What a Donor Learned After Giving $1 Million, $1,000 a Day
The foundation, which provides $1,000 grants every day of the year, recently gave out its millionth dollar. The group’s leaders reflect on what they’ve learned.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Music Festivals Increasingly Add Charity to the (Dance) Mix
From Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan to Drake and the Strokes, the industry is seizing the opportunity to reach a younger crowd while raising money for causes.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education
Other awards include money to improve early identification of those at risk of becoming drug or alcohol addicts.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How a Hunger Charity Uses a Questionnaire to Vet Business Supporters
When a business approaches Stop Hunger Now with a partnership proposal, the nonprofit uses these questions to evaluate the offer.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: $10M to Ohio State for Aviation and Research Facilities
Other gifts go toward an equine teaching hospital, AIDS research, fighting racism, creating new dance works, and more.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Case Study: How a Company Picnic Raised $31,000 for Memorial Sloan Kettering
A Long Island perfume wholesaler raised more than $31,000 for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with just a little assistance from the nonprofit.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Group Works to Mobilize Millions of Nonprofit Workers to Vote
Nonprofit Votes Count provides a voter-registration toolkit, information about each state’s requirements, and more.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $21 Million to Cancer-Research Groups
Other awards include $15 million to 30 environmental-conservation groups from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: $200,000 to San Diego Zoo Supports Rhino Conservation and More
Other awards include $1 million to expand a nationwide housing program for LGBT seniors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: St. David’s Foundation Awards Nearly $27 Million to Health-Care Groups in Texas
Other awards include $20 million from the Pershing Square Foundation supporting tuberculosis research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor