Gifts Roundup: Zuckerberg and Chan Give $10 Million for Data-Driven Health Research
Other contributions include $10 million from brothers Steve and Jonathan Tisch to support a range of programs at the Connecticut prep school both attended.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How to Keep Your Charity Neutral in a Partisan World
Nonprofit leaders offer smart tips for remaining apolitical to build bipartisan support among lawmakers and donors. The advice can also benefit groups that take a neutral stance but are plunged unexpectedly into a political controversy, as happened to the Boy Scouts this week after President Trump made a speech at its jamboree that included partisan political comments.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $50 Million Pledge Backs Teacher Training in Texas
Other notable donations include $25 million from hedge-fund founder Jim Simons and his wife, Marilyn, to the New York Public Library for Harlem branch renovations and other programs.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: N.Y.’s Northwell Health Gets $40 Million From Longtime Donor
Other notable donations include $30 million from Home Depot co-founder Kenneth Langone for financial aid at his alma mater, Bucknell University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
GoDaddy Billionaires Steer Tech Fortune to Groups That ‘Really Need Us’
Renee and Bob Parsons plan to rev up their giving to shed most of their $2.7 billion to help veterans, women, the underprivileged, and others.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Brandeis and Museum of Modern Art Land $50 Million Donations
Other notable gifts include a $20 million matching pledge to Washington University in St. Louis from alumnus and former aerospace executive John McDonnell.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Museum Salaries Have Risen 3 Percent, Survey Shows
The report by the Association of Art Museum Directors also shows that chief operating officers saw their pay increase the most.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Flexibility and Openness Are Key to Revitalizing Charities With Long Track Records
Nonprofits with long legacies must adapt by giving donors and volunteers more options and less time-consuming ways to get involved, experts say.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Hip-Hop Star Dr. Dre Pledges $10 Million for Arts Center in Compton, Calif.
Other notable donations include $20 million from cable-TV mogul John Malone and his wife, Leslie, to expand a Denver animal shelter.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Superwealthy Donors Say Fundraisers Who Do Their Homework Get the Big Gifts
The Carnegie Corporation of New York surveyed some of the world’s richest philanthropists and released the results in conjunction with the announcement of this year’s Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy winners, among them Jeff Skoll and Julian Robertson.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor