Grants Roundup: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commits $25 Million to Expand Health Research
Other awards include $2.5 million from the Joyce Foundation to support artists of color and sustainable growth of 11 arts and cultural organizations in Chicago.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Study Summary: Giving Holds Up at Smaller Foundations Despite Slowed Asset Growth
Grant makers with less than $50 million in assets distributed an average of 7 percent in 2014 — significantly higher than the 5-percent minimum required by law.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Peter Laugharn Named Chief Executive of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
The grant maker’s new leader was previously head of the Firelight Foundation, a Hilton grantee that provides health, education, and resilience training to needy people in Africa.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Grainger Foundation Awards $20 Million to Chicago’s Field Museum
Other awards include $2 million from the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation to support community college students transferring to New York University.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Jacobs Foundation Commits $52 Million to Education and to Women in Ivory Coast
Other awards include $14 million to help adults who suffer fall-related injuries and $130,000 to study a nonsurgical contraceptive vaccine for feral cats.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Foundations Take Broad Approach to Reducing Racial Inequalities
Grant makers support an interconnected web of programs including improved health care and an overhaul of the criminal-justice system.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Funds Pour Into My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
Other awards include $13.6 million from Sam’s Club for underserved small business communities and several awards seeking to promote STEM education.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Work Weekends? This Committed Donor Wants to Know
Carrie Morgridge, whose fortune comes from Cisco wealth, steers her money to groups led by people who are so committed they respond to her questions in an hour, even on Saturdays and Sundays.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Capital Ideas, Powerful Impact
As it winds down operations, Atlantic Philanthropies commissioned photographers to document its legacy.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nepal Response Shows Why Donor-Advised Funds Are a Boon to Philanthropy
Despite critics’ concerns that the funds distribute too little, the evidence shows that the accounts are democratizing giving.
By HOWARD HUSOCK
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $6.5 Million to Columbia University School of Nursing
Other new awards include $8.7 million from the Helmsley Charitable Trust for type 1 diabetes research.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Letters: Honest Grant Discussions Are a 2-Way Street; Plus, Praise for a Chronicle Columnist
Foundations and charities are both at fault for a lack of candor about needs and money. Also, defending a columnist who touched a nerve.
Grants Roundup: Wallace Foundation Gives $52 Million to Expand Arts Audiences
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is among the recipients; other new awards include $30 million and $42 million grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants: CVS Foundation Gives $2.1 Million for Health Clinics
Other awards include $14.8-million from Atlantic Philanthropies for a nonprofit consumer-advocacy organization.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Foundation Support for Black Men and Boys Grows Sharply, Study Says
Giving more than doubled from 2010 to 2012, with most grants going to education, social services, and public-affairs causes.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
In the competition for federal grants, Los Angeles nonprofits are getting a leg up from a new ally — the Annenberg Foundation.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor