Gifts Roundup: Johns Hopkins Gets $300 Million for Public-Health Projects
Other notable donations include $60 million to endow the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work and $40 million to expand arts and sciences offerings at the University of Virginia.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Some Heavy Hitters Absent From Last Clinton Global Initiative
Also, a major humanitarian charity says global funding to tackle poverty and disease is being stretched thin by the migrant crisis.
$15 Million Gift Is Biggest Ever Dedicated to Freeing Innocent Prisoners
Cincinnati philanthropist Richard Rosenthal says he hopes his donation will spur others to follow his lead in supporting a cause that “truly saves people’s lives.”
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Gifts Roundup: Texas Couple Gives $25 Million to Build El Paso Dental School
Other notable donations include $10 million for science education at the University of Kentucky and $6 million for the Citadel’s business school.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Diller and Park Charity Win Court Round on Hudson Project
An appellate court rejected a civic group’s argument that the Hudson River Park Trust has not adequately assessed the environmental impact of Pier 55, a planned park and performance space to be built on a Manhattan pier with $130 million from media mogul Barry Diller, reports The New York Times.
How Community Foundations Tap Wealth Advisers to Attract Donor-Advised Funds
Meeting with financial advisers regularly and touting your organization’s expertise in the community helps attract these funds.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Diller Claims Fellow Business Titan Is Behind Pier 55 Fight
Media tycoon and philanthropist Barry Diller, who has pledged $130 million to build a new park and performance space on the Hudson River, alleges in The New York Times that another city mogul, property developer Douglas Durst, is bankrolling a court battle to block the project.
Hunt Foundation Gives $25 Million for Texas Tech Dental School
The donation to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso aims to address a critical shortage of oral health care in West Texas, the El Paso Times writes.
Gifts Roundup: Holocaust Museum Gets $1 Million From War-Crimes Lawyer
The annually renewable donation by Benjamin Ferencz, a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi officials, could reach $10 million. Other notable gifts include a $4-million bequest to the University of New Hampshire by a longtime campus librarian.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Generation X Comes of Age as Donor Group With Big Potential
Between boomers and millennials is a cohort whose members balance busy lives with a desire to fix problems. Fundraisers should pay attention.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Tips for Getting Gen Xers to Make Planned Gifts
Fundraising experts offer ideas for looking beyond boomers to make pitches for bequests from the next generation.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
A Community Fund Tailors Its Appeal to Gen X Donors
In neighborhoods and online, the Denver Foundation works to draw in a cohort committed to hands-on philanthropy.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Analytics Expert Offers Advice on How to Use Data to Raise Money
Fundraisers have long debated whether their discipline is an art or a science; author and Blackbaud executive Steve MacLaughlin says it’s both.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nuremberg Prosecutor Pledges Millions to Holocaust Museum
Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the post-World War II trials of Nazi war criminals, has donated $1 million to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for an institute to promote global justice and peace, and the annually renewable gift could ultimately be worth up to $10 million, The Washington Post writes.
Podcast: How Smaller Nonprofits Can Draw More Planned Gifts
This month’s episode of Fundraising Fundamentals offers tips for small and midsized organizations on building a planned-giving program.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
6 Steps to Attracting More Diverse Donors
Here’s how — and why — you should build an inclusive fundraising strategy and broaden your base of support.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor