Corporations are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their giving, favoring bigger commitments to causes that are close to their expertise.
Video: Foundations Reveal What They Look For in Grant Proposals
Skip the complicated language, understand the grant maker’s goals, and explain what your group hopes to learn.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Push Ideas That Work: Advice for Grant Seekers
Foundations are looking for nonprofits that can make social services more cost-effective and efficient.
By Ben Gose and Doug Donovan
A skyrocketing stock market helped boost the assets of big foundations last year to their highest levels since the Great Recession gutted endowments.
A Native-Alaskan Program Builds Engineers on Their Home Turf
Foundations are pouring money into a program that seeks to overcome barriers, like a lack of physics and math courses.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
How America’s Biggest Companies Gave in 2012
Learn how much America’s biggest companies gave in both cash and products, the causes they support, and how they encourage employee giving.
With Cash Giving Flat, Big Companies Offer Other Aid
A Chronicle survey of more than 100 of America’s biggest companies finds that giving is inching up modestly, but many businesses are pouring new energy into finding ways to provide volunteers and other aid.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Winning Corporate Aid: Advice From Experts
Research companies you’re interested in, show your results, and be ready to move quickly if the business decides to work with your charity.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
An Arts Group Shares Its Struggle and Gets a Second Chance
Streb, a nonprofit dance company, made a string of mistakes in trying to attract teenagers to a new program, but it got a second grant from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and learned from the missteps.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Grant Makers Open Up About Failed Projects in Hopes Others Can Learn From Them
Under pressure from charities, a growing number of foundations are making efforts to share their mistakes so others can learn from them.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Warren and Doris Buffett Offer Giving Advice Online
Doris Buffett, the sister of the financier, is offering grants to people who take a course designed to teach people to make donations wisely.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Applying for Grants Is Still a Burden, Say Fundraisers
While 77 percent of donors have taken steps to simplify things, fundraisers say they don’t notice much of a change, a new study finds.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Live Online Broadcast: What Philanthropy Can Do to Help America’s Middle Class
Watch a discussion about how grant makers can help the middle class, live from the Council on Foundations’ annual conference in Los Angeles today at 11:15 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time.
As Foundations Shift Priorities, Nonprofits Scramble to Adapt
The bad economy and changing leadership are forcing many charities—such as AIDS United—to shoehorn their work into new priorities or seek alternative sources of aid.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Tips for Making the Most of a Supporter’s Extra Effort for a Nonprofit Cause
In dealing with people who want to puruse arduous athletic events for a good cause, nonprofits must takes steps to make sure they control donations and their organization’s reputation.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Some Volunteers Push Their Commitment to Extremes, Say Charities
The growing number of people who pursue punishing athletic activities to raise money for good causes is putting new strains on nonprofits.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor