Hollywood Star Power Puts Spotlight on Saving Elephants
Conservationists have embraced the activism of celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Susan Sarandon, Lupita Nyong’o, and Leonardo DiCaprio who have promoted anti-poaching efforts and raised money for the cause, The New York Times reports.
Gifts Roundup: $25-Million Donations Back Cornell Business School and Dartmouth Engineering
Also, the University of Notre Dame received a pair of $20-million contributions from alumni to expand student housing.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gates CEO Pledges to Listen More and Share Fund’s Failures Along With Successes
In an interview, Sue Desmond-Hellmann said she recognized that many people consider the foundation’s work “fuzzy or not so clear,” and she vowed to seek out complaints from grantees and others.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Critics Say Charities Help Drug Companies Cover for Price Spikes
Big pharmaceutical firms are using contributions to “co-pay charities” to deflect criticism of massive price hikes for lifesaving medications, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek investigation.
22% of Americans Say They’ve Donated to Crowdfunding Campaigns
Women are more likely to give to such online drives, and to start them, says a Pew Research Center study.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Parents’ Volunteerism Has Big Impact on Kids’ Charity Choices, Study Says
Shared experiences help convey philanthropic values, according to a new report that offers insights for charities on how to build a donor support base that will last through generations.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Johns Hopkins Hospital Get New Leaders
Also, AmeriCares, Bennington College, and the Natural Resources Defense Council hire new fundraisers.
By anais.strickland
Contributor
A Match for Estate Gifts Helps 30-Year-Old Leader Build Endowment
Mike Goorhouse began his career in philanthropy at age 18 as a member of his organization’s youth grant-making group.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Humanitarian Aid Reached Record $28 Billion in 2015
Relief funding, including $6.2 billion from private donors, increased 12 percent from 2014 but still failed to keep pace with the galloping need for crisis assistance, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports, citing new data from a research group Development Initiatives.
Planned Parenthood Takes Funding Fight to Nation’s Courts
The nonprofit’s lawsuit against Ohio, filed last week to challenge the state’s revocation of funding for non-abortion health services provided by Planned Parenthood clinics, is the 15th the organization has filed since July amid a wave of such state-level restrictions, Bloomberg writes.