New MacKenzie Scott Website Details $14 Billion in Gifts
Scott plans an “open-call” process so charities can send her information for evaluation. She will also post criteria for eligibility and name the panel evaluating applications.
By the Associated Press
Contributor
Turbulence in the Economy Poses Continued Challenges for Nonprofits That Serve the Needy
Inflation is easing and the stock market is rising, which bodes well for overall fundraising in the last weeks of the year. But the situation is uneven, especially for groups like the Salvation Army that are seeing prices and demand rise while donations are behind last year’s pace.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
4 Big Foundations Pool $90 Million for Global Workers-Rights Partnership
Also, Michigan Medicine received $50 million for its new hospital, and three companies made grants to support the Smithsonian Institution’s forthcoming American Women’s History Museum and National Museum of the American Latino.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Charities That Curb Medical Debt for the Needy Are Growing Fast — and Innovating
Help from MacKenzie Scott and other donors large and small are allowing organizations to help millions of Americans. Now relief groups are putting more money into advocacy work to help avoid debt and work with nonprofit hospitals to ensure patients in need get subsidized care.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Chronicle Opens Philanthropy Fellowship Applications for 2023-24
The fellowship, which runs from March 2023 to February 2024, is part of a collaboration with the Associated Press and the Conversation designed to shed light on one of the most undercovered — but crucial — sectors of American life.
Museum Trustee Merges Social Justice and Art
Victoria Rogers, who helped start the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums and serves on the board of the Brooklyn Museum, has asked insightful questions about diversity and equity from a young age.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
An Immigrant and Google.org Official Finds a Home in Giving Circles
Hector Mujica’s parents were not wealthy, but their generosity set the tone for his philanthropy.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
A Neurobiologist Finds More Satisfaction in Disruptive Giving
Looking for more people-centered work, Rebecca Balter found her calling in supporting organizing in the South and environmental-justice efforts.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Entrepreneur Gave $50 Million to His Alma Mater. Now He’s Looking to Broaden His Giving
Austin McChord started Datto, a data backup and security company, when he was a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Its success has fueled his philanthropy. Plus: See the rest of our <a href="https://staging.philanthropy.com/package/the-future-is-now">special report</a> on young donors challenging what it means to be a philanthropist.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Global Bank Executive Moonlights as Owner of a Social-Enterprise Restaurant
April Tam Smith’s restaurant in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen gives people jobs with dignity, and the proceeds go toward several charities, including one that starts schools in war-torn Congo.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects