How Unicef Aims to Hang On to Its Major-Gift Officers
The organization is addressing the isolation and burnout on its global development teams in part with a professional development program for fundraisers called the Major Gift Leadership Academy.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Fundraisers Question How Much Progress Has Been Made on DEI
In a Chronicle survey, 30 percent of respondents were somewhat or very dissatisfied with their organization’s diversity.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Little Amal Trip to New York City Shines Spotlight on Refugee Children
When Little Amal, a 12-foot-tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, walked into the American Museum of Natural History’s famed Hall of Dinosaurs, she held her own amid towering velociraptors.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Former Northeastern U. Student Who Dropped Out Gives $25 Million for New Professorships
Plus, the News Literacy Project landed $10 million from Los Angeles philanthropists Melanie and Richard Lundquist to combat misinformation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Half-Billion Dollars of Influence: Big Philanthropists and the Midterm Elections
Major charitable donors are becoming political heavyweights, thanks to controversial eight- and even nine-figure contributions.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Charitable Giving to Fight Climate Change Now Tops at Least $7.5 Billion, a 25% Rise
Many more nonprofits are receiving aid as a result of the increased dollars. Still, the share of philanthropic money that goes to climate change is tiny compared with all funds donated to causes like education and the arts.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Girl Scouts of the USA Names New Chief Development and Operating Officers
Also, the Weingart Foundation hired its next COO, and the longtime leader of the Apollo Theater will depart next summer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How a Couple’s Backgrounds as a Refugee and an Immigrant Have Shaped Their Giving
Vinh and Leisle Chung talk about the generosity they received when they came to the United States and how that has influenced the mission of their medical practice.
Foundations and Big Donors Step In to Tackle the Nation’s Nurse Shortage
Grant makers are backing ways to pay educational costs and make the jobs more attractive, especially to people of color, who often don’t choose the profession, and promoting innovations such as the use of robots for routine tasks.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Salvation Army and American Red Cross Share $80 Million for Climate-Driven Disaster Planning
Also, Breakthrough Energy has awarded $50 million to develop jet fuel with lower emissions, and four Pittsburgh foundations gave $4 million to rebuild the synagogue where an antisemitic mass shooting killed 11 people in 2018.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions