Foundations are taking steps to make sure their giving benefits people of color.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
The public’s declining regard for nonprofits may hurt fundraising, advocacy, and hiring.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Businessman Gives $25 Million to Endow New Institute for Data and Society (Gifts Roundup)
Also, Michigan Medicine receives $20 million to develop new lifesaving therapies, a financier provides money to help those leaving foster care gain independence, and a nurse who got her degree at age 59 leaves scholarship money for students who face extraordinary demands, such as caring for a parent or spouse.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Charles and Margery Barancik, Fla. Philanthropists, Die in Car Crash (Transitions)
Also, Boy Scouts of America appoints a new CEO, and Margot Brandenburg is joining the Ford Foundation as mission investments senior program officer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How the Council on Foundations Advocates for the Nonprofit Sector
President Kathleen Enright says more conversation across philosophical differences and national borders can lead to more productive solutions.
City College of New York Announces New $290 Million Foundation (Grants Roundup)
Also, Tipping Point Community commits $20 million to improve outcomes for youths who have aged out of foster care in the Bay Area, and Duke Divinity School receives $12 million for Christian leadership programs.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Key Research Findings for Fundraisers and Other Nonprofit Executives: Roundup
Why the language men use in grant proposals works better than what women write, why it’s important not to delay in making pitches to beneficiaries of services, how big a difference nonprofit transparency makes to donors, and other results from scholarly studies.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
California’s New Privacy Law Draws Attention From Nonprofits
While nonprofits are not covered by the law setting new privacy standards, the marketing companies that many large groups work with do have to comply. Some industry groups and nonprofits fear rising costs to raise money; others see an opportunity to take stock of the data they collect and how they use it.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
A Banner Year for Big Gifts in 2019, With Jim Walton and Eric and Wendy Schmidt Leading the Way
The Chronicle’s annual top-10 list of the largest gifts announced by individuals or their foundations total more than $6.2 billion in 2019.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Year’s Big Stories in the Nonprofit World That Point to Key Changes Ahead
Concerns about tainted money, undue pressure on fundraisers, the inequality gap, and the role of philanthropy in fixing democracy are among the issues we covered in the past year that will continue as major forces in the year ahead.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor