Gifts Roundup: 2 Anonymous $25-Million Donations
The major gifts from unidentified contributors will benefit Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota and the Kansas City Art Institute.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Walmart Foundation Pledges $25-Million to Disaster Preparation
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the corporate philanthropy announces new support.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Obituary: Whitney Ball, Head of Conservative Donors’ Group
Whitney Ball, a conservative activist who founded and led the philanthropic organization Donors Trust, died Sunday at her home in Alexandria, Va., after a 14-year battle with breast cancer, National Review writes.
A Decade Later, New Orleans Nonprofits Cite Gains, Yet Worry Over the Future
Bright spots since Hurricane Katrina include improved education and reduced incarceration, but leaders worry grant makers are losing focus with much work still to be done.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Nonprofits in New Orleans: 10 Years After Katrina
Leaders say that in the decade since the hurricane, much has improved, like education and criminal justice, but many problems linger.
Grants Roundup: NFL Gives $2.5 Million for Concussion Research and Education
Other awards include $10.5 million from the Walmart Foundation for nutrition education and school meals programs.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
MacArthur’s $50-Million Climate-Change Push Aims at Voters
The foundation announced today that its pledge will be distributed among nine organizations to build consensus in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Head of Walton Family Foundation to Step Down
Buddy Philpot led the fund for 15 years, seeing its grant making grow ninefold.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Bronfman Sheds Light on What Happens When a Foundation Prepares to Close
A series of blog posts offers a rare glimpse at what happens to employees, grantees, and even the office art as a grant maker spends down its assets.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
MacArthur and Ford Foundations Diverge on Strategy
While both say they will focus on a narrower set of issues, one favors quick action and the other features a more patient approach to change.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Gifts Roundup: U. of Southern California Gets $25 Million
Also included is a $5-million bequest to Northwestern University from its law school’s first female faculty member.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Baltimore Groups Seek Coordinated Approach to City’s Recovery
Since riots convulsed the city in April, local nonprofits have steered $7 million to $10 million into programs aimed at addressing unemployment, poverty, and other problems underlying the unrest, reports The Baltimore Sun.
LeBron James Teams with U. of Akron on Scholarship Program
The basketball superstar announced a partnership with the university and the financial firm JP Morgan Chase to provide full scholarships to hundreds of at-risk children from his hometown of Akron, Ohio, reports The Plain Dealer.
MacArthur Overhauls Approach to Focus on Big Bets
Climate change and criminal justice are among the causes getting more money as the foundation seeks to back more-ambitious projects — but fewer of them.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Foundation Hopes to Change Image of Black Philanthropy
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describes the Poise Foundation’s efforts to push back against stereotypes that African-Americans are typically recipients of philanthropy and that giving is reserved for celebrities and the ultra-wealthy.
Grants Roundup: $1.5 Million to Increase Ugandan Farmers’ Access to Legume Seeds
Other awards include $1.3 million from the Maier Foundation to develop an Innovation Hub at the University of Charleston.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor