U. of Missouri at Kansas City Receives $21 Million (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy gave $5.9 million for natural-disaster recovery programs in four states, and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation awarded $3 million to improve parks in Buffalo, N.Y.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundation Assets Top $1 Trillion, but Signs Point to Slump
The increase occurred despite a run-up in grant making from $60 billion in 2013 to $75 billion in 2017, for a total of more than $320 billion over that five-year period.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Sex and Power: How Foundations Can Attack the Roots of Child Marriage
The key isn’t simply to delay marriage till age 18, it’s to end deeply entrenched cultures of gender inequality and destructive views on adolescent sexuality.
By Dena Kimball
Contributor
Lilly Endowment Provides $15 Million to Preserve Historic Places of Worship (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation gave $13 million to develop a once-a-month birth-control pill, and the U. of California at Davis will use $1.2 million to help detained immigrants and asylum seekers through its Immigration Law Clinic.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Assets Plunge $4.6 Billion
The grant-making giant cited an accounting change but also acknowledged that the value of its cryptocurrency holdings had declined precipitously.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Children’s Hospital L.A. Collects $50 Million to Aid Poorest Patients (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative will award $5 million through its new Whole Child Grant Program, and the College of William & Mary receives $1 million for programs about slavery and racism.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Help Impact Investing Reach Its Potential
Philanthropic organizations can play a critical role in fueling innovative approaches to critical social challenges including poverty, education, and climate change by providing “catalytic capital.”
‘If It Were Easy, Someone Would Have Done It Already’
After traveling to Ghana 10 years ago, she came back wanting to invest in low-cost schools that could be a global force for improved education.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Why Philanthropy Must Fix the Broken Internet
Just as grant makers rushed in to ensure television didn’t become just a commercial wasteland, so too must foundations ensure that there’s room for nonprofit services like Kiva and Wikipedia online.
By Greg Baldwin
Contributor
Philanthropy Reacts on Social Media to Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
Leaders responded swiftly to the latest gun violence, some calling for immediate aid to groups like the El Paso Community Foundation and others debating policy.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
CVS and Aetna Give $50 Million for Affordable Housing (Grants Roundup)
Also, St. Baldrick’s gave $17.5 million to study pediatric cancer, and Arnold Ventures is granting nearly $10 million for gun-violence research.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Giving the Poor a Voice — With Help From the Rich
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of several much-acclaimed books on the working class, formed a nonprofit that finances journalists to do in-depth reporting about those losing out as inequality grows. More and more, she’s winning grants from the nation’s biggest foundations and billionaire donors.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Foundations Buy Historic African-American Photo Archive
The grant makers will donate the archives to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Getty Research Institute, and other leading cultural institutions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Digital Human Rights Threat Demands More Attention From Foundations
Threats to privacy affect not just people seeking refuge in the United States but also the nonprofits and activists who help them get settled.
By MEDIA DEMOCRACY FUND
Contributor
Panda Express Commits $29 Million for Pediatric Therapeutic Programs and More (Grants Roundup)
Also, four grant makers give a combined $45 million to bring a charter-school network to Midland and Odessa, Tex.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Tiny Grant Maker North Star Points the Way to Big Shake-Up in Philanthropy
Its “participatory grant making” model, where control of the money is ceded to the community it serves, has drawn notice from bigger foundations and young philanthropists.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations