Impact Investing Plays an Important Role in TechSoup’s Growth Campaign
The organization seeks both gifts and debt investments in its $11.5 million drive to expand technology services to nonprofits.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Plus, an anonymous donor gave the University of Houston $50 million, and the California real-estate developers Richard and Melanie Lundquist donated $1 million for a four-year automotive-restoration program at McPherson College.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
MacArthur Foundation Chooses New Chief Financial Officer (Transitions)
Also, and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver promotes a curator to become director, and the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation has a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How the Trevor Project’s Hotline Is Saving the Lives of LGBTQ Youths (Podcast)
The staff of the nonprofit, whose mission is to prevent suicides, includes a medical director, mental-health professionals, and social workers.
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Receives $21 Million (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy gave $5.9 million for natural-disaster recovery programs in four states, and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation awarded $3 million to improve parks in Buffalo, N.Y.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Human-Service Charities and Education Groups Get Biggest Haul From Fidelity DAF Holders
According to Fidelity’s examination of giving in 30 big cities, donors in the northeast provided the most to education, while donors in western cities were the most active supporters of environmental causes.
By MICHAEL THEIS
Contributor
Billionaires Marc and Lynne Benioff Give $35 Million for Microbiome Science (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, a Huntington Hospital, Miami University, North High School in Des Moines, and UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute all land big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Foundation Assets Top $1 Trillion, but Signs Point to Slump
The increase occurred despite a run-up in grant making from $60 billion in 2013 to $75 billion in 2017, for a total of more than $320 billion over that five-year period.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
New $1.5 Billion N.C. Health Foundation Announces First CEO (Transitions)
Also, Wells Fargo has hired its head of housing-affordability philanthropy, and New York Public Radio appoints a new executive
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How the Center on Addiction Helps Families Overcome Substance Abuse (Podcast)
The center focuses on helping families with prevention and recovery, new treatment and research, new media efforts to change the culture of addiction, and advocacy for coverage by insurers.