Metropolitan Museum of Art’s CEO on Its Finances, Its Admissions Policy, and More (Podcast)
Daniel Weiss discusses the museum’s controversial switch from pay-as-you-go admissions to a set fee for out-of-town visitors, as well as its upcoming 150th anniversary.
(Red) CEO Will Next Lead MusiCares (Transitions)
Also, the Glaucoma Foundation hires a new CEO, and Jean Vanier, who won the Templeton Prize in 2015 for his work helping disabled people, has died at age 90.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Wisc. Insurance Company Gives $20 Million for Data Science Institute (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation awards $14 million to make childbirth safer for the world’s poorest women, and Disney gives a children’s hospital charity $1 million in honor of its blockbuster movie Avengers: Endgame.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Donor-Advised Funds Grow in Popularity as Tools for Impact Investing
Beyond Meat’s splashy IPO and a new venture fund launched Tuesday by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the latest examples of investors using donor-advised funds to place bets on companies that try to achieve social good.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
A Fourth of Monthly Donors Who Started With a One-Time Gift Make Other Contributions, Study Says
It takes first-time online supporters nearly a year to give again, according to a new report from the fundraising platform Classy.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Billionaire Benioffs Give $30 Million to Fight Homelessness (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, a cannabis investor gave $9 million for marijuana research, Baylor University landed $100 million, and the University of Washington received $3.6 million from a 28-year-old alumnus and his partner.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Federal Charity Drive Pledges Decrease, Again, This Time by 13%
Experts say Congress needs to revamp the system by improving the online portal and scrapping upfront administrative fees charged to nonprofits that want to participate.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Tyler Cowen’s Free-Market Think Tank Takes Innovative Approach to Tech Grants
Emergent Ventures, a program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, gives grantees wide latitude to pursue ideas with little oversight.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Washington Ballet Lands New Executive Director (Transitions)
Also, New Music USA appoints its next leader, and the CEO of the Tides Foundation will depart this year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
President Deborah Borda discusses new programming, including “Phil the Hall,” which invites people who don’t usually go to the Lincoln Center to attend $5 one-hour concerts.