Synthetic Drug Use Poses New Challenges for Nonprofits
Violent episodes among users raise alarms, but most foundations avoid funding requests aimed at a single substance, preferring comprehensive approaches to drug abuse.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Keys to Midlevel Donor Success: Collaboration and Engagement
Midlevel donors are an important but often overlooked source of gifts at many nonprofits.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Foundations and Banks Team on $70-Million Housing Effort
The Strong Families Fund, spearheaded by the Kresge and Robert Wood Johnson foundations, Goldman Sachs, and KeyBank, aims to support quality affordable housing and better access to social services for low-income families, reports the Associated Press.
Hilton Boosts Annual Humanitarian Prize to $2 Million
As the foundation marks the 20th year of the award, it also is underwriting a new coalition to facilitate the collaboration among its network of prize winners, like Operation Smile.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Opinion: Heads of Family-Run Foundations Face Extra Scrutiny
Leaders of family philanthropies who are also members of the founding clan face particular scrutiny and governance challenges, a New York Times financial columnist writes.
Congress Shouldn’t Kill the Social Innovation Fund
After investing so much private and government money in an effort to spread programs with proven results, the White House should fight hard to protect one of its signature programs.
By Paul Carttar
Contributor
New Guide Helps Small Foundations Expand Impact Investing
The free online publication is for foundations and individual donors looking to achieve social good as well as financial returns from their investments.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: $50 Million From Tyson Foods for Hunger-Relief Groups
Other awards include $20 million from AT&T for education organizations using mobile-earning technology, developing career-readiness skills and work experience, and connecting students with mentors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $13.5 Million for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Calif.
Also included is a $10 million pledge to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for need-based scholarships and endowed professorships.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Taubman Art Sale Means No Bequest for Detroit Museum
The Detroit Institute of Arts, which has long enjoyed support from the late billionaire philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman, will not receive a direct gift from the shopping-mall magnate’s estate but will remain a beneficiary of his foundation, the Detroit Free Press and The New York Times write.
New Film Puts the Spotlight on an Early Civil-Rights Donor
Julius Rosenwald, who made his fortune as head of Sears, Roebuck, created schools and fellowships that built a generation of black leaders in the Jim Crow era.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Why Success Sometimes Eludes Community Efforts to Fight Social Problems
A study of 11 programs in various cities shows that while achieving hoped-for results often takes much longer than expected, positive results are possible through persistence and adaptation.
By Willa Seldon and Meera Chary
Poverty Among Whites Demands Philanthropy’s Attention
Four in 10 poor Americans are white, and many live in rural areas, yet most of the dollars to help the poor go to aid minorities in cities.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Other awards include a total of $3 million from the Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance to expand college opportunities for urban youths.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Settlement to Return $4.3 Million to New York Foundation
New York State officials have reached a settlement with former trustees of the Homeland Foundation that will return to the charity more than $4.3 million authorities say was improperly used, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports.
On Give Local America Day: How to Plan and Participate in a ‘Giving Day’ Event
Case studies, tips, and tools to help your nonprofit make the most of a 24-hour crowdfunding campaign.