Foundation Watchdog Acquires Bolder Giving
The merger means the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, which seeks to influence foundation grant making, will also try to influence how individuals give.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Trump Taps Philanthropist Betsy DeVos for Education Dept.
Also, the president-elect says he won’t press for a renewed investigation of the Clinton Foundation and Exxon Mobil accuses Rockefeller family charities of spearheading a climate conspiracy.
How Foundations Can Develop Policies to Embrace Risk
Grant makers should weigh their tolerance for risk and bring that mind-set into their day-to-day operations.
By Darin McKeever
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Penn Fund Gives $100 Million for Philly Revitalization
Also, the Clinton Foundation could face renewed legal scrutiny by a Jeff Sessions-led Justice Department.
Daily News Roundup: LeBron James Gives $2.5 Million for Ali Museum Exhibit
Also, a look at the uncertain future of a federal program offering major student-debt relief for graduates who put in a decade of public service after college.
Daily News Roundup: Bill and Melinda Gatesto Get Presidential Medal of Freedom
Also, a Congressionally appointed panel calls for a national women’s history museum, and the election result fuels fundraising gains for big environmental groups.
Grants Roundup: Brown Med School Gets $27 Million; $2 Million Backs Ill. Prairie Project
Other notable awards include $10 million from law firm K&L Gates for research at Carnegie Mellon University on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Apple Opens Payments Service to Charity Gifts
Also, volunteering takes a place on the agenda at industry conventions, and a university revises naming guidelines after stripping a controversial donor’s name from a campus facility.
The Gates Foundation: Now Accepting Donations
Gates Philanthropy Partners gives donors a chance to consult with foundation staff and give to nonprofits chosen from among those the grant maker supports.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
New Realities for Philanthropy in the Trump Era
Grant makers have their work cut out for them: addressing the mistrust that many Americans have of the political and philanthropic elite.
By Benjamin Soskis
Contributor
Election Loss Muddies Clinton Foundation Transition Plans
But the organization has much work to do to shake off the damaging effects of months of political attacks, and it may need to rethink whether it wants to do business in the same way as before the election.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Moore Foundation Commits $33 Million-Plus to Aid Inventors
Other notable awards included $25 million from the Gates Foundation for reproductive-health programs and $1 million from multiple grant makers to support Syrian students at U.S. colleges.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Ex-Charity Leader Elected Mo. Governor
Also, Los Angeles voters approve a $1.2 million fund to build housing for the homeless, and a British veterans group draws scorn for raising money by selling T-shirts with anti-Islam and neo-Nazi messages.
Silicon Valley’s Community Foundation Spreads Its Fundraising to the East Coast
In a radical move, the organization — the nation’s largest community fund — defies the idea that such funds operate and raise money locally.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Report of ‘Likely’ Clinton Foundation Charges Rebutted
Also, The New York Times examines how millennials’ values and declining religious participation are changing philanthropy.
Daily News Roundup: Secret Audio Fueled FBI Clash Over Clinton Charity
Also, Melinda Gates is named one of 2016’s top innovators for putting gender at the forefront of her foundation’s work, and Amnesty International is ensnared in Russia’s crackdown on nonprofits.