Cold Cash: What to Do When Unexpected Money Pours In
The Ice Bucket Challenge, a grassroots effort that went viral, brought a sudden $115 million to the ALS Association. Five years later, it’s out to tell the public what it’s accomplished with all that money.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Tito’s Vodka Gives Its Employees the Power to Choose Charities
The company gives each worker a budget to support nonprofits. It has limited its marketing budget in favor of giving more away to good causes.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
UC-San Francisco Lands $25 Million, and UC-San Diego Gets $20 Million (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, two additional universities and the Mark Twain House and Museum receive big donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How the Environmental Defense Fund Is Working to Reduce Emissions Worldwide (Podcast)
Its goal is a 45-percent reduction in emissions by 2025.
Aileen Getty and Rory Kennedy Lead New Climate Fund to Support Activists and Protesters
Trevor Neilson, one of the leaders of the new fund, said the goal is to ratchet up the level of urgency by supporting those who are “screaming loudly that our government is not taking action.”
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Denver Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust Install New Leaders (Transitions)
Also, the Newman’s Own Foundation dismisses its longtime CEO, and the Rockefeller Foundation names a vice president for climate and resilience.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Want More Alumni Donors? Ask People With Student-Loan Debt
The study by GiveCampus also found that nearly half of the respondents, and 58 percent of millennials, are likelier to donate if they can specify how their donation is used.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Fraternity Pledges $20 Million for Women’s Cancer Research (Grants Roundup)
Also, the American Heart Association establishes a $14-million research network for arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, and the Koret Foundation gives $1.2 million for veterans services in the Bay Area.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
American Airlines to Send Names of Cancer Survivors Aloft in Charity Promotion
People who donate at least $25 to the nonprofit Stand Up To Cancer, which funds medical research, can have the name of a cancer survivor printed on a real, in-service Airbus A321.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Nonprofit Leaders of Color Speak Out About Struggles and Triumphs
People of color who have climbed the ladder at foundations or charities talk about their challenges, coping strategies, successes, and whether they think things are getting better.