Grants Roundup: Four Groups Commit $48 Million for Marine Protection
Also, the Walmart Foundation awards $33 million for youth-focused hunger relief and seven California grant makers fund a program to build trust between minority communities and police.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Trump’s Foundation Could Raise New Questions About Who Deserves Tax Breaks
Think of the fund like a celebrity philanthropy, not a family grant maker — because it shows all the problems typically associated with giving by the stars.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Clinton Global Initiative Winds Down on a Note of Optimism
Nonprofit leaders expressed a sense of “mission accomplished,” saying the event elevated the status of public-private partnerships and helped spawn a new generation of similar efforts.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Foundations Embrace Evaluation but Not Transparency, Study Finds
A third of respondents said their organizations have dedicated evaluation departments, but researchers say many foundations don’t interpret benchmarking data correctly or share the results externally,
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: 10 Schools to Share $100 Milllion From Powell Jobs Venture
Plus, the Clinton Foundation’s largest affiliate lays plans to separate from the mothership if Hillary Clinton becomes president, and the N.F.L. commits $100 million for research and other work to address head trauma among players.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Chief to Step Down After 14 Years
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey led the health-focused grant maker’s strategic shift from single issues like smoking to promoting a “culture of health” encompassing diet, exercise, and access to medical care for people from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. Investigating Trump Foundation
Also, a Congressional subcommittee hears from universities that use their endowments to cut student costs, and a Florida college sues to collect a naming gift from a late donor.
Grants Roundup: Foundations’ $20-Million Commitment Targets Urban Spaces
Other notable awards include $5.8 million from the Marnier-Lapostolle Foundation for research on a rare neurological disorder.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Foundations Bet It All on Advancing Equity
Grant makers like the Meyer Memorial Trust in Oregon are reworking internal policies and spending practices in an effort to close gaps in education and economic opportunity.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Roger Ailes’s Alma Mater Returns 2007 Gift
Plus, Donald Trump’s campaign responds to critical media coverage of his giving record and a communications consultant dissects the Wounded Warrior Project’s crisis management.
Ford’s Push on Disability Rights Should Be a Model for Philanthropy
The foundation’s explicit outline of steps it will take to aid people with disabilities sends a strong signal to grant makers everywhere.
By Tony Coelho
Contributor
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Darren Walker, the foundation’s president, pledged a top-to-bottom review of its policies and programs to ensure that its focus on inequality encompasses disability rights.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Georgetown Slave Descendants Propose $1 Billion Foundation
Organizers have already raised $115,000 — equivalent to the price their 272 forebears fetched in 1838 to pay off a university debt — in seed money to “create a model for healing and redress,” The Washington Post reports.
Foundations Pledge $20 Million to ‘Reimagine’ City Spaces
The commitment by the JPB, Knight, Kresge, and Rockefeller foundations is aimed at boosting revitalization efforts in four cities by transforming neglected sites into vital neighborhood assets, according to CityLab.
Nonprofits Fret as Clinton Foundation Plans to Transfer Programs
Foundation President Donna Shalala said she and colleagues are laboring program by program to ensure continuity of services and financial support from donors where possible.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Trump May Owe IRS More for Foundation’s Political Donation
The Republican presidential nominee may be liable for additional penalties arising from his charity’s 2013 contribution to a political organization affiliated with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, tax experts tell The Wall Street Journal.