Grants Roundup: $35 Million From Walton Fund Supports Colo. and Miss. River Conservation
Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation awards $150 million to establish an institute for democracy studies and civic engagement at Johns Hopkins University.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: GuideStar Drops ‘Hate’ Label From Nonprofit Profiles
The charity tracker drew strong criticism from conservative organizations for adopting the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate group” tags. Also, Michael Bloomberg unveils a $200 million program to help cities address big social and environmental challenges.
Greek Foundation Gives $150 Million to Support Democracy Research
The money from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation establishes an institute on the Baltimore campus devoted to studying and advancing civic engagement.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Eric Trump Charity Remakes Board and Changes Name
The president’s son is no longer on the board of the former Eric Trump Foundation, now called Curetivity. Also, looks at nonprofits developing artificial intelligence for social good and challenges faced by foundations that opt to spend down and close.
Tiny Grants and Low Tolerance for Risk Have Paralyzed Foundations When America Needs Them Most
There’s something wrong when organizations solving society’s most pressing problems have a harder time mobilizing serious capital than a start-up building the latest app for sharing cat pictures.
By Tomicah Tillemann
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Google Gives $1 Million for Stonewall History Project
The tech giant’s philanthropy arm will support preservation of firsthand accounts of the landmark gay-rights uprising. Also, a Paul Allen fund commits $7.5 million to push breakthrough bioscience research.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Expertise in Program Assessment Lacking at Nonprofits and Foundations, Survey Says
Nonprofits lack the knowledge needed to assess the results of their work, program officers say, and the foundations that fund them aren’t much better at it.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Top Chinese Donors Triple Their Giving to $4.6 Billion, Report Says
Education, poverty alleviation, and the arts are the most popular causes; the country’s environmental problems get relatively little attention.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Congressional Charity Ballgame to Go On
Lawmakers will take the field as scheduled tonight to raise money for D.C. charities, despite Wednesday’s gun attack on a Republican congressional baseball team at a pregame practice. Also, Harvard’s president announces her exit, and San Diego takes the crown in Charity Navigator’s ranking of big-city nonprofit communities.
Grants Roundup: $10 Million Awards Back Medical Centers in St. Louis and L.A.
A Washington University hub for genome science and a University of Southern California health-care campus were renamed in recognition of grants by the Harry Edison and W.M. Keck foundations, respectively.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Donations Grew 1.4% to $390 Billion in 2016, Says ‘Giving USA’
Modest performance in key economic indicators, coupled with uncertainty over the nation’s political direction, seems to have led to sluggish growth in philanthropy last year.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
$100 Million Art Gift Is Part of Growing Trend of Foundation-Donor Partnerships
Agnes Gund is using money from the sale of a Roy Lichtenstein classic to create an unusual partnership with the Ford Foundation to work toward improving the criminal-justice system.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Art Sale Backs New Criminal-Justice Fund
Also, the Gates Foundation and Rotary International spearhead $1.2 billion in new fundraising for the push to eradicate polio, and Warren Buffett’s annual auction of a lunch date fetches $2.68 million for a San Francisco social-service charity.
What Philanthropy Has Done Right — and Done Wrong — on Charter Schools
Foundation support has been key to challenging the education establishment, but big donors’ priorities have narrowed charters’ potential to revitalize public schools.
By Bruno Manno and BRANDON WRIGHT
Packard Foundation Boosts Grants to Offset Impact of Government Cuts
The California grant maker, which said it will increase its payout by up to $22 million this year, joins several large philanthropies that have responded with cash to President Trump’s victory in November.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Trump Business Reaped Revenue From Eric Trump Charity Events
The president’s company reportedly billed his son’s foundation for hundreds of thousands of dollars for fundraising golf tournaments held at a Trump course. Also, charities could see as much as $700 million from a 2018 auction of David Rockefeller’s art collection.