Giving Is Up 8% in First Half of 2015, Study Finds
The report from Atlas of Giving says that donations grew to $239 billion.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
In Last Decade, Buffett Foundation Funded Big Changes in Birth Control
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation has quietly been the largest supporter of research on intrauterine devices, considered one of the most effective forms of contraception, according to a Bloomberg Business cover story.
Mich. and N.Y. Funds to Help Foundation Donate $1.4 Billion
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation tapped the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo to help guide grant making as it spends down assets over the next two decades, The Detroit News writes.
Grants Roundup: $10M to Ohio State for Aviation and Research Facilities
Other gifts go toward an equine teaching hospital, AIDS research, fighting racism, creating new dance works, and more.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Foundations Get Behind Push for Higher Learning in Prisons
A number of prominent philanthropies are putting money into college courses behind bars as policy makers take a fresh look at links between education and reduced recidivism, The Wall Street Journal writes
High-Powered Coalition Seeks to Improve Job Prospects for Young People
The Markle Foundation has gathered top business executives — and committed $50 million — to stir up a “revolution” in which credentials and accomplishments would supplement traditional criteria for jobs.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
$25-Million Gift Backs Special Olympics Health Care Programs
As the 2015 Special Olympics opened Saturday in Los Angeles, the organization announced the donation from the Golisano Foundation to expand its worldwide health services for people with intellectual disabilities, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle writes.
Hearing-Aid Charity’s Gifts Hitch Star Power to Its Cause
The Starkey Hearing Foundation, which donates hearing aids to the poor, routinely attracts high-powered celebrities to its international missions and fundraisers, in part by giving millions of dollars to the stars’ own charities, Minnesota Public Radio reports.
Pressure on Donors to U.K. Muslim Group Under Court Review
Britain’s High Court has ordered a judicial review of whether the country’s charity regulator overstepped its authority by asking two foundations to stop funding a Muslim advocacy organization with past ties to a suspected Islamic State militant, The Guardian reports.
3 Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change
By using data and pouring money into organizations that already are making a difference, grant makers can do what Congress isn’t doing.
By Antha Williams
Contributor
Rockefeller Foundation Adds $64 Million to Cities Program
The grant maker boosted funding Tuesday for its 100 Resilient Cities effort to help urban areas withstand physical and economic emergencies, the Associated Press reports.
Wilson Fund to Spend Down $1 Billion Windfall in 20 Years
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, which saw its assets spike from $4.8 million to $1.2 billion last year with the sale of its late founder’s NFL team, plans to fully exhaust its resources over the next two decades, according to The Buffalo News.
Grants Roundup: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $21 Million to Cancer-Research Groups
Other awards include $15 million to 30 environmental-conservation groups from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Michael Eisner’s Fund Puts Focus on Programs That Serve Young and Old
The philanthropy, started by the former Disney CEO, is now devoting all of its money to intergenerational programs.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Arnold Foundation Puts $5 Million Into Research on Rising Drug Prices
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation has awarded a $5.2-million grant to a Boston nonprofit that assesses drug pricing, adding the Houston philanthropists to a growing movement challenging soaring prescription costs, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Big Clinton Foundation Donors Also ‘Bundling’ for Hillary
Twenty of Hillary Clinton’s “Hillblazers" — supporters who have pledged to raise $100,000 for her presidential campaign — have collectively given at least $54 million to her family’s charity, writes The Wall Street Journal.