Moore Foundation Commits Another $152 Million to Protect Oceans
The seven-year pledge builds on the $260 million the California grant maker has spent since 2004 on marine-conservation projects.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
How the Anti-Defamation League Rallied Support After Charlottesville
Years of research, availability to news media, and donors’ need to express moral outrage have increased gifts significantly in the week since the “Unite the Right” rally’s violence.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Fundraising Fears Kept Jewish Groups Mute on Bannon
Also, a $120 million gift from the Walton Family Foundation will help create an art school at the University of Arkansas, and the Los Angeles mayor’s work raising money for charity raises eyebrows.
Daily News Roundup: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Loses Another Charity Event
Also, the Girl Scouts accuses the Boy Scouts of a “covert campaign” to recruit girls into their programs, and a New York Times survey shows many of the city’s arts groups are still overwhelmingly white.
Grants Roundup: $7.5 Million From Dave Thomas Foundation Aids NYC Foster Kids
Plus, corporate grants and match pledges flow to antidiscrimination groups in the aftermath of Charlottesville, and the Hilton Foundation awards nearly $4 million for multiple-sclerosis research.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Hilton Foundation Awards $2 Million Prize to Fight Cholera and Other Diseases
This year’s Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient is the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh, which provides free treatment to 200,000 people a year.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Beijing or Boston? U.S. Nonprofits Increasingly Look for Dollars Abroad
A growing number of wealthy donors consider themselves citizens not of a single country but of the world. Development shops at many larger charities are adjusting to the new reality.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Daily News Roundup: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Scaling Up Like a Start-Up
The Facebook-funded philanthropic venture has rapidly grown to more than 160 employees and is set to add dozens more. Also, giving to the Anti-Defamation League spikes in Charlottesville’s wake, and a racial-justice group takes aim at white supremacists’ online funding streams.
$100 Billion Opportunity: Tax Deadline Offers Rare Chance for Fundraisers
A tax rule enacted during the financial crisis offers an extra chance to draw big gifts over the next few months, but experts say many charities aren’t prepared for it.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
How Nonprofits Across the U.S. Observed the Solar Eclipse
We asked you to share what your staff were doing for the celestial event, using hashtag #npeclipse. These were your responses.
By Nidhi Singh
Contributor