Gifts to Vanguard Charitable Rose 16% Last Year
Because of a hot stock market and the tax overhaul, contributions and new accounts jumped at one of the nation’s largest donor-advised fund providers.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Foundations Push Grantees to Get Tough on Child Abuse
Supporters of the effort, which has been underway for three years, say the crimes of former Olympic physician Larry Nassar should send a message throughout philanthropy that organizations must have policies in place to prevent such abuses.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Mellon Gives $10 Million for Humanities; Walmart Sends $5 Million to Puerto Rico
Plus, the Yawkee Foundations will help a South Carolina hospital build a new surgery pavilion, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $5.5 million to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $25 Million for Pancreatic Cancer Research; $10 Million for Bush Library
Plus, the MetLife Foundation works to combat poverty with a $5 million grant to a debt-repayment charity, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates-Funded Study Identifies Pathways Out of Poverty
Still to be determined; whether the $41 billion grant maker will join the Ford Foundation and others that have taken on the issue in a big way.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Boeing Gives $10 Million for Veterans; U. of Idaho Gets New Arena
Also, Children’s Mercy Kansas City gets $150 million for pediatric research, the Gates Foundation gives $4 million to address health problems in India, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $400 Million for Emory U.; $18 Million for Job Training
Plus, the Lilly Endowment creates a $10 million endowment for the Children’s Bureau of Indianapolis; and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: MacArthur Gives $100 Million for Syrian Refugee Education Program
Also, the Caris Foundation gave $98 million to create a collaborative health program in Haiti, Google.org gave $10 million to Goodwill for digital-skills training, and more.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $50 Million Offered for Artificial-Intelligence Solutions to Environment
Plus, the Windgate Fund Creates a $40 Million Art District at the University of Arkansas, and LinkedIn gives $10 million to address affordable housing in the San Francisco area.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
MacArthur Aims to Help Syrian Children With $100 Million Award
The grant maker’s selection of the Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee as the winners of high-profile competition appears to be aimed at President Trump.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
How Highly Rated Program Officers Earn Grantees’ Approval
They recognize that nonprofits are the experts in their subject areas and choose their words carefully so they don’t sound like they’re issuing mandates.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: 3M Gives $26 Million to the U. of Minnesota
Also, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has granted over $5 million to TechTown and the Michigan Nonprofit Association to build a new resource hub for charity leaders in Detroit.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Hewlett Pledges $600 Million to Develop Renewable Energy
The commitment puts the grant maker at the vanguard of an effort to fulfill the goals of the Paris climate agreement even as U.S. support of the deal has vanished.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
An Introduction to Donor-Advised-Fund Terms and Concepts
Confused about accepting gifts from donor-advised funds? Here’s a primer on this fast-growing way to give.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Wells Fargo Offers $50 Million for Native American Groups
Other grants include $8 million to develop new treatments for leukemia and $5 million for the Baltimore Police Department for crime-fighting technology.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How New Forms of Philanthropy Are Squeezing Traditional Charities
Donors and foundations look to alternative legal structures and for-profit investments to effect change, with big implications for grant-supported nonprofits.
By Alex Daniels and Rebecca Koenig