How the 2016 Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled
A variety of sources were used to make The Chronicle’s list as comprehensive and accurate as possible.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips
Contributor
Social Issues Strike a Chord With ACLU Donors
As the group looks to raise nearly $1.3 billion by its 2020 centennial, heightened interest in immigration and incarceration policies is prompting seven-figure gifts that once would have been unthinkable.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Fidelity Overtakes United Way as New Charity Champion
For the first time, the sponsor of a donor-advised fund tops the Chronicle’s annual ranking of the 400 U.S. charities that raise the most in private support. Another first: Giving to groups on the list tops $100 billion.
Donor-Advised Funds Reshape the Philanthropy Landscape
The donation vehicles managed by Philanthropy 400 leader Fidelity Charitable and other sponsors are changing how Americans view giving — and how charities compete.
By Alex Daniels and Drew Lindsay
Flush With $51 Billion, Donor-Advised Funds Face Questions About Payouts
As the funds’ collective coffers swell, their rate of grant making has slowed, further fueling criticism that the popular charitable accounts are warehousing dollars that could be doing good.
By Alex Daniels and Drew Lindsay
A New Way to Give: Inside the Donor-Advised-Fund Explosion
A Chronicle analysis of 85 sponsors of donor-advised funds offers insights into the phenomenal growth of these giving vehicles that are challenging conventions of philanthropy.
By Drew Lindsay and joshua.hatch
Grants Roundup: Atlantic Gives $60 Million for Antiracism Fellowships
Also, the Dalio Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies commit $55 million for the fight to end polio, and the Harold Alfond Foundation teams with Colby College to revitalize the latter’s Maine hometown.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Myanmar and U.S. Top List of Most Generous Countries
Also, finance mogul Paul Tudor Jones plans an investment fund made up of socially responsible corporations, and a former antipoverty activist draws fire as the head of New York City’s homelessness agency.
Silicon Valley Donors Ignore Local Needs, Report Finds
Philanthropy is burgeoning along with the region’s wealth, but the tech-sector elite pays relatively little attention to charities in its own backyard, according to a new study.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: $210 Million Gates Gift Boosts U. of Washington Health Venture
Plus, a Texas couple pledges hundreds of masterworks to Paris’s Musée d’Orsay and Prince’s house has been cleared by local officials to open as a permanent museum.