Keeping Family Close Is Priority at Many Family Foundations
Only 27 percent of philanthropies in the survey allowed people outside of the founding clan to serve on the board.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Airbnb Founders Sign Giving Pledge Along With 14 Others
The new signers include a member of the Saudi royal family and the first person from mainland China to join the effort.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Socially Responsible Companies Are Big Draw for Workers, Study Says
The feeling was especially strong among millennials, with 64 percent saying they won’t work for a company that doesn’t have robust commitments to environmental or social causes.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Silicon Valley Company to Test ‘Basic Income’ Idea for Reducing Poverty
Y Combinator will conduct the study by providing fewer than 100 people in Oakland, Calif., with enough money for basic living expenses, Fortune reports.
Women Primed to Give Big — if Nonprofits Are Willing to Change
Women have the wealth and ambition to be a major force in philanthropy, but charities have to recognize and respond to big changes in the demographics of donors.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Here are some of the philanthropists putting their wealth, names, and smarts to work for good.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Cash Giving From Businesses Edges Up, Chronicle Survey Shows
Gilead Sciences, Walmart, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and ExxonMobil led the way, reflecting a strong presence throughout the list of financial institutions and drug companies.
By Alex Daniels and Peter Olsen-Phillips
How Nonprofits Can Strike a Deal With Corporate Partners
Kellogg’s and State Farm provide insights into what charities need to do to land deep-pocketed sponsors in the business world.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Why Companies Give to Nonprofits
Executives with Microsoft, Citi, PNC, and Walmart explain how and why specific nonprofits were chosen to receive millions of dollars in support.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
From Columnist’s Pen to Charity Coffers
Nicholas Kristof has inspired his readers to shower donations on good Samaritans who previously toiled in obscurity, but not all of his subjects turn out to be praiseworthy.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor