Gifts Roundup: Art Collector Gives $100 Million to Address Mass Incarceration
Other notable donations include $32 million to expand neurological, orthopedic, and spinal care at Torrance Memorial Medical Center and a $9 million bequest to the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Heron Foundation Chief Will Move to a New Position
Clara Miller, who oversaw the grant maker’s pioneering impact-investment strategy, will become president emerita on December 31.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Nonprofit Leaders and Others Responded to Jeff Bezos’s Request for Giving Advice
When the billionaire Amazon founder asked for philanthropic suggestions on Twitter, charities, journalists, and online commentators were quick to respond. Here are some of their ideas.
By Nidhi Singh
Contributor
Top Chinese Donors Triple Their Giving to $4.6 Billion, Report Says
Education, poverty alleviation, and the arts are the most popular causes; the country’s environmental problems get relatively little attention.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Congressional Ballgame Raises $1 Million for D.C. Charities
Proceeds from the annual benefit more than doubled last year’s total as ticket sales skyrocketed in the wake of the gun attack on Republican lawmakers at a practice field. Also, Illinois nonprofits lose a round in court in their battle to secure state payments held up by a budget impasse.
Tenement Museum and New York Academy of Medicine Get New Leaders
Plus, Audubon Louisiana brings in a new top executive and the Central Park Conservancy’s CEO announces plans to step down.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Jeff Bezos Says Helping the Neediest Now May Be Where His Philanthropy Goes
The Amazon founder has thus far given small sums relative to his wealth, but today he signaled that could be about to change.
By Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento
Trump Policies Prod Democrats in Particular to Give More, Study Says
Millennials are most likely to ramp up donations this year, according to a report on political affiliation’s impact on philanthropy under the new administration.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Congressional Charity Ballgame to Go On
Lawmakers will take the field as scheduled tonight to raise money for D.C. charities, despite Wednesday’s gun attack on a Republican congressional baseball team at a pregame practice. Also, Harvard’s president announces her exit, and San Diego takes the crown in Charity Navigator’s ranking of big-city nonprofit communities.
Generations in Rich Families Take Dim View of Each Other’s Giving, Survey FInds
Three-quarters of clans with at least $3 million in investable assets donate to charity, but views diverge among generations about how best to give back and who is most committed to doing so.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor