Ohio Couple Gives $25 Million for University Arts Programs
Plus, billionaire philanthropists Roy and Diana Vagelos gave Columbia University’s medical school $400 million, a women’s college in Milwaukee landed $10 million, and the arts and culture focused Chautauqua Institution received $8 million from its longtime donors Cathrine and Craig Greene.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Corporations Could Be Champions of Racial Equity but Often Waver
The current backlash against anything that could be perceived as a diversity, equity, and inclusion program is making it more difficult to measure corporate commitments.
By Glenn Gamboa and Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
$400 Million to Columbia U. in Boom Year of Medical School Megagifts
Roy and Diana Vagelos’s latest donation expands the medical school’s mission to advance treatment for diseases.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Kenneth Rainin Foundation Names First Executive Director
Also, Vital Strategies has chosen a Merck executive as its next CEO, and the basketball star LeBron James appointed a new leader for his More Than a Vote nonprofit group.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Nonprofits Really Feel About A.I.
More than two-thirds of nonprofits have already tried using artificial intelligence in their work, despite low comfort levels with the technology and concerns about data protection and bias, a new survey reveals.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Muslim Women Who Are Registered to Vote Are More Likely to Give
Civic engagement — including volunteering — is more correlated with giving than religiosity.
By Shariq Siddiqui and Nausheena Hussain
By Overlooking Women, Nonprofits Are Leaving Billions on the Table
Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott have become two of the biggest donors in the country. More women could join their ranks as they inherit large fortunes.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
How Philanthropy Fails Boys and Men
Richard Reeves is fighting the prevailing view of who’s on the losing side of gender equality. Melinda French Gates is backing him with $20 million.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Google.org Gives $10 Million Through Its Teen Mental Health Initiative
Also, Kaiser Permanente pledged $15 million for small-business growth in Oakland, and the Crankstart Foundation committed $14 million for health-care career training in San Francisco.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Want 57% Bigger Gifts? How You Frame the Ask Matters, Research Shows
In an experiment, asking donors to give a unit of charitable good, such as a month of meals for a refugee child, got bigger donations than asking for cash
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising