How the Chronicle Compiled Its List of the Top 50 Donors of 2024
A look at what gifts count toward the ranking — and why some big-name philanthropists aren’t on the list
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Michael Bloomberg Tops List of America’s Biggest Donors for the Second Year in a Row
The former New York City mayor gave $3.7 billion. Six donors on the list gave $1 billion or more. Plus, see the rest of our March issue, published online today.
By Maria Di Mento and Jim Rendon
Late Goldman Sachs Partner and Wife Give $70 Million
Plus, the reality television pioneer Jonathan Murray gave his journalism school $10 million, and Montana State University and Wabash College received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
For Nonprofits, Trump’s Cuts Echo Reagan Era, but With Striking Differences
Philanthropy experts see Trump’s approach to the nonprofit sector as unprecedented for its lack of plan and philosophy as well as sweeping and questionably legal implementation.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
A Note From Our Editor-in-Chief About Our Data Analysis of the Administration’s Threats to DEI
We appreciate the responses to our publication of a data-driven analysis of the foundations that could be at risk of investigation due to President Trump’s executive order about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Wildlife Conservation Society Will Install New CEO in July
Also, Erin Harkey will be the next CEO of Americans for the Arts, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named a career foreign-service officer as its new vice president of environment and science.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Trump’s DEI Order Takes Aim at the Biggest Foundations. Here Are the 346 That Could Face a Probe.
The president’s order for investigations of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs target philanthropies that hold $900 billion in assets and account for roughly 55 percent of all grant dollars awarded.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Emergency Fundraisers Offer a Lifeline to Groups Who Have Lost Foreign Aid
As the U.S. funding freeze cascades through the international-development ecosystem, nonprofits are fundraising to help organizations struggling with the cuts.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
MacArthur Foundation to Increase Giving for Two Years in Response to ‘Crisis’
The move was prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid and the now-suspended freeze on federal grants.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
How Distrust of Institutions Is an Opening for Philanthropy-Led Change
GOP pollster and CNN contributor Kristen Soltis Anderson talks of a growing “market for reform” that she believes nonprofits and funders are poised to lead.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects