Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Winners Receive Awards
Irwin and Joan Jacobs, prominent San Diego donors, are among the winners. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Atlantic Philanthropies founder Charles Feeney, and Huntsman Cancer Institute founder Jon Huntsman Sr., among others, also won.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: College-Financing Group Awards 33 Colleges $12 Million to Create Paid Internships
Other awards include $11 million from Vulcan’s Paul G. Allen Ebola Program to support seven groups developing solutions to gaps in confronting global health crises.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
2 Nonprofits Get Surprise $1-Million Grants
A group of foundations wanted to help the Center for Effective Philanthropy and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations step up their efforts to use data to “help all of us in philanthropic fields do a better job.”
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Land-Rights Group Landesa Wins $2-Million Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The award recognizes an organization that has made extraordinary progress in alleviating human suffering.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Power and Money Don’t Necessarily Buy Smart Philanthropy
Warren Buffett should have applied his ideas about risk in investing to philanthropy instead of making the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation even wealthier.
By Linsey McGoey
Contributor
Maine Locals Resist Donor’s $100-Million Offer to Fund Park
Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby’s proposal to establish a new national park in the region of Maine’s highest mountain is meeting opposition from area residents and officials who say it will bring unwanted federal intrusion in their lives, reports the Associated Press.
U.N. to Audit Deals With Foundations Tied to Bribery Inquiry
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ordered an internal review of United Nations interactions with two nonprofits linked to a U.S. corruption investigation that led to the arrest this week of a former General Assembly president, Reuters and The New York Times report.
$25 Million for U. of Missouri and $20 Million for NYU Plastic Surgery
The University of Missouri announced a $25-million donation Thursday from energy executive Richard Kinder’s family foundation to expand a program for the study of democratic principles, The Kansas City Star and the Columbia Daily Tribune write, and the New York University School of Medicine received a $20-million contribution from medical entrepreneur Hansjӧrg Wyss to bolster its Department of Plastic Surgery, Becker’s Hospital Review reports.
Chicago Grant Maker Promises More General Operating Support
Head of the Chicago Community Trust takes aim at burdensome grant-reporting requirements and announces a focus on inequality in the city.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Family Foundations Give Less to Social Justice Than Other Grant Makers Do
Donating to a cause so often considered a political “third rail” worries family philanthropists, says a new study.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
AARP Foundation Launches Impact-Investing Program
The philanthropic arm of the advocacy group seeks $70 million for projects aimed at helping older Americans.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
$20-Million Bequest Creates Charity Fund at Va. Foundation
A retired tobacco executive has left $20 million to the Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia to establish a fund supporting a host of community groups and initiatives in the region, writes the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Calif. Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to L.A.-Area Nonprofits
Marking its 100th anniversary, the California Community Foundation announced a 10-year, $1-billion commitment Thursday to provide grants, loans, and scholarships to organizations in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Times writes.
Grants Roundup: Lilly Endowment Awards $50 Million to United Negro College Fund
Other awards include a total of $3.28 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to three groups to improve health care for older adults.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
MacArthur Spins Off New Digital-Learning Nonprofit
The grant maker provided $25 million in start-up cash but is also seeking support from others.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Lilly Endowment Pledges $50 Million for Black Colleges
The Indianapolis-based foundation’s donation to the United Negro College Fund will help colleges and universities with predominantly African-American student bodies put a priority on career development, reports The Washington Post.