Gifts Roundup: $27 Million for Economics at the University of Cambridge
Also included is a $2-million gift to expand the neurological intensive-care unit at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gateses and Waltons Among Top Donors to Jeb Bush Schools Group
Several major corporations and education-focused philanthropies have donated millions of dollars to the school-overhaul nonprofit launched by Jeb Bush after his tenure as Florida’s governor, the Associated Press reports, citing disclosures made last week by the Republican presidential candidate.
Philanthropy’s Boost to Basic Science
The Alfred P. Sloan foundation aims to spur innovation by restoring America’s pre-eminence in basic research, including how to compile and use big data sets.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Seeking $1 Billion for Research That Takes Time
The Kavli and Moore foundations have sparked an alliance to support fundamental lab work on projects that may take decades to pay off — or may not succeed at all.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Why I Give: ‘All These People Were Suffering and Dying’
Stories from displaced people working in his factories inspired Chobani Yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya to use new foundation to help refugees around the world.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthropy’s Bid to End Slavery in the Modern Age
With 35 million people trapped in forced labor, sex trafficking, and other forms of bondage, the Freedom Fund has an ambitious plan to attack an age-old problem.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Recovery in Donations? Not So Fast, “Giving USA” Data Shows
People are giving more, incomes are rising, and foundations are more generous. But there’s another side to all the happy news.
Detroit Nonprofit Powers Through Recession With Diversified Revenue
Amid tough times in Detroit, a serial entrepreneur achieves what many experts say should be every nonprofit’s goal.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Foundation Puts Emphasis on No-Strings-Attached Grants
The Weingart Foundation Center boosted unrestricted grants to help nonprofits like the Pacific Asian Family, a group that fights domestic violence, navigate tough financial times.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
$32-Billion Pledge by Saudi Prince Reflects Gateses’ Influence
Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, who is spending his fortune on causes such as empowering women, hopes his philanthropy will spur others to give.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Cincinnati Arts Groups Receive Over $10 Million
Also included: a $3.1-million grant from the Templeton Religious Trust to the University of Notre Dame to study how science affects laboratory researchers’ beliefs.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Charleston, Health Care, Gay Marriage, and More: Why Advocacy Matters
Social-justice victories — and a national tragedy — should encourage more foundations to put money behind policy change.
By Robert K. Ross
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: $100 Million for Drug Research; Cornell Gets $50 Million
Other gifts include $25 million for Parkinson’s disease research and $4.5 million from former Facebook president Sean Parker to fight malaria.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Opinion: Sean Parker on How ‘Hackers’ Can Remake Giving
In a Wall Street Journal column, the Napster co-founder and former Facebook executive describes how a generation of young tech moguls is changing traditional philanthropy and offers advice to this “hacker elite” on deploying its enormous wealth to solve global problems.
Smithsonian Plans New Rules on Disclosing Research Funding
The Smithsonian Institution will tighten its conflict-of-interest guidelines for researchers with an eye toward preventing corporations and other outside donors from exercising undue influence on scientific studies, reports The New York Times.
Foundation Heads Call on Peers to Publicize Diversity Data
The leaders of six large organizations push for more openness about the racial and gender make-up of nonprofit boards and staff.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor