How one nonprofit uses data to change policy and improve lives.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Foundations Call on Peers to Hire People With Criminal Records
The “ban the box” movement urges grant makers not to ask job applicants about arrests or convictions.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Grants Roundup: Enterprise Rent-a-Car Foundation Gives $60 Million to Food Charities
Also, Furman University received $25 million from the Duke Endowment, and JPMorgan Chase provided $20 million to community-development groups in five major cities.
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Grants Roundup: Atlantic Gives $60 Million for Antiracism Fellowships
Also, the Dalio Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies commit $55 million for the fight to end polio, and the Harold Alfond Foundation teams with Colby College to revitalize the latter’s Maine hometown.
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Silicon Valley Donors Ignore Local Needs, Report Finds
Philanthropy is burgeoning along with the region’s wealth, but the tech-sector elite pays relatively little attention to charities in its own backyard, according to a new study.
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Data Analysis Boosts Revenue at Art Institute of Chicago
Information the museum collects on visitors’ movements through the galleries is helping it identify patterns that guide marketing decisions.
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Nonprofits Saw Healthy Growth in the Past Decade
Despite the Great Recession, nonprofit wages and employment climbed during the past 10 years, according to the Urban Institute’s Nonprofit Almanac.
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Grants Roundup: Wallace Foundation Gives $47 Million for School-Principal Prep
Other notable awards include $10 million from Amazon to boost computer-science and engineering studies at the University of Washington.
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University Trust Lets Donors Do the Grant Making
The University of Virginia’s Jefferson Trust invites donors to give $100,000 each and then decide as a group how to spend the money to strengthen the student experience.
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How an Arts Nonprofit Developed a Succession Plan
A San Francisco dance organization that prepared for future transitions shares its plan as a model for others.
By Rebecca Koenig
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