Feeling Flush, Hewlett Boosts Giving 80%
The foundation is channeling more money to nonprofits whose grants it had to trim during the financial crisis.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
As Menu of Naming Rights Expands, Fundraisers Pitch Options Online
Supporters see the phenomenon as a natural evolution in the Internet era, but critics say the growing practice makes this type of giving seem too much like a business transaction.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
‘Investment Club’ of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits
Per Scholas, a work-force training organization in the South Bronx, is among the beneficiaries of a unique arrangement in which participating grant makers play a more active role in program-related investment decisions.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
‘I Had One Foot in the Silk and One Foot in the Mud’
Albina du Boisrouvray has been a journalist, a film producer, and a war-zone aid worker. She’s also an heiress who has given at least $100-million to charity.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Karen Brooks Hopkins Stages a Success Story
An arts leader reflects on helping to raise the Brooklyn Academy of Music from “scrappy start-up” to a red-hot cultural center through passionate fundraising.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Planned Anarchy: Playtime That Frees Kids From Structure
Digging in the mud, climbing trees, and building forts are all part of a wild, unstructured environment available at Ithaca Children’s Garden, a type of stimulation that advocates say is missing from many kids’ lives.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Will Criticism of Big Gifts Scare Off Tech Donors?
Some experts worry that entrepreneurs may shy away from the spotlight — and from giving — if the attention grows too intense.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Nonprofit’s New Innovation Lab Helps Problem Solvers Experiment
Tipping Point Community borrows principles from the tech-development world to let nonprofits’ creative juices flow.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Famed Business Accelerator Opens the Door to Nonprofit Start-Ups
Y Combinator applies its business principles to support people seeking to solve the world’s problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
4 Cancer Charities Charged in $187 Million Fraud Case
Updated: Federal Trade Commission suit charges nonprofits and some executives with using deceptive fundraising pitches.