$84.5 Million MacKenzie Scott Gift to Girl Scouts to Help It Recover From Pandemic
The group, which lost membership during Covid, plans to support volunteers and staff, make camp properties more resistant to climate change, improve science and technology education for youth members, and develop diversity and inclusion programming to make troops more accessible.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Plus, Jackie and Mike Bezos gave $710 million to Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital got $50 million to expand sickle cell disease research and to support other programs.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Collapse’ in Small Gifts Poses Threat for Nonprofits as Recession Looms, Report Says
Charities are losing the supporters who could help them navigate a downturn, according to data from the year’s first half.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Dolly Parton Donation Strategy: ‘I Just Give From My Heart’
At the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awards, Dolly Parton says she has no strategy for her giving but has supported childhood literacy, people affected by natural disasters, and college scholarships through her Dollywood Foundation.
Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honors Dolly Parton, Stacy and Lynn Schusterman, and Others
Dolly Parton won for her free book program and her donation for Covid vaccine research, Stacy and Lynn Schusterman for supporting justice and equity, and Manu Chandaria for providing scholarships and more in Africa. Background From the Chronicle: Stacy Schusterman and others talk about running family foundations.
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Selects New President
Also, GoFundMe appointed the next president of its Classy platform, and the philanthropist Lorry Lokey has died at age 95.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
CEO of RIP Medical Debt Talks About Innovation and Debt Cancellation
Allison Sesso, CEO of RIP Medical Debt, discusses the stigma and burden of medical debt and provides insight into her organization’s innovative model.
Philanthropy Pours More Money Into Advancing Economic Wealth of Latinos
Community foundations and other grant makers saw during Covid and the racial reckoning that Latinos were often failing to get a share of government or banking aid to build their businesses. Now they are trying to turn things around.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
A new study by the Council on Foundations finds that grant makers are boosting benefits to make up for lack of pay raises. Meanwhile, the boards of foundations aren’t keeping up with strides in race and gender diversity of staff.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Bezos Family Donates $710M to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
The Bezos Family Foundation announced a $710 million gift to the Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the largest gift the center has ever received and one of the largest to go to any single cancer research organization in recent years.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press