Tobacco-Settlement Lawyer Joe Rice Gives $30 Million for Law School Scholarships
Plus, Caltech got $400 million to back science research at other universities; and Perez Art Museum Miami and the Saint Louis Art Museum received big gifts
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Scientist Leaves $200 Million to Boost the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Plus, Hoag Hospital in California landed a $50 million gift for dementia care, and financier Ken Griffin gave $30 million to the National Medal of Honor Museum.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Longtime U of Virginia Donors Give $57 Million for A.I. Research
Plus, University of Kansas athletics received $25 million, and Cornell landed $10 million for research on precision nutrition.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Nonprofit World Should Embrace, Not Fear, Congressional Interest in Donor Transparency
Leading nonprofit associations have rejected efforts to expand the rules governing donor privacy. Their concern is misplaced, and the field’s legitimacy is at stake.
By Craig Kennedy
Contributor
Fed Up with How College Students are Behaving? Fund a Campus Pluralism Center
Donors frustrated with the response on college campuses to the Hamas attack on Israel should consider endowing centers that teach students how to cooperate across differences.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
NASA’s Endeavour Space Shuttle to Get New Home With $25 Million Gift
Plus, the University of Northern Iowa got $25 million for business-ethics education programs, a couple who emigrated from Ukraine are giving $17 million to advance treatment for a rare type of blood cancer, and three other nonprofits received major gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
He Lived Quietly and Then Gave $200 Million for a Science Immersion Program
Plus, Fort Lewis College, three universities, and a civic engagement group for youths all landed multimillion-dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Bernie Marcus to Rich People: Get Off Your Rear Ends and Do Something Good
The 94-year-old Home Depot co-founder has donated roughly $2 billion so far, including big bets in Atlanta.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
First Woman to Join Washington & Jefferson College’s Board Leaves It $50 Million
Plus, the University of Connecticut’s Nursing School and the University of Buffalo received $40 million each, UCLA landed $15.4 million, and three other universities got seven- and eight-figure gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Charles Feeney’s Legacy: $8 Billion in Giving, and a Bold Example
He was in many ways a forerunner of the “giving while living” philosophy — in his case, giving it almost all away.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Amy and Richard Wallman Give U. of Chicago Another $75 Million Gift
Plus, a college registrar, a Broadway producer, and a billionaire novelist donate huge sums to higher education, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and a career-training charity.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The controversial giving movement fueled the rise of the ex-cryptocurrency mogul, writes acclaimed author Michael Lewis in “Going Infinite.”
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Big Donors Give Bigger: Charity Dependence on the Wealthy Grows, Survey Says
The study says volunteering can spark big gifts, but that the share of wealthy people who volunteer, while on the uptick, is still below pre-pandemic levels.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Financier John Paulson Gives Hebrew U. $27 Million; 5 Other Nonprofits Win Big Gifts
MacKenzie Scott continues her giving spree to affordable-housing groups with a new $20 million donation to a housing organization in Vermont.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Lawyer Gives $20 Million So Low-Income Law Students Can Avoid Enormous Debt
Plus, Stetson University received a $15.4 million bequest from a longtime supporter for scholarships and to endow its music school, and four other nonprofits received multimillion dollar donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Financier Len Blavatnik Gives Yale $40 Million to Develop New Health Technologies
Plus, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert have pledged $375 million for two new medical facilities, and MacKenzie Scott is giving $20 million for affordable housing in San Francisco.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor