A Great Tweet Will Win $10,000 Each for 10 Small Nonprofits
Deluxe Corporation Foundation, a check-printing company, is offering groups with budgets of less than $3 million the option of applying for a grant in fewer than 140 characters.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Podcast: Tailoring Your Fundraising to Reach Generation X
Dara Royer, head of development and marketing for Mercy Corps, explains how the aid charity is targeting the more than 60 million Americans born from 1965 to 1980.
By TONY MARTIGNETTI
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Coke and Pepsi Fund Scores of Public-Health Groups
Also, a national evangelical nonprofit issues a call for employees who support same-sex marriage to quit, and City College of New York’s leaders steps down amid an inquiry into a campus foundation’s finances.
Gifts Roundup: Software Mogul Donates $25 Million for U. of Illinois Design Hub
Also, the universities of Texas and Southern California get $20 million contributions for medical care and research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$30 Million Bloomberg Program Helps Culture Groups Improve Cities
An infusion of money, mentoring, and management training aims to put small and midsized arts groups in a stronger position to improve the social and economic health of urban areas.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How One College Quelled Controversy Over a Koch-Financed Center
Western Carolina University faced a faculty rebellion over plans to use funds from the conservative Charles Koch Foundation to create a new research center on free enterprise. It found ways to render the gift agreement much easier for critics to swallow.
By The Chronicle Of Higher Education
Contributor
New Executives Join CDC Foundation and Chess in the Schools
Plus, major personnel moves are announced at City University of New York, Feeding America, and the Julliard School.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Koch-Linked Nonprofits Endorsing in Key Senate Races
Also, the private-equity mogul who endowed Harvard’s center for African-American studies gives it $10 million for research on inequality in Boston.
New Partnership Makes $401 Million in Loans Available to Rural Areas
The Department of Agriculture, seven foundations, and Bank of America join forces to make it easier for capital to reach distressed communities.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
NYC Responds to Charity’s Collapse With New Nonprofit Committee
The panel will explore ways to strengthen social-service charities in hopes of preventing another disaster like the collapse last year of a nonprofit provider that had $200 million in government contracts.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor