Grant Proposal Rejected? Find Out Why — and How to Get Funded
Volunteers at the Unfunded List can critique proposals that were turned down and help promote the most promising ones.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: $40 Million to Program for Asian Health-Care Workers
Other awards include a $12 million grant from the Rasmuson Foundation to support the expansion of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Podcast: Using Computer Science to Benefit Social Justice
In this episode of Fundraising Fundamentals, a Ford Foundation program officer explains the advantages of having technologists working for social good.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Another Big Grant Maker Redirects Its Giving Toward Poverty
The Irvine Foundation will end traditional arts, youths and education, and democracy grants to instead focus on ways to aid the working poor by expanding their economic opportunities and advocacy clout.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $5 Million to Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center
Other awards include $2 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to Say Yes Buffalo to provide college scholarships to graduates of Buffalo, N.Y., public and charter schools.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
What Foundations Want From Grantee Evaluations
An association of small foundations shares grant makers’ opinions on different types of evaluations and tells how to measure the intangible, such as increased hope or confidence.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Awards $5.8 Million to 211 Nonprofits
Other awards include nearly $2.5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for 19 documentary and interactive digital-media projects.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Other awards include $3.4 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to expand the focus of the Knight International Journalism Fellows Program.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Inside MacArthur’s Rapid Strategic Shift to ‘Big Bets’
The foundation’s president explains how the Paris climate pact, the Chan-Zuckerberg pledge, and other factors are influencing America’s 10th-biggest grant maker.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Joyce Foundation Awards $14.4 Million to Wide-Ranging Causes
Other awards include $6.7 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to five organizations working to improve the care of older adults.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Reader’s Choice: This Year’s Top Resources
Topping the list are articles to help you measure results, seek grants, and appeal to millennials.
Chan Responds to Questions About Plans for Facebook Fortune
In an email to The Chronicle, the wife of the social-media pioneer Mark Zuckerberg describes the couple’s ideas on how they will distribute billions of dollars to philanthropic efforts.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Nonprofits Set to Get $20 Million in U.S. Funds for Security
The omnibus spending bill set for congressional approval in the coming days includes the largest allocation in eight years for grants to nonprofits to beef up their security measures, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency writes.
Minn. Grants Aim to Stem Radicalization in Somali Community
A Somali-American nonprofit in Minneapolis will divvy up some $400,000 in federal and private funds as part of a pilot project to counter jihadist recruitment among youths in immigrant communities, the Star Tribune writes.
A Road Map of the Foundation Landscape for Grant Seekers
A professional grant writer outlines the most common types of foundations and forms of grant proposals.
By Principal Consultant At Grants Northwest
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $8 Million Pledged to Improve Climate-Resilience Planning in 12 Communities
Other awards include $5 million from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in support of diversity and inclusion programs.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor