MacArthur’s $50-Million Climate-Change Push Aims at Voters
The foundation announced today that its pledge will be distributed among nine organizations to build consensus in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Head of Walton Family Foundation to Step Down
Buddy Philpot led the fund for 15 years, seeing its grant making grow ninefold.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Solar Company’s Charitable Work Offers a Popular Perk: Travel Abroad
SolarCity, whose chairman is Elon Musk, has created a foundation that aims to light up 1,000 schools worldwide this year, including in earthquake-ravaged Nepal.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Bronfman Sheds Light on What Happens When a Foundation Prepares to Close
A series of blog posts offers a rare glimpse at what happens to employees, grantees, and even the office art as a grant maker spends down its assets.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Planned Parenthood Pushes Back as States Target Funding
While several Republican-controlled states seek to cut off government funding for Planned Parenthood, the organization appears to be gaining legal and regulatory traction in the controversy over its provision of fetal tissue for medical research, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
N.Y. Court to Hear College’s Bid to Rename Itself for Donor
An upstate New York judge was set to hear arguments Tuesday on a proposal by Paul Smith’s College to set aside a naming provision in its original benefactor’s will and add philanthropist Joan Weill’s name to the institution in exchange for a $20-million gift, writes The New York Times.
Cities Scrap With Mass. Nonprofit Over Clothes Donation Bins
The Los Angeles Times looks at battles by cities in California and elsewhere to more strictly regulate collection bins for recycling used clothes, shoes, and textiles, particularly those placed by Planet Aid, a controversial Massachusetts charity.
Obituary: Susan Newhouse, N.Y. Philanthropist and Socialite
A fixture in New York City’s social and giving sets who served for more than two decades as chairwoman of the Fresh Air Fund, Ms. Newhouse died Thursday at the age of 80 at her home in Manhattan, reports The New York Times.
Philanthropist and Former Banker Will Lead Dallas Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the appointment Monday of foundation leader and ex-Goldman Sachs executive Robert Steven Kaplan as its new president and chief executive officer, The Wall Street Journal reports.
$25-Million Gift Aids Minnesota College’s Building Plan
The anonymous donation from a family of Gustavus Adolphus College alumni supports an overhaul of the St. Peter, Minn., campus’s 53-year-old science building, Minnesota Public Radio reports.