Updated: More Groups Reveal MacKenzie Scott Gifts and How They Happened
Recipient nonprofits deal with suicide prevention and substance abuse. But the biggest gift — more than $130 million — went to a more traditional group: Communities in Schools.
By Kristen Griffith
Contributor
20% of Nonprofits Urge People to Vote, Study Shows
The percentage was much higher among nonprofits led by people of color, says a report by Project Vote.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Giving to Community Colleges and HBCUs Soared Last Year
Philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Michael Bloomberg were big players in the flow of cash to institutions that typically don’t raise a lot of money, according to an annual survey by the Voluntary Support of Education program at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Nonprofit Raises Money From American Weddings to Combat Child Marriage Globally
VOW for Girls, a nonprofit that is backed by parts of the American wedding industry, is trying to persuade newly engaged couples to include in their wedding plans donations to groups that help young girls stay in school and wait until they’re at least 18 to get married.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $21 Million to UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management
Also, the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation has committed $70 million to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is accepting applications from New York artists for its $125 million Creatives Rebuild New York program.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Elon Musk Gave $5.7 Billion to Charity in 2021, SEC Filing Reveals
The contributions, revealed Monday, put Musk in second place on the Philanthropy 50, the Chronicle’s annual list of top donors.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
5 Academic Institutions Get $40 Million to Promote Rethinking About the Economy
The Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network are supporting five institutions to challenge today’s notions about the role of markets and governments. They say more foundations are about to join them.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Giving Jumped 9 Percent in 2021, New Study Says
Last year was the third consecutive year of fundraising growth, according to the Blackbaud Institute’s research.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
$20 Million Contribution Seeks to Spark Donor-Advised Fund Gifts to Groups Led by People of Color
The Kataly Foundation made the grant to a group that will require donors to give at least 10 percent of their assets each year.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Donors like to see their names on new building additions, and some find ways to promote diversity while doing so, but there are more direct ways to make staffs and collections more inclusive, a Georgetown scholar argues.