Two Midwestern Universities Land $100 Million Grants: Grants Roundup
Also, Lyft pledges $50 million to improve urban-transportation infrastructure, and the John Templeton Foundation gave $7.2 million to Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
TED Plans $280 Million More in Funding for ‘Audacious’ Projects
The announcement follows a $250 million commitment announced last year. Projects funded by the latest round focus on causes such as climate activism and using data to do good.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
As We Wait for Attorney General Barr to Release the Mueller Report, What Foundations Should Do
Foundations are in a special position to invest in groups that will fix the problems in elections revealed by the inquiry and those that seek to restore faith in our democratic norms.
By JOE GOLDMAN
Contributor
How to Connect With Family Funds and Small Foundations
Small grant makers give out more than $4 billion a year and are often more flexible than large foundations.
What Detroit Residents Want Foundations to Understand (Letter to the Editor)
A nonprofit executive in the city says foundations have put too little money into educating the city’s residents for the skills they need to thrive in an era of automation.
PNC Bank Adds $150 Million to Preschool Program (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Starr Foundation gave $50 million for stem-cell research, and the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis received $9 million to dig for fossils in Wyoming.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundations Say Communication Teams and Consultants Are Keys to Grant-Making Success
The findings are part of a study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy intended to help people new to the world of grant making get off to a smooth start.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Why Our Company Doesn’t Give Money to Groups That Simply Help the Poor
Groups that aid the poor but are on life support themselves don’t make a difference. More companies and foundations should focus their giving on the groups that curb the causes of poverty.
By DIANNE BERNEZ
Contributor
Rockefeller COO Defends Decision to End Support for ‘100 Resilient Cities’ Program
Steven VanRoekel said the change marks the next phase of the grant maker’s work on climate change.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Speaking at a conference of black foundation leaders, the heads of Skillman and Kresge reflected on what worked and what did not in the half-billion-dollar commitment to an urban area on the brink.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Philanthropy Can Make a Difference in Helping Black and Brown Mothers Survive Childbirth
Serena Williams and Beyoncé called national attention to the problem women of color face in childbirth. We volunteer to help prevent deaths of such women, but more investment in paid workers would save lives.
By Tikvah Wadley and Healthconnect One
Education, Housing, and a Hawaiian Island Are Top Chan Zuckerberg Priorities
The Chronicle takes a closer look at the grant-making information disclosed earlier this week by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.
By MICHAEL THEIS
Contributor
Kresge Pledges to Increase Portion of Endowment Invested With Firms Owned by Minorities or Women
The foundation says that by 2025 a quarter of its U.S. assets, roughly $500 million, will be managed by diverse firms, up from 14 percent today. It made the pledge as part of an effort to persuade at least 50 other foundations to take similar actions by 2025.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mount Sinai Will Develop Digital Health Institute: Grants Roundup
Also, Ohio State will use $7 million to expand its agricultural laboratory, and the Knight Foundation gives $6 million to three journalism groups to strengthen local newsrooms.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rebecca Rimel to Step Down as CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts
She oversaw one of the most stunning changes in the philanthropy world, shifting a wealthy family fund to charity status so it could do more advocacy and political work. That change paved the way a generation later for donors like Mark Zuckerberg, Pricilla Chan, and Laurene Powell Jobs to eschew the typical foundation structure of their philanthropic work.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
What Grant Makers Can Do to Help Small, Local Nonprofits Thrive
Multiyear general support is essential. So is help paying salaries of talented staff members.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor