Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute Concert Required Innovative Donations
The upcoming world premiere at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra of a classical music piece inspired by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would probably have been impossible if not for a bunch of lawyers in the Chicago area, a Long Island fine arts foundation and an award-winning pianist and composer who put the deal together.
Mandel Foundation Awards $50 Million to Cleveland Orchestra
Also, Amazon Web Services is committing $40 million to improve health equity and outcomes in marginalized communities, and Google.org gave $3 million to develop technology to identify service lines that deliver lead-contaminated water to poor households.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
More Donors Made One-Time and Monthly Online Gifts in 2020
Food banks, faith-based organizations and congregations, and public broadcasting posted the biggest growth in revenue from one-time donors.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Formation of New Hunger, Housing, and Civil-Rights Nonprofits Jumped in 2020
Fewer charities were created whose missions involved sports, recreation, arts, and education, according to a Chronicle analysis of preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Groups That Serve Nonprofits Weigh Disclosing How Much MacKenzie Scott Gave Them
Organizations cite an onslaught of calls from consultants, financial advisers, and others who want to be associated with the gifts — and fear that if they release the amounts, it could make future fundraising more difficult.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Foundations and Big Donors Quadruple Fund to Transform Lives of Workers and Their Families
Ford, Rockefeller, and people like MacKenzie Scott and Jack Dorsey are seeking to build better paying jobs and find ways to ensure wages and benefits meet the needs of workers who today see little opportunity.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Tex. Nonprofit Tackles Lack of Board Diversity in One of America’s Most Diverse Cities
Mando Rayo’s New Philanthropists is building a pipeline of people of color.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Fundraiser Turns to Podcasting to Shine a Spotlight on Black Development Professionals
A longtime fundraiser, Kia Croom, gives other Black philanthropy professionals a space to underline their value to the field and find support.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Afghan Refugees Look to Build New Lives — With Some Help From Resettlement Nonprofits
Resettlement organizations like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service have had to gear up quickly to help thousands of new arrivals from Afghanistan.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
MacKenzie Scott Shines a Light on Groups That Bolster Nonprofits and Foundations
Organizations that work to strengthen philanthropy have long been underfunded and have struggled to win the attention of individual donors. But that might be changing after a rush of multimillion donations from Scott. Plus, see how recipients of her contributions are weighing whether to announce how much they got.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor