Gifts Surge From Rich U.S. Donors
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were the most generous philanthropists in 2013, and the youngest ever to top The Chronicle’s Philanthropy 50 list. Gifts by living donors totaled about as much as in the previous two years combined.
By Ben Gose, Maria Di Mento and Doug Donovan
Two Brothers’ Bond With Leader of University Brings $50-Million
The institution didn’t have a development office until 2002, but the bonds a president built with two brothers produced a substantial donation.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
As Ted Turner’s $1-Billion Pledge Ends, U.N. Fund Seeks New Donors
The fund is mapping out a strategy to attract large gifts over years to come, adding staff and board members and using well-connected young entrepreneurs as advisers.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
A Lesson for Fundraisers: Some of the Biggest Philanthropists in 2013 Maintained a Low Profile
A farmer in North Dakota shocked three institutions with multimillion-dollar gifts, while a Seattle lawyer stunned the Salvation Army with a big bequest after having given the charity $20 gifts over the years.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Nonprofit Trendsetter Becomes 4th CEO in 4 Years at Tides
Kriss Deiglmeier, the fourth CEO in four years, will work to help attract new partners to the fund’s efforts to steer money and other support to progressive causes.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
How a Youthful Friendship Produced $100-Million for Georgetown U.
Georgetown President John DeGioia met Frank McCourt on campus 40 years ago and many years later sparked the real-estate mogul’s interest in making a public-policy school a reality.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Nonprofits Need to Think Like Businesses to Raise Money From Them, Says Author
Too many nonprofits fail to see how their interests can be made to align with those of businesses, writes the fundraising consultant Joe Waters in a new book.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Transformed Fund Reaps Windfall
Emmett Carson’s Silicon Valley Community Foundation, recipient of $1-billion from Mark Zuckerberg, has been working to reinvent itself by expanding its focus and building more alliances with corporate donors.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Dallas Billionaire Sees Science as Crucial to Solving Today’s Social Problems
Lyda Hill, the granddaughter of an oil tycoon, is the only living single woman to make the Philanthropy list of most generous donors.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
News Briefs for February 13, 2014
College Endowments Rose Nearly 12% in 2013 After Barely Growing in 2012 College endowments rebounded in the 2013 fiscal year, returning an average of 11.7 percent, according to a benchmark survey. The figure was in stark contrast with 2012, when investment returns were minus-0.3 percent. The annual…