New Johns Hopkins Center to End Blindness the Result of a Donor’s Personal Mission
The Sanford and Susan Greenberg Center to End Blindness is halfway to its $100 million goal to fund promising researchers in their 20s and 30s.
By Marilyn Dickey
Senior Editor, Copy
Major Donor Liesel Pritzker Simmons Demystifies Impact Investing
The co-founder of the impact investing firm Blue Haven Initiative says impact investing can work hand-in-hand with market-based approaches to social issues. Plus, see a Chronicle essay about Pritzker Simmons.
German Marshall Fund Taps European Policy Expert as New President
Also, a former news executive will be the first CEO of the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, and NYC Pride has chosen its next executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $150 Million to Pandemic Prevention Institute
Also, Salesforce has pledged $100 million in grants for climate action, and a collection of grant makers have awarded $24 million to eight recipients through the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund Aligned Grant Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Less than 2% of All U.S. Giving Supports Women’s and Girls’ Charities
Groups focused on the environment saw their donations grow by 37.1 percent, and those focused on civil rights and advocacy grew 32.3 percent, but they are a small share of all giving to women’s and girls’ nonprofits.
Want to Keep Your New Pandemic Donors? Listen to What They Want, Report Suggests
Rather than make assumptions based on donor data, fundraisers should ask donors directly how they want a charity to communicate with them and what kind of information they hope to learn, says a co-author of a new report.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Fossil-Fuel Divestment Gains Momentum in Philanthropy
The Ford and MacArthur foundations are reorienting their investments away from fossil fuels. Leaders of the divestment movement hope this will be a tipping point for the charitable world. Plus: For more context, read an opinion piece by Steven Heintz, head of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Dance as a Tool for Social Change Is Honored
It’s been a good year for choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of the dance ensemble Urban Bush Women. She was named a MacArthur fellow, and her organization received $3 million from MacKenzie Scott.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Giving to Top Charities Rose Nearly 3.7% in 2020, Driven by Big Gifts From the Wealthy
In a year beset with a public-health emergency, social unrest, natural disasters, and political upheaval, United Way Worldwide, the Salvation Army, and St. Jude Children’s Hospital won more donations than any other nonprofits. See our full report on America’s Favorite Charities.
By Emily Haynes and Michael Theis
3 of America’s Favorite Charities Received Gifts From MacKenzie Scott
Over the past two years, few donors have gotten as much attention as MacKenzie Scott, the novelist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence