Wisc. Insurance Company Gives $20 Million for Data Science Institute (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation awards $14 million to make childbirth safer for the world’s poorest women, and Disney gives a children’s hospital charity $1 million in honor of its blockbuster movie Avengers: Endgame.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Tyler Cowen’s Free-Market Think Tank Takes Innovative Approach to Tech Grants
Emergent Ventures, a program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, gives grantees wide latitude to pursue ideas with little oversight.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
How Philanthropy Can Preserve Press Freedom
Only 13 percent of the world’s population benefits from a free press, and press freedom continues to drop. Independent journalism is in the interest of people and institutions supporting a wide range of missions.
By Stephen King
Contributor
New CEO at Council on Foundations Pledges Greater Accountability
At the group’s annual conference, Kathleen Enright said she wants to transform the grant-maker organization. Other topics at the meeting: power dynamics with grantees.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Fears Increase That Economic Woes Will Hurt Endowments, Survey Shows
Investors became more pessimistic about the market, yet they’re largely sticking with riskier assets.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Lilly Endowment Awards $42 Million to Notre Dame for Technology Network (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Packard Foundation gives $20 million to make grants in David Packard’s hometown of Pueblo, Colo., and the Elton John AIDS Foundation promises $11 million to provide HIV-prevention services to the people most at risk.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Adrienne Arsht Gives $25 Million to Help Communities Cope With Climate Change and Other Disasters
Her gift marks the next chapter of 100 Resilient Cities, an ambitious Rockefeller Foundation program. The grant maker recently announced it was withdrawing support for program with a final $30 million grant.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Editor’s Notebook: Melinda Gates’s Turning Point
A look back at a key moment for the wife of the famous Microsoft founder, who has become a driving force in the decision-making at the world’s biggest foundation.
By STACY PALMER
Contributor
After Slamming the Doors on Too Many Grantees, a New Approach Improved Our Foundation’s Impact
The Boston Foundation focused so tightly on five strategy goals that it lost the ability to help start-ups and nonprofits facing increased demands. A new small-grants program meant that it could still focus on those goals — but do a lot more.
By Paul S. Grogan
Contributor
She Faced Sexism at Work. Now She’s Helping Women Become Leaders.
For decades, men tried to demean and undermine Anne Welsh McNulty as she excelled in the world of high finance. Now she’s pouring millions of dollars into helping younger women succeed.
By Kellie Woodhouse
Contributor
How Philanthropy Can Curb the Rise of Hate: Count It, Condemn it, Confront It
The shootings in Poway, Calif. made painfully clear yet again that foundations must move forcefully to use their grants, their investments, and their power to build movements to mobilize against the rise of white nationalism.
By ARTEALIA GUILLIARD
Contributor
How Philanthropy Can Ensure Opportunity Zones Ensure Widespread Economic Renewal
A new federal law offers potential to transform impoverished neighborhoods. Here are seven ways foundations can ensure it lives up to its promise.
By Bruce Katz
Contributor
UCLA Gets $20 Million for a Renovation and More (Grants Roundup)
Also, Vail Health has pledged $60 million for Colorado behavioral-health services, and Prudential Financial has committed $35 million in grants to help young people worldwide.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Melinda Gates Wants Nonprofits and Foundations to Put More Emphasis on Women
She also talks about how she shares power with her husband, how a site visit changed the focus of one gift, and why philanthropists must learn to listen more.
Emmett Carson Lands New Post After Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scandal
The former CEO, who led the organization through a period of meteoric growth but resigned after an inquiry describing a toxic workplace culture, will be COO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
By MARC GUNTHER and Maria Di Mento
In a Time of Division, Education Funding Should Unite Foundations
Just 4 percent of all grants help young children learn, but strong evidence shows this is one investment that will pay off to help families, especially the poorest ones.
By Kristen Burns
Contributor