Atlantic Philanthropies Appoints New President
Christopher Oechsli, a lawyer who has worked for the grant maker and its founder, will head the big fund.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Merck Program for Safer Childbirth to Pay for Technology and Advocacy
The effort will be global but will focus on countries with the highest number of women dying in childbirth.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Jobs, Women, and Children’s Health Are Focuses of Pledges on First Day of Clinton Event
Merck made a $500-million commitment to reduce the number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Public-Interest Lawyer and Choral Director Among MacArthur ‘Genius’ Prize Winners
Twenty-two people have received $500,000 no-strings-attached prizes from the MacArthur Foundation.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Graphic: How Three Nonprofits Value Medications
See how some large international aid charities have reduced the value they place on medicines delivered to poor people abroad.
Aid Charities’ Accounting Practices Draw Criticism
Lawyers and watchdogs question whether charities are exaggerating the amount of aid they deliver, which the nonprofits deny.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Bloomberg’s Leadership May Hold Clues to His Future Giving, Suggests Fast Company
Fast Company magazine examines how Michael R. Bloomberg is likely to give away his fortune after his term as New York City mayor ends in 2013.
Multiple Methods of Valuing Drugs Create an Unclear Picture of Aid Totals
Coalitions of charities are seeking to provide more consistency to how charities count the value of drugs provided to needy people overseas.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Grant Making Gets Personal for Employees of a Md. Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation helps staff members support causes dear to their hearts, like Parks & People Foundation.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Giving News Roundup: Arts and Health News, Plus More
Grant makers have announced new efforts to promote college debate programs, spur economic development and cultural vitality, and fight disease in the developing world.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
MacArthur Fund Unveils New Approach to Environmental Grants
The foundation will focus on climate change, overfishing, and harmful agricultural practices.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
A Cross-Country Trek to Document What Americans Give Away
A freelance photojournalist spent the summer examining thrift stores run by charities and others.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Rockefeller Official to Head Nonprofit Finance Fund
Antony Bugg-Levine, a prominent advocate of ‘impact investing’ by foundations, will take the helm.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Hewlett Foundation President Plans to Retire in 2012
Paul Brest, who has led the fund since 1999, is known for his outspokenness and his efforts to improve the craft of grant making.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
More Foundation CEO’s Start to Tweet
Jeff Raikes, the head of the Gates Foundation, joins a list of philanthropy leaders who not only tweet but also respond quickly to messages on the microblogging site.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Tough Economy Takes a Toll on Nonprofits Designed to Serve Rural Americans
Changes in foundation priorities added to the woes for nonprofits that work in areas with high poverty and dwindling populations.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor