A Focus on Signature Programs Can Help Charities Gain Grant Makers’ Support
Focusing on collaboration and signature programs can help charities gain grant makers’ support.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Large Grants in 2010: A Sampling
Grant recipient Amount Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation World Health Organization Polio Eradication Initiative (New York) $80,000,000 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ClimateWorks Foundation (San Francisco) 50,000,000 David and Lucile Packard Foundation ClimateWorks Foundation (San Francisco)…
How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2011
2011 budget Percent change from 2010 Annenberg Foundation $85,000,000 -44.4% Blandin Foundation 11,000,000 21.3 Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation 33,250,000 -25.1 James Graham Brown Foundation 16,000,000 -18.1 Howard G. Buffett Foundation 54,363,388 46.8 Burroughs Wellcome Fund 32,710,000 73.5…
The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
A look at the nation’s 10 wealthiest foundations in 2010.
Community Funds Are Offered New Ways to Measure Health of News Coverage in Their Cites and Towns
People who regularly follow the news are more likely to be involved in their communities and feel they make a difference, according to a foundation-financed study released last week.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Walton Family Foundation’s Grants: a Sampling
A look at some of the foundation’s recent awards.
A Quiet Family Fund Creates a Loud Buzz
One of America’s richest families is putting more money into environmental causes and continuing its ambitious push to reshape education.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Nonprofits Prepare for Debate Over Proposed Change to Tax Incentives for Charitable Gifts
As President Obama seeks to reduce the value of charitable deductions for the third year in a row, nonprofits prepare to oppose the idea.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Walton’s Education Grants Seek to Spread Charter Schools
No other philanthropy has done as much as the Walton Family Foundation to make charter schools part of America’s landscape.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Ford Foundation Conference Sheds Light on Internet Freedom
In the afterglow of Egypt’s protests, a leading foundation is pushing other grant makers to support efforts to improve advocacy tools online.
By JACOB BERKMAN
Contributor
Focus of First Cargill Grants: the Environment, Arts, and Disaster Relief
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation is designing its first big grant programs.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Awaiting $9-Billion, the Cargill Philanthropies Prepare to Grow Big
As the estate of the agribusiness heiress Margaret A. Cargill is settled, two foundations that will become among the wealthiest funds in America are gearing up to distribute their wealth.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
7 Charities Stand Ready to Share Some of Anne Ray Charitable Trust’s Expected Windfall
Seven charities will benefit from a $4-billion endowment created by an heiress to the Cargill agribusiness fortune. Among them are two groups with budgets of only a few million dollars.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Buffett, Gateses, and Turner Made Big Payments on Past Pledges in 2010
Some of America’s most-generous donors made big payments in 2010 on their giving pledges from previous years.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Keep Aid for Developing Countries Off the Chopping Block, Bill Gates Urges
In his annual letter on philanthropy, Bill Gates urges world leaders to continue to devote money to health and agricultural efforts in needy countries—arguing that the short-term cost will lead to long-term savings.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Philanthropic Funds Sprout to Honor Arizona Shooting Victims
At least nine charitable funds have been created to provide direct aid to victims and their families or to honor the lives of those who were wounded or killed.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor