Gifts Roundup: $25 Million for Social Entrepreneurship Center
Other recent donations include $10 million to renovate the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra concert hall, and $10 million to Martha’s Table in Washington, D.C.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofit Releases Poverty-Fighting Tool Kit
FXB International says its 3-year program has helped 81,000 people inexpensively by simultaneously tackling education, health care, food, and housing.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Book Offers Frank Assessment of Lincoln Center Leaders and Lessons for All Nonprofits
Reynold Levy, who stepped down as head of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, takes many former colleagues to task.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Jewish School Gets $20 Million; $5.4 Million for Iwo Jima Monument
Other recent donations include $10 million to Cornell University for its Employment and Disability Institute and $5 million to the University of Mississippi.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Work Weekends? This Committed Donor Wants to Know
Carrie Morgridge, whose fortune comes from Cisco wealth, steers her money to groups led by people who are so committed they respond to her questions in an hour, even on Saturdays and Sundays.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Capital Ideas, Powerful Impact
As it winds down operations, Atlantic Philanthropies commissioned photographers to document its legacy.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: Art Institute of Chicago Gets Prized Collection
The collection includes works from Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol; other gifts include $1 million to Oregon State University for research into brewing beer.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts: Gemologist Gives $13 Million to Natural History Museum
The money will go to an education center; other gifts include a record $20 million to a public television station.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Kirk Douglas Pays for a Surgical Robot, and $100 Million Jump-Starts a Campaign
The robot is for a Los Angeles children’s hospital; other gifts support a business school and the arts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Allen and Kelli Questrom Give $40 Million to Boston University
Mr. Questrom, a department-store titan, credits a former professor with steering him away from a career as a ski instructor.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor