2017 Was a Banner Year, With 3 Gifts of $1 Billion or More
Billionaire technology entrepreneurs helped make it the strongest year in a decade, according to The Chronicle’s annual top-10 list of the largest individual donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Raised homeless and without his parents, the Nord Family Foundation’s Anthony Richardson is focused on education in Ohio.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
On the Rise: Young Professionals Shaking Up the Nonprofit World
Meet a fundraiser who brought in $40 million for a new museum, a former Obama administration official heading up a health foundation, a Native American activist who builds bridges with grant makers, and other rising stars in philanthropy.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Editor’s Picks: Nonprofit People and Organizations Making an Impact
Learn from these charity leaders, nonprofits, and data trends as you get ready for 2018.
Daily News Roundup: Big Companies Vow to Give to Charity Due to Tax Law
President Trump was pleased, but Democratic lawmakers and corporate watchdogs called it a stunt. In other articles, a report on five things you should know about donor-advised funds and the new tax law; how to write off donations under the new law; how the rich are profiting by manipulating a charitable deduction in the tax code; a look at Harvey Weinstein’s charity nightmare; and much more.
New CEOs Rise at Heritage and William Davidson Foundations
Plus, William Getty will retire next year as president of the Benedum Foundation, and the prominent Dallas philanthropist Ruth Altshuler has died.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $50 Million Offered for Artificial-Intelligence Solutions to Environment
Plus, the Windgate Fund Creates a $40 Million Art District at the University of Arkansas, and LinkedIn gives $10 million to address affordable housing in the San Francisco area.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Talking to Donors About the Tax Law and Giving: Advice From the Experts
Provisions that affect giving decisions are probably not the ones everybody has been focused on so it’s smart to ask supporters what will affect them most.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Tax Bill Would Hit Top Earners at Private Nonprofit Colleges
In other news, the Heritage Foundation has named a new president to succeed Jim DeMint; a Vermont senator wants to limit the pay at some nonprofits to no more than the governor’s salary of $166,000; the Holocaust Museum’s ambitious study of the civil war in Syria and U.S. options to mitigate it will be republished; and much more.
MacArthur Aims to Help Syrian Children With $100 Million Award
The grant maker’s selection of the Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee as the winners of high-profile competition appears to be aimed at President Trump.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor