Nonprofit Harvests Surplus Drugs to Serve Poor Patients
Sirum, hatched five years ago by a trio of young Stanford University graduates to improve low-income patients’ access to costly prescriptions, has distributed $4.3 million worth of drugs by tapping surplus inventories from pharmacies and medical facilities, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Gifts Roundup: $100-Million Gift Goes to Conflict Resolution
Other notable recent donations include $50 million to the University of Florida from the inventor of UV coatings for sunglasses and $45 million for Drexel University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
N.Y. Charities Subpoenaed in Inquiry Into Foundation Spending
Charities headed by two politically prominent Long Islanders have been subpoenaed by New York State’s attorney general in connection with an investigation of a trust administrator’s disbursement of donations, according to Newsday.
Fund That Manages Fiorina Giving Donated to Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and her husband give through an account with a donor-advised fund that has disbursed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Planned Parenthood, writes The Daily Beast.
$20-Million Gift Boosts U. of Vermont Business School
The contribution from the family philanthropy of businessman and alumnus Steven Grossman will endow three academic chairs and support other programs at the Vermont business school, the Burlington Free Press reports.
His and Her Giving: Separate Interests, Mutual Support
A wealthy couple living in the nation’s capital reaches out to nearby neighborhoods still struggling to recover from the legacy of racism and the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Leaner-Is-Always-Better Myth: One Size Doesn’t Fit All Foundations
Behind the much-touted trends of downsizing in philanthropic organizations, the picture is more complicated.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
$100 Million Pledged for Brain Studies
The science-focused Kavli Foundation and seven institutions of higher education are together supporting the effort to advance research into traumatic injury and brain diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, Agence France-Presse reports.
Obituary: Carolyn Lynch, Education Donor and Foundation Head
Ms. Lynch, one-half of one of Boston’s most prominent philanthropic couples, died Thursday at age 69 of complications from acute myeloid leukemia, The Boston Globe reports.
Gay-Rights Focus Turns to Stopping Violence and Intolerance
With a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court on gay marriage, activists are setting their sites on transgender issues, fighting discrimination in places like Uganda, and getting more financial support.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Donors — Especially the Newly Wealthy — Need to Make Scientific Research a Priority
The call for aid comes as three universities and a foundation make a $65-million commitment to brain research.
By Bob Conn
Contributor
$100-Million Gift Creates Global Conflict Resolution Institute at University of Chicago
The gift from the Thomas L. Pearson and the Pearson Family Members Foundation is the second largest ever for the institution.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
U. of Florida Gets $50 Million to Expand Engineering School
The school will be renamed for donor Herbert Wertheim, a Miami optometrist and education philanthropist who invented the eyeglass tints that block UV rays, the Miami Herald reports.
Grants Roundup: GE Foundation Gives $25 Million for Safe-Surgery Effort
Other awards include $3 million from the Mary Kay Foundation to 150 domestic-violence shelters around the country.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
5 Steps to Take When Your Grant Proposal Fails
A program officer gives advice on what to do when a grant maker declines your proposal.
By Tobi Printz Platnick
Contributor
$3-Trillion U.N. Development Plan Sets Ambitious Agenda for Nonprofits
Charities and foundations are expected to do much of the work to fight poverty and curb climate change around the globe.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor