Grants Roundup: Stanford Receives $15 Million for Women’s Leadership
Also, the Ikea Foundation invests $2.3 million in clean electricity for 1 million people in India and East Africa, and the Kentucky Derby Museum will use $1 million for an expansion project.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Billionaire Gives $100 Million to Expand ‘Emotional Learning’ Program for Kids
The gift from banker Denny Sanford supports a curriculum designed to help children identify connections among thoughts, emotions, and actions, among other things.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Facebook to Invite Users to Raise Money for Charity Jointly
A new tool will allow up to four people to band together and operate a charitable fundraising event.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Anti-Gun-Violence Teens on Get-Out-the-Vote Drive
The March for Our Lives youth movement will go on a bus tour across the country this summer to register young people to vote. In other articles, the Gates Foundation found it benefited from offering 52 weeks of paid parental leave; some wonder if the IRS’s scrutiny of blue states’ tax workarounds will also bring more attention red states; among the options Starbucks’s Howard Schultz is weighing is philanthropy; and more news.
Unbroken: A Father Who Lost His Son to Opioid Addiction Is on a Mission
Gary Mendell channels his pain into relentless efforts to improve treatment, insurance coverage, and public awareness. He has also donated $5 million to the cause — and is raising millions more.
Corporations Use Charitable Giving to Influence Lawmakers, Study Finds
Grants from big-business foundations flow to causes favored by legislators with clout on issues of company interest, creating what one economist involved in the research calls a “tax-advantaged form of lobbying.”
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Takes the Lead in Battling Opioid Abuse
As addiction rates soar, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation seeks to multiply the power of its $43.5 million fund to combat the problem.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery Brings History to Life
Far more than just a burial ground, the 180-year-old landmark is also a public park and tourist destination with a calendar full of unconventional events.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
New Foundation Jobs Focus on Diversity; Women’s Philanthropy Leader Departing
In other news about people in philanthropy, Deepak Bhargava, president of the Center for Community Change, plans to depart after the 2018 midterm elections.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Personal Ties Guide L.A. Couple’s $190 Million in Giving to Schools and Hospitals
Investors Richard and Melanie Lundquist, part of the latest crop of Giving Pledge signers, have tapped business connections and teamed with Los Angeles’s former mayor to improve education and health care for thousands in the city.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor