Grants Roundup: Building Healthy Communities Gets $12 Million for NYC Program
Other grants support housing, literacy, student field trips, a Jewish arts camp, and more.
By Rebecca Koenig
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NYC Responds to Charity’s Collapse With New Nonprofit Committee
The panel will explore ways to strengthen social-service charities in hopes of preventing another disaster like the collapse last year of a nonprofit provider that had $200 million in government contracts.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Grants Roundup: Ohio State U. Gets $39 Million to Boost Veterinary Program
Other notable awards included $10 million from the Walton Family Foundation to help low- and middle-income students attend the University of the Ozarks.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Nonprofits Worry About Election’s Impact on Public View of Charity
Scrutiny of Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s nonprofit organizations may be creating an unfairly negative perception of how most of philanthropy really works, experts say.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Other notable grants include $10.25 million for business education at Northwestern University and $5 million to advance pediatric care in Georgia.
By Rebecca Koenig
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4 Things You Can Do Now to Foster Young Alumni Giving Later
Recent graduates may not have much to contribute financially at first, but they can give back to their alma maters in other ways. Developing that habit may lead them to donate later on.
By Rebecca Koenig
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2 Nonprofit Leaders Among the 2016 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
A charity founder who helps poor people build credit histories and a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union who defends refugees will each receive a $625,000 stipend over the next five years.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Pledges $3 Billion for Science Research
The Facebook co-founder and his physician wife draw praise from Bill Gates, among others, as they outlined plans to tackle big goals and fund research that other grant makers consider too risky.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Grants Roundup: Four Groups Commit $48 Million for Marine Protection
Also, the Walmart Foundation awards $33 million for youth-focused hunger relief and seven California grant makers fund a program to build trust between minority communities and police.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Foundations Embrace Evaluation but Not Transparency, Study Finds
A third of respondents said their organizations have dedicated evaluation departments, but researchers say many foundations don’t interpret benchmarking data correctly or share the results externally,
By Rebecca Koenig
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