Grants Roundup: $25 Million From Koch Groups Backs Research at Black Colleges
Other notable awards include $10 million from the Koret Foundation for Israel’s Beit Hatfutsot museum and nearly $10 million from the Gates Foundation to broaden access to birth control in developing countries.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Gates Foundation Plans $9.6 Billion Berkshire Sell-Off
Also, the Lilly Endowment grants $100 million to Indianapolis social-service charities, and a natural-history museum trustee gives millions to groups skeptical of climate change.
Obama Set to Follow Allies Into Nonprofit World
A look at where some top White House aides and administration officials have gone after leaving the president’s inner circle in government.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Pledge Backs Tex. Leadership Center
Also, Donald Trump’s pick for treasury secretary had ties to nonprofits that supported a lucrative merger involving a bank he led, and a black college’s marching band draws a donation windfull to perform at the inauguration.
DeVos Moves From Wealthy Outsider to Cabinet Insider
Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary has a long history of wielding influence outside of government and behind the scenes.
By Eric Kelderman
Contributor
$50 Million Social Innovation Fund May Continue Under Trump, Some Predict
Supporters of the effort hope that Republicans in Congress see the similarities between their values and the fund’s goals.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: Iowa State Lands $93 Million Equity Gift
A former Iowa State student gave the university’s foundation his majority stake in an education-technology company he helped found.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. State Holds Off on Enforcing Donor-Disclosure Laws
Also, Hungary has retreated on its promise to “sweep out” nonprofits funded by George Soros, and Bill Gates talks about his philanthropy.
New CEOs at Hope for Haiti and Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
Plus, the Cullen Foundation appoints a president to succeed its long-serving executive director, and the Municipal Art Society of New York switches leaders.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
$250,000 Flows to Journalists’ Group After Streep-Trump Row
The Committee to Protect Journalists, touted by Meryl Streep in an awards speech, has now raised one-quarter of what it drew from individuals in all of 2016.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor