Boston Museum Receives Art Gift Worth $42 Million
The philanthropist and art collector Barbara Lee has donated 20 works by major female artists, collectively valued at approximately $42 million, to the city’s Institute of Contemporary Art, The Boston Globe writes.
On Giving Tuesday, 17% of Online Gifts Came Via Mobile Devices, Blackbaud Says
The rate climbed from 13 percent last year, in a trend that suggests charities need mobile-friendly web design to avoid losing out.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Knight Foundation Sows Success — and Confusion, Study Says
Innovative grant-making approach benefits overlooked social-change groups, but organization comes up short on diversity and explicit goals.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
California Endowment Spurns Investment in Private Prisons
Divestment efforts have gained attention in recent years, but many organizations are concerned the move could hurt returns in their portfolios.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Philanthropy’s 2015 Buzzwords: From ‘Effective Altruism’ to ‘Worm Wars’
New language and phrases show what’s preoccupying the nonprofit world — and what nobody at a charity or foundation should ignore.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $20 Million for Transgender Issues, $4.2 Million for Senior Care
Other recent grants include $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Texas at Austin and $1.5 million from the Teagle Foundation to several universities.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Education Charity Sees Cost-Cutting, Not Fundraising, as Key to Growth
College Summit is trimming staff and programs to focus on what it does best and make its services more affordable.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Bill Gates Taps Global Influence to Push Clean-Energy Agenda
The New York Times details the Microsoft leader-turned philanthropist’s linchpin role in forging a global, $20 billion public-private partnership to research and develop new technologies to wean the world off fossil fuels.
Obituary: Douglas Tompkins, Apparel Mogul and Big Eco-Donor
Mr. Tompkins, who used his fortune aquired from the clothing firms North Face and Esprit to preserve large tracts of wilderness in South America, died of hypothermia Tuesday after a kayaking accident in southern Chile, The New York Times and The Guardian write. He was 72.
Greenpeace Sting Tests Funding Disclosure in Climate Science
The environmental activist group conducted an undercover operation in which its employees posed as representatives of energy firms seeking to secretly fund research touting the benefits of coal and carbon emissions, reports The New York Times.