HSBC Commits $100 Million to Create Climate Solutions Partnership
Also, Georgia Power has pledged $75 million for racial-equity programs in the state, and the McKnight Foundation will award $1 million in unsolicited grants to social-justice groups in Minnesota in memory of George Floyd.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Billions Pledged for Racial Equity Giving Not Necessarily Adding Up to Systemic Change
Figuring out how best to deploy money was a struggle for some grant makers, who are now trying to look at what approaches worked best.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
How Black Voters Matter Uses Its Influx of Dollars to Build Political Power
A year after the police killing of George Floyd and amid a barrage of restrictive voting laws being passed by state legislatures, the group is using millions of dollars in contributions to increase voter participation in the South and beyond.
By Haleluya Hadero
Associated Press
Biden Budget May Spur More Charitable Giving, Experts Say
Nonprofits advocates — also noting the absence of an effort to limit the value of itemized deductions, including contributions to charity — generally gave the budget plan high marks.
By dan.parks
Contributor
$10 Million Gift to Boost Economic Opportunities for Chicagoans Harmed by Discrimination
Plus, investor Fred Alger gives Mich. war memorial million for a new cultural center.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
MacKenzie Scott’s No-Strings Giving Reverberates Way Beyond the Direct Beneficiaries
Many nonprofits that received money are giving some of it to local chapters or smaller groups they support, extending the impact of Scott’s giving even closer to the grass roots.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts From MacKenzie Scott Put Overlooked Colleges and Universities in the Spotlight
MacKenzie Scott gave one of her largest publicized gifts — $50 million — to Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black state university in Texas.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Does MacKenzie Scott’s Giving Approach Signal a New Era?
It’s too early to tell whether MacKenzie Scott’s approach to giving will create a sea change in how other ultrawealthy donors give or what they support.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofit Powers Creation of Low-Cost Covid Vaccine
The nonprofit group PATH is using its connections with international government agencies, vaccine manufacturers, and scientists to create a coronavirus vaccine that can be manufactured in lower-income countries.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Q&A With the Lilly School’s New Environmental Philanthropy Scholar
Ashley Enrici recently joined the faculty of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in a new role dedicated to examining issues at the intersection of the environment and philanthropy.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor