Gates, Skoll, and Others Pool Funds to Give First $80 Million in Grants
The fund supported by some Giving Pledge signers is going toward large-scale international efforts to improve health and education and bring people out of poverty.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
S.D. Human-Service Group Lands $55 Million; Holocaust Museum Gets $2 Million: Gifts Roundup
A new arts center, three universities, and a community college also received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Big Donors Held Back on Giving Stock in December. Here’s What to Expect in 2019.
With the stock market still volatile, donor-advised-fund providers’ year-end fundraising offers a window into the mood of charities’ biggest supporters.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Frugal Social Worker Gives $11 Million, Maltz Jupiter Theatre Gets $5 Million: Gifts Roundup
Also, Baptist Health La Grange gets $2 million, and Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit gets $1 million from the producer of Hamilton.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Effort to Spur Giving From Donor-Advised Funds Online Appears to Stall
A tech tool promoted by Fidelity Charitable and others as a fundraising boon has done relatively little to spur giving, and Fidelity is talking about a “revamp.”
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
To Heal Divisions in This Country, We Need to Redefine Success
Instead of focusing just on the GDP or stock-market indexes, let’s look at income inequality, health care, and economic mobility.
By Brian Gallagher
Contributor
The philanthropists who intrigued us the most in the past year aren’t just those with the big names but those whose giving patterns offer insights that might elicit gifts from others.
By dan.parks
Contributor
How Stock Volatility Could Take a Swipe at Charitable Giving and Grant Making
Nonprofits that depend on the affluent and foundation grants could face some challenges in the year ahead. But experts say it’s not time to panic.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
The Woes of the Trump Foundation Are Pervasive Among Big Donors
The grant maker’s closure illustrates the difficulty the IRS has seeing that donors don’t get overly big benefits from their gifts while still giving them incentive to contribute.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Social Worker Leaves Surprise $11 Million to Charities for Children: Daily News Roundup
Several million came from savings and investments and several million more from inheritance. In other articles, the Baltimore archdiocese is changing the name of its fundraising drive to reassure donors the money isn’t going to defray the costs of the sex-abuse scandal; Jeff Bezos has chosen a former Amazon vice president to head his education philanthropic effort; donors can use voice commands to give to charity through Google Assistant; and much more.
Billion-Dollar Gifts by Bezos and Bloomberg Top List of Biggest Donations in 2018
Both contributions sought to help people in need.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
8 Fundraising Trends to Watch in 2019
Donor-advised funds will keep growing rapidly, livestreaming will become a bigger deal, and other changes likely to occur in the coming year.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Charities Will Soon Learn How the Tax Law Has Affected Charitable Giving: Daily News Roundup
Studies predict nonprofits will bring in $13 billion to $20 billion less. Plus, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading app Coinbase has signed the Giving Pledge; Planned Parenthood has been accused of discriminating against pregnant employees; the Justice Department is investigating the biggest migrant shelter for possible misuse of federal money; Fast Company suggests 28 nonprofits for year-end donations; and more news and articles about big donors, corporate giving, and workplace giving.
Northeastern U. Nets $50 Million for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Gifts Roundup
Also, Houston Baptist University receives $20 million for classroom and laboratory space, and Harvard Medical School will use $1.5 million to improve the health care given to transgender patients and other sexual minorities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
December 20: Trump Attacks N.Y. Attorney General Over Foundation Lawsuit: Daily News Roundup
President Trump lashed out at the New York attorney general who brought the suit against his foundation. In other articles, Steven Spielberg is expanding the mission of his Shoah Foundation to fight hate; the Justice Department has sued promoters of conservation easements, which it alleges use overvalued land appraisals; and much more news, articles on innovation; and opinions about the Trump philanthropy.
Benioffs Donate $15 Million to Children’s Hospital for Mental Health: Daily News Roundup
The gift is the last part of $50 million the couple had pledged to a hospital in Oakland, Calif. Plus, this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize plans to start a fund for women victims of war-related sex crimes; a judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional could hurt the credit quality of nonprofit hospitals; two op-eds discuss the Trump Foundation’s closing, the New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the charity, and where its remaining assets should go; and more.