The major-gift-fueled rise in overall dollars donated is masking a fundamental shift in philanthropy: The share of people who give is dropping across all demographics. Are fundraisers doing enough to lock in tomorrow’s donors?
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
In Search of … America’s Missing Donors
See the country’s declining rate of charitable giving by age, income, education, marital status, and religion.
By NICOLE WALLACE and Ben Myers
Daily News Roundup: Santa Fe Shooting Survivors Start Nonprofit
In other articles, the Parkland students that formed the nonprofit March for Our Lives are trying new ways to hold politicians and businesses accountable for gun safety; critics are questioning Food for the Poor’s claims of low administrative costs; a judge has delayed an order to force Missouri Governor Eric Greitens’s nonprofit to turn over records; Warren Buffett’s charity lunch sold for $3.3 million; and much more about giving and arts and culture and opinion.
Gifts Roundup: Sesame Workshop and Gun-Violence Research Each Get $20 Million
In other news about recent gifts, the UCLA law school gets $4.3 million, and Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and his wife, Carol, commit $3 million for low-income college students.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Podcast: Nonprofit Code.org Hopes to Inspire Kids to Learn Computer Science
Code.org trains teachers to teach computer science, even if they have no background in the subject.
World Vision Names New CEO; Skalak Leaving Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
Also, the Guggenheim gets a new deputy director; Philippe Vergne is leaving the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and both the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Weinberg Foundation have named new program directors.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates Jumps Into International Education With $68 Million for Data-Based Solutions
The four-year commitment is intended to help figure out what works, especially in poor countries.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Bloomberg Foundation Pledges $375 Million to Help Needy Kids Attend College and Get Career Training
The former mayor of New York said the money takes aim at intergenerational poverty by helping more deserving kids get higher education.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Parkland Shootings Inspire Houston Philanthropists to Give $20 Million to Research Gun Violence
The donation from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation will fund data-driven research into the causes of gun violence in the United States, including how youths are affected by their access to guns.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Giving Down 2.4% in 2018’s First Quarter, Study Says
Revenue from major donors dropped 5.2 percent, and the number of new supporters fell 12 percent, according to an alarming Fundraising Effectiveness Report.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor