Dallas Mavericks Basketball Team Awards Emergency Grants for Winter Storm Relief in Tex.
Also, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation gave $115 million to 400 charities across New York State, and Goldman Sachs awarded $25 million to teach job skills in finance to students at eight historically Black colleges and universities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
College Fundraisers’ Confidence Continues to Be on the Upswing
The latest in a series of surveys of higher-education fundraisers found similar levels of confidence among fundraising leaders and gift officers for the first time since April 2020.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Venture Capital Executive Gives $80 Million to Expand Maternal Health Care in Bay Area
Plus, the Home Depot co-founders jointly gave the Gary Sinise Foundation $40 million, and Marymount Manhattan College received $25 million.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
United Way Worldwide Names Board Member Neeraj Mehta as Interim CEO
He replaces Brian Gallagher, who recently announced he would resign following an investigation that found the organization should improve its workplace culture, morale, and procedures regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Kaboom Promotes From Within to Pick Its New CEO
Also, the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties has a new president and CEO, and Beth deHamel, who was recently interim CEO at Mercy Corps, has joined the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit Job Growth Was Flat in January
Nonprofit job growth was sluggish in January, adding only 5,158 jobs since December, according to a new analysis from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Grant Makers Use $3 Billion in Bond Offerings to Pump More to Charities
The California Endowment is among the latest entrants taking advantage of historically low interest rates to spend more now on grantees’ urgent needs.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
New Nonprofit Helps Turn Fine Wines Into Charitable Donations
Garth Hodgdon, a former sommelier, started the Legacy Cellar Foundation to help wine lovers make a difference.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Fidelity Charitable Donors Channeled $9.1 Billion to Charities Amid the Pandemic
That is a surge of 24 percent and comes as the biggest donor-advised fund sponsor received more than $14 billion in 2020. Still, charities say they are struggling to meet needs and have made many job cuts.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Blackstone Promises $40 Million to Entrepreneurship Program for Students of Color
Also, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded $18 million to reduce over-incarceration in 15 U.S. cities and counties, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation is giving $11 million in matching grants to re-open Jewish summer camps.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions