Philanthropy Roundtable CEO Elise Westhoff Is Stepping Down
She says she wants to focus more on her family and that her efforts as CEO to raise the group’s public profile through sometimes controversial opinion articles and public appearances have appealed to the values that the group’s members share.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Los Angeles Couple Give $50 Million for Environmental Programs at USC
Plus, the founder of Politico is giving $20 million to start a new journalism institute, and five universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Race, Shakespeare, and a Theater’s Fight to Survive
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s artistic director — the first person of color in the role — departs amid criticism that her plan to save the American theater drove away donors and patrons. Supporters say bias and racism marred her tenure.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Philanthropy Helps Boost Manufacturing in Areas With High Job Vacancies
In Cleveland, where communities have been left behind as plants have closed or moved to the suburbs, a nonprofit network is investing millions to train adults for jobs and provide high-school internships.
How Cleveland Foundation’s Leader Has Worked to Revitalize the City’s Economy
Ronn Richard, who is retiring from the fund, says one key to success has been hiring foundation staff from the business world — and using the organization’s clout and assets to revive troubled neighborhoods.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Nonprofits Are Still Struggling to Bridge the Digital Divide
Eighty percent of organizations in a new study said they are not able to achieve their missions because they or the people they serve have limited internet access.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $75 Million for the Mental-Health Center at Columbia U.
Also, the Ballmer Group and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation jointly donated $30 million to help community-college students find good jobs in the Detroit region, and the X Prize Wildfire will award $11 million to teams that develop technology to detect, contain, and extinguish extreme wildfire events.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Online Giving Declined Slightly in 2022, but Monthly Giving Was a Bright Spot, Report Finds
The drop in online giving masks the turbulence of the year for individual nonprofits — with some performing well but others experiencing sharp declines. Recurring donors gave more money over all than those offering one-time gifts, highlighting a path nonprofits seeking to boost retention might want to follow.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
HBCUs Get 178 Times Less in Foundation Grants Than Ivy League Institutions
A recent study found that in a single year eight Ivy League universities received $5.5 billion from the 1,000 largest U.S. foundations compared with $45 million for the 99 historically black colleges and universities.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Grant Makers Support Affordable Housing to Further Many Other Causes
Donors and foundations that seek to improve education, health, and economic opportunity are backing solutions to fix the housing crisis.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor