Wayne State U. Gets $50 Million From Former Instructor Turned Auto Executive
Plus, Hollywood film producer Sidney Kimmel gave Temple University more than $27 million to support media and communications and the performing and cinematic arts, and three other universities received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Melinda French Gates Is Just Getting Started
Since last spring, when she left the Gates Foundation, she’s written another book and announced a billion dollars in new funding — discovering creative ways to support women and inspiring more of them to give.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
70-Plus Foundations ‘Meet the Moment’ and Pledge to Increase Their Grants
Trust-based funders are taking a stance to shore up nonprofits defunded by the Trump administration, although 10 of them declined to identify themselves publicly. Separately, a group of foundations offered a ‘statement of solidarity’ in response to the federal cuts.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
7 Things Climate Philanthropy Gets Wrong — and How to Do Better
Let’s stop just blaming Big Oil, Republicans, and apathetic voters. The climate movement needs to reach out to conservatives and integrate ideas of the left and the right.
By Trammell S. Crow and Bill Shireman
Pro-Immigration Forces Are Losing the Information War. Here’s How to Fight Back.
The far right has spent millions peddling its anti-immigrant narrative. Philanthropy can help tell a more powerful story about immigrants’ value to the nation.
By Beatriz Lopez
Contributor
Recession Ahead? How a Tariff-Induced Downturn Might Change Giving
There’s good news and bad, according to analyses of how donors responded to the four most recent economic downturns.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Former Citigroup Boss Gives Weill Cornell Medicine $50 Million
Plus, Lyric Opera of Chicago landed a $25 million unrestricted gift from a long-time supporter, and a couple who are chemists and entrepreneurs gave USC’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute $15 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
4 Underfunded Strategies to Lift the Working Class and Strengthen Democracy
Philanthropy should invest big in projects that give more Americans a voice in policy decisions that affect their lives.
By Loren McArthur
Contributor
A 3-Part Playbook to Build Connection and Community
Funders working to build strong communities should know this: Research shows that people crave relationship, but they need opportunities to come together and work together.
By Kate Carney
Contributor
Nutrition for Growth Summit Unveils $1 Billion From U.S. Grant Makers
Also, Enterprise Mobility committed $200 million to address food insecurity and social equity, and the Skoll Foundation announced the five winners of the 2025 Skoll Award for Social Innovation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Position Your Nonprofit for the Wealth Transfer
Fundraisers have a lot to consider as they seek estate gifts — including whom to target and how to work with advisers. Here are some tips to make sure your charity is prepared.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
The Great Wealth Transfer: Will It Be Great for Nonprofits?
Past promises of a golden age of bequests didn’t pan out, but charities that are prepared are likely to reap the rewards this time.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Bezoses Pledge up to $500 Million to Unicef USA’s Child Nutrition Fund
Plus, an alum left $35 million to Allegheny College to build an innovation lab, and Vanderbilt Law School will use $6.8 million to exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Tennessee.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Funders Should Practice Humility, Not Bravery
In response to recent op-ed, reader argues that nonprofits should stay in their lane and out of politics.
Want to Encourage More Wealthy People to Give? Here’s a Solution.
Foundations should share their deep expertise on issues and causes to help aspiring philanthropists move their money off the sidelines.
By Eric Weingartner
Contributor
Reid Hoffman’s $10 Million Contest to Restore Trust in Institutions
Introducing our Commons in Conversation podcast! The LinkedIn co-founder joins Lever for Change’s Cecilia Conrad to talk about his open call to lift up new ideas — and attract funding — for reforms of government, the media, higher education, and more.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor