Plus, a performing arts school in Los Angeles received $16 million to endow a conducting fellowship program led by the legendary conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Cleveland Clinic, Hastings College, and Indiana University’s medical school all received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Former High School Teacher Turned Cocktail Maven Gives $30 Million
Plus, Tulane lands $17 million to support geriatric medicine, a rare media archive at UCLA will benefit from a $2.3 million donation from a veteran newsman, and Lambda Legal lands $1 million for a pro-bono counsel program.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
MacKenzie Scott’s Millions Boost Native American Nonprofits
Unrestricted grants with few reporting requirements have expanded the reach and visibility of Indigenous organizations after years of low funding and little trust from established grant makers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Women’s Olympic Rugby Team and Women Athletes Score Big Gifts
Plus, a performing arts center receives $10 million from its original funder, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the Pratt Institute, and other nonprofits land big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donors Less Likely to Give on Smartphones — How Fundraisers Can Combat ‘Mobile Giving Gap’
Charities are losing out by failing to see the importance of adapting their fundraising appeals across device types.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Has Given $1.6 Billion This Year
He has given stock valued to an unnamed charity this year, according to two filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Banker to the Ultra Wealthy Pledges $150 Million to Aid Students from Rural and Small Towns
Plus, William & Mary lands $100 million for climate-related marine research, and the Brennan Center for Justice receives $30 million to back term limits, ethics rules, and other changes to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
UC Irvine Lands $50 million to Launch Population and Public Health School
Plus, the billionaire novelist Mackenzie Scott gave $20 million to Opportunity@Work to improve pay for people who gained skills on-the-job through military service, community college, workforce training programs, and other routes.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
NVIDIA Executive Gives $20 Million to Fight Cancer With A.I. Tools
Plus, contemporary ballet company BalletX received a $7.4 million bequest from an influential scholar of 17th- and 18th-century literature, and a Texas oil magnate gave Baylor Athletics $10 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Ambry Genetics’ Charlie Dunlop Boosts Bio Sciences With $50 Million Gift
Plus, hedge funder Anthony Melchiorre gave $30 million to back a new cancer center, a Wyoming businessman gave $1 million to help get medical supplies to Ukraine, and Portland Community College’s first-generation college students got a big boost.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor