$1.1 billion from Nike co-founder will build Oregon’s first women’s hospital
Phil and Penny Knight’s gift to Providence Heart Institute shows the value of long-term relationships with big donors.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
If wealthy donors want to give well, grantees need a voice
A reader says input from grantees should have a part in educating philanthropists to be better donors.
Tom Golisano announces $225 million to six children’s hospitals
The money expands the Golisano Children’s Alliance, a nationwide network of children’s hospitals.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How Dolly Parton showed what wealthy donors can do
Parton embraced trust-based philanthropy long before the idea became trendy.
By Ryan Eller
Contributor
Dolly Parton’s philanthropic legacy
Millions loved her music, but her philanthropy, shaped by her own childhood struggles, reached millions, too.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Start asking donors what they own, not just what they’ll give
A strategy to accept complex, noncash assets can unlock far larger gifts — and you don’t have to become an expert to do it.
By Sam Marks
Contributor
The Gilded Age millionaire who helped make milk safe through ‘retail giving’
Nathan Straus’s efforts were mundane and not well known today, but they accomplished a lot and had far-reaching effects.
By Leslie Lenkowsky
The Conversation
Celebrity Giving Is Evolving: Ariana Grande’s Foundation Shows How
Grande's Brighter Days Ahead Foundation is betting that authenticity and structure can turn celebrity giving into something that outlasts the moment.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
After Gates Is Cut Off, Buffett Family Foundations Move to Center Stage
The little-known Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation may emerge as the primary distributor of Buffett’s vast fortune.
By Ben Gose, Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento
He will donate about $6 billion to four foundations connected to his family.
By Josh Funk
AP Business Writer
Buffett Postpones Annual Gift to Gates Foundation
The delay, pending a review of the foundation’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein, renews focus on how Buffett’s fortune will be spent.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Putting the ‘Andrew’ Back in Carnegie: A New Name for the Foundation
The name change could help generate interest in Carnegie, the man, but could also fall flat at a time of simmering distrust of the ultra-wealthy and of longstanding institutions.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
French Gates Puts Another $50M Into Women’s Health — and Calls for More
The philanthropist calls on other big donors to match her giving and urgency.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Foundation Leaders Are Too Afraid of Their Donors to Speak Candidly
To push back, I had to learn to break philanthropy’s fake rules.
By Glen Galaich
Contributor
$100 Billion in AI Philanthropy Sounds Great! Think Again.
Tech billionaires say nonprofits need new institutions, new talent, and new ideas, but the real problem is the bubbles they live in.
By Michelle Flores Vryn
Contributor
Ted Turner, Who Dared Fellow Billionaires to Give, Dies at 87
The brash media mogul's $1 billion pledge to the United Nations in 1997 helped usher in the age of the mega-donor.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor