How One Nonprofit Justified Its Project Budget to a Grant Maker
The Stapleton Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities clearly defined how it arrived at the cost to build a new website in a grant proposal to the Aetna Foundation.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How Much America’s Biggest Companies Give to Charity: an Exclusive Chronicle Study
A Chronicle survey of America’s biggest companies found that donations grew 2 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year. Meanwhile, companies are increasingly integrating philanthropy throughout their business operations.
Corporate Support Goes Companywide
Companies such as Walmart and Citigroup are increasingly putting the entire heft of their organizations, not just the check-writing functions of their foundations, behind efforts to solve social problems.
By Alex Daniels and Peter Olsen-Phillips
Cash Giving From Businesses Edges Up, Chronicle Survey Shows
Gilead Sciences, Walmart, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and ExxonMobil led the way, reflecting a strong presence throughout the list of financial institutions and drug companies.
By Alex Daniels and Peter Olsen-Phillips
How Nonprofits Can Strike a Deal With Corporate Partners
Kellogg’s and State Farm provide insights into what charities need to do to land deep-pocketed sponsors in the business world.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Why Companies Give to Nonprofits
Executives with Microsoft, Citi, PNC, and Walmart explain how and why specific nonprofits were chosen to receive millions of dollars in support.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
How Grant Makers Can Help Charities Beyond Giving Money
Foundation representatives can sit on committees, write letters of support, and more.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
San Diego Commission Made Grants to Member’s Nonprofit
First 5 San Diego, which allocates tax dollars for early-education programs, has awarded or committed $1.4 million in recent years to a children’s charity headed by one of its board members, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
How to Appeal to Gay and Lesbian Donors
Here is a collection of Chronicle resources to help nonprofits better understand gay and lesbian causes and challenges.
How to Attract Donations for a Matching Gift
Experts offer advice on setting a plan of action for challenge gifts, involving the board, telling your story, and approaching potential donors.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
5 Universities Received Half of All Private Support for Basic Science Research
A survey of U.S. higher-education institutions found that half the money earmarked for basic research in 2015 went toward the life sciences.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How — and Why — to Keep Jargon Out of Fundraising Appeals
Eliminate words and phrases that trip up donors in your direct mail, emails, and other fundraising pitches.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Why Grant Makers Should Be Open With Nonprofits
An association of philanthropists who work with few or no staff members shares two videos in which grant makers talk about the importance of open communication with nonprofits and explain why they seek out grantees’ expertise.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Skoll Foundation Announces 2016 Award Recipients
The Skoll Foundation announced Monday the six recipients of the 2016 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.
Gates Foundation’s Influence Has Profoundly Changed Seattle
The convergence of large health-care companies, research institutes, and other nonprofits and businesses associated with the Gates Foundation are changing the face of the city, The New York Times reports.
One Year Later, Hope and Despair Found in Equal Measure in Baltimore
Foundation leaders at a conference in the nation’s capital take a side trip to the scene of one of the nation’s notorious recent clashes between police and an African-American community.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor