makers are uncovering ways to understand what works to prevent suicide, domestic-violence killings, and so many other lethal attacks.
By NINA VINIK
Contributor
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Receives $21 Million (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy gave $5.9 million for natural-disaster recovery programs in four states, and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation awarded $3 million to improve parks in Buffalo, N.Y.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundation Assets Top $1 Trillion, but Signs Point to Slump
The increase occurred despite a run-up in grant making from $60 billion in 2013 to $75 billion in 2017, for a total of more than $320 billion over that five-year period.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Sex and Power: How Foundations Can Attack the Roots of Child Marriage
The key isn’t simply to delay marriage till age 18, it’s to end deeply entrenched cultures of gender inequality and destructive views on adolescent sexuality.
By Dena Kimball
Contributor
Lilly Endowment Provides $15 Million to Preserve Historic Places of Worship (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation gave $13 million to develop a once-a-month birth-control pill, and the U. of California at Davis will use $1.2 million to help detained immigrants and asylum seekers through its Immigration Law Clinic.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Assets Plunge $4.6 Billion
The grant-making giant cited an accounting change but also acknowledged that the value of its cryptocurrency holdings had declined precipitously.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Children’s Hospital L.A. Collects $50 Million to Aid Poorest Patients (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative will award $5 million through its new Whole Child Grant Program, and the College of William & Mary receives $1 million for programs about slavery and racism.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Help Impact Investing Reach Its Potential
Philanthropic organizations can play a critical role in fueling innovative approaches to critical social challenges including poverty, education, and climate change by providing “catalytic capital.”
‘If It Were Easy, Someone Would Have Done It Already’
After traveling to Ghana 10 years ago, she came back wanting to invest in low-cost schools that could be a global force for improved education.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Why Philanthropy Must Fix the Broken Internet
Just as grant makers rushed in to ensure television didn’t become just a commercial wasteland, so too must foundations ensure that there’s room for nonprofit services like Kiva and Wikipedia online.
By Greg Baldwin
Contributor
Philanthropy Reacts on Social Media to Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
Leaders responded swiftly to the latest gun violence, some calling for immediate aid to groups like the El Paso Community Foundation and others debating policy.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
CVS and Aetna Give $50 Million for Affordable Housing (Grants Roundup)
Also, St. Baldrick’s gave $17.5 million to study pediatric cancer, and Arnold Ventures is granting nearly $10 million for gun-violence research.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Giving the Poor a Voice — With Help From the Rich
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of several much-acclaimed books on the working class, formed a nonprofit that finances journalists to do in-depth reporting about those losing out as inequality grows. More and more, she’s winning grants from the nation’s biggest foundations and billionaire donors.
By Michael Anft
Contributor