Gifts Roundup: T. Denny Sanford Gives $28 Million to Advance Fundraising and Education
Other notable donations include $30 million for media studies at Penn State and $25 million to expand study-abroad opportunities at Colby College.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Tom Brady’s Trust Gets Millions From Charity He Backs
Plus, the Bay Area property boom begins hitting Oakland nonprofits’ pocketbooks, and this year’s winners of the activism-honoring Goldman Environmental Prize are announced.
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Help us find the most beautiful, unique, quirky, and inspiring nonprofit work spaces in the country by sharing your experience.
Daily News Roundup: India Blocks Foreign Funding of Gates Grantee
Also, Forbes offers a detailed breakdown of David Rockefeller’s charitable bequests, and Time highlights philanthropic and humanitarian work on its list of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Value of Volunteers’ Time Increases to $24.14 an Hour
The labor that charity supporters contributed to all causes rose 2.5 percent in value in 2016 compared with the previous year, according to new analysis by Independent Sector
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
GreenLight Fund Hires Detroit Leader; New Grammy Museum Group Names Head
Also, longtime top executives at the Skoll Foundation, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and the New York Botanical Garden announce exits.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Conn. Charities Could Lose Sales-Tax Exemption
The proposal, aimed at reducing the state’s huge budget gap, would cost Connecticut charities more than $200 million a year. Also, a look at ties between a pharmaceutical giant and a tiny disease charity, and a big gift aims to send every student at a Maine college to study abroad.
Skoll Foundation CEO Plans to Step Down
After 16 years at the helm, Sally Osberg will become senior adviser to Jeff Skoll, the former president of eBay who created the fund, and his social-purpose businesses.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: Steve Ballmer Launches Online Trove of Government Data
Also, the White House sends up a trial ballon on capping the charitable deduction, and Sheryl Sandberg’s workplace-equality nonprofit Lean In faces criticism for staying neutral as more professional women protest Trump policies.
Grants Roundup: $20 Million From State Farm Expands Data Effort at Georgia State U.
Other notable awards include $16 million from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to equip rural hospitals in the Midwest.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor