Study: Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Groups Is Up — but Still Lags Other Causes
U.S. donors gave more than $8 billion to groups that serve women and girls in 2020, an increase from the year before.
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
Fees to Return on Facebook and Instagram Donations
Meta has covered processing fees for billions given through its platforms. That stops October 31.
By Phoebe Farag Mikhail
Contributor
Nonprofit Service Provider Blackbaud Settles Data Breach Case
The fundraising software company agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims related to a 2020 data breach that exposed sensitive information from 13,000 nonprofits.
By the Associated Press
Contributor
Jumpstart for Young Children Will Install New CEO in January
Also, the grant maker Artadia has hired a new executive director, and Candy Marshall, president of TheDream.US since its founding 10 years ago, will step down from her post in November.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Profiles in Doing Good: Meet This Year’s ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
Among the 2023 fellows are the U.S. poet laureate, an author of multiple books on resistance and activism of Black Americans, a master hula teacher trying to preserve Hawaiian culture, and the co-founder of Protect Democracy.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Rockefeller’s Rajiv Shah: Highest Paid CEO Among Big Foundations
His management style has sown discontent among some, but he also has admirers.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
No Apologies: Rajiv Shah Stands by Rockefeller’s Top-Down Approach
Even as MacKenzie Scott and the Ford Foundation popularize unrestricted giving, the Rockefeller Foundation maintains an experts-know-best approach to grant making.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
MacArthur Fellows Awarded for Work on Reproductive Health, Climate, and Arts
The 20 fellows will each receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend as they see fit.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press