Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Gift Will Start Research Facility at U. of Wisconsin-Madison
August 28, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top Giving News
Foxconn Pledges $100 Million Matching Gift to UW-Madison to Establish New Research Enterprise (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Y Combinator Plans to Start Doling Out $60 Million Next Year to Study Universal Basic Income (Gizmodo). Plus, see a Chronicle article on how Y Combinator helps nonprofit startups.
J.J. Watt Shares Update on $41.6 Million Raised for Harvey Relief Efforts (Houston Business Journal)
Craigslist Founder Makes Million-Dollar Gift to Mother Jones, Without Ties, and the Reason for That (Poynter Institute). Plus, see this Chronicle interview with Craig Newmark.
More Top News
We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage (BuzzFeed News)
Wildfire Smoke Disrupts Ore. Shakespeare Festival (New York Times)
About Nonprofit Innovation
Meet the People Empowering Baltimore Teens With Dirt Bikes, Burgers, and Yoga (Teen Vogue)
IDEA Public Schools, a Tex. Charter-School Network for Low-income, Hispanic Communities, Is Growing Quickly (Santa Fe New Mexican)
About Foundations
The Gates Foundation Cut the Number of Its Employees Who Drive to Work by Charging for Parking Daily Instead of Monthly (Seattle Times)
A Mission With a View: Barr Foundation’s Headquarters Looking Out on Boston Harbor Features Contemporary Art (Boston Globe)
