A Grant Seeker’s Guide to Understanding Foundations
A primer with definitions of different types of foundations from Daniel N. Belin, author of Charitable Foundations: the Essential Guide to Giving and Compliance.
By Daniel N. Belin
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $75-Million Commitment From Microsoft to Expand Youth Computer-Science Education
Other awards include a total of $20 million from the Warren Alpert Foundation to Harvard Medical School to establish a health-care policy professorship, a research fund, and a fund for current needs at the school.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: $30 Million From Bloomberg Philanthropies for Arts Nonprofits in 6 Cities
Other awards include $16 million from the Jim Joseph Foundation supporting Hillel International.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Measurement Tool to Track Fundraising Costs and Returns
How to track your organization’s fundraising costs and returns and compare your performance to other organizations.
By Debra E. Blum and Holly Hall
Grants Roundup: $50 Million From Tyson Foods for Hunger-Relief Groups
Other awards include $20 million from AT&T for education organizations using mobile-earning technology, developing career-readiness skills and work experience, and connecting students with mentors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $13.5 Million for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Calif.
Also included is a $10 million pledge to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for need-based scholarships and endowed professorships.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Other awards include a total of $3 million from the Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance to expand college opportunities for urban youths.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Updates on 5 Key Gates Foundation Programs
The foundation’s plans for nutrition, higher education, early-childhood learning, and other efforts.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $65.7 Million Awarded for Health Studies
Other donations include $5 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to create six “centers of innovation” for children of military families.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Walmart Foundation Pledges $25-Million to Disaster Preparation
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the corporate philanthropy announces new support.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: NFL Gives $2.5 Million for Concussion Research and Education
Other awards include $10.5 million from the Walmart Foundation for nutrition education and school meals programs.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
MacArthur and Ford Foundations Diverge on Strategy
While both say they will focus on a narrower set of issues, one favors quick action and the other features a more patient approach to change.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacArthur Overhauls Approach to Focus on Big Bets
Climate change and criminal justice are among the causes getting more money as the foundation seeks to back more-ambitious projects — but fewer of them.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $1.5 Million to Increase Ugandan Farmers’ Access to Legume Seeds
Other awards include $1.3 million from the Maier Foundation to develop an Innovation Hub at the University of Charleston.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Strings on Donor-Advised Funds Are Making Charity Supporters Angry
Because the funds are so popular, nonprofits are spending more and more time soothing people angered by all the restrictions.
By Alan M. Cantor
Reporter
Denver Grant Maker Narrows Focus to the Arts — Just the Arts
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation says its highly unusual move to shut down science, health, and human-services funding will help close a big gap in cultural giving.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor