$300 Million Health Gift; $85 Million to Okla. Community Foundation
Plus, two medical centers, a global development charity, and a university all landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
With William Ackman’s $1 Billion Gift, 2021 Is Getting Off to a Good Start for Philanthropy
Three nonprofits are benefiting from the financier’s commitment.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How to Connect With Prospective Major-Gift Donors Now
Three veteran fundraisers offer advice about how to build relationships at a time when meeting face-to-face is still tricky.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Skoll Foundation Names Corporate Philanthropy Leader as President
The $2 billion philanthropy said the new chief operating role is designed to accelerate the organization’s work, especially its focus on equity and economic inclusion.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Casino Magnate Steve Wynn and Wife Give $50 Million to Upstate N.Y. Hospital
Plus, Cornell, DePaul, the University of Missouri, and New York Public Library received gifts of more than $10 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Technology Entrepreneur Nahum Guzik Gives $25 Million for Cultural Center
Plus, the ACLU lands $15 million for a project focused on LGBTQ and HIV issues, and three medical centers, a university, and a private day school also receive big donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Elon Musk and Geneticist Arthur Riggs Each Give $100 Million
Plus, Arthur Blank donates $17 million to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and several university land big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, and Michael Bloomberg Top List of America’s 50 Biggest Charity Donors
America’s 50 top donors channeled big sums to food banks, Covid relief, and racial-justice efforts.
By Maria Di Mento and Ben Gose
How the Chronicle Compiled Its List of the Top 50 Donors of 2020
The Chronicle talked to dozens of nonprofits, philanthropists, and their representatives to find out more about large donations that were made public last year, as well as the philanthropy of big donors who gave quietly.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofits Working on Racial Justice and Poverty See Windfalls From Rich Donors
Charities have long urged the ultrawealthy to look beyond the nation’s largest universities and medical centers in their giving — and in 2020, billionaires answered the call.
By Maria Di Mento and Ben Gose