A Delaware Fund Helps State’s Schools With Plenty of ‘Hope, Help, and Heat’
A little-known Delaware foundation has helped the state’s schools win a prestigious $100-million federal award to improve education.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Foundations Move to Fill Reporting Gap Left by Shrinking Newsrooms
As newsrooms lose staff members and other resources, foundations are stepping in to fill the gaps in health-care reporting.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Advocacy Groups Work to Strengthen Their Influence on Immigration Laws
Advocacy charities, with help from foundations, are changing their tactics to learn from mistakes they made in failed efforts to persuade Congress to change immigration laws.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
After Last Year’s Decline, Foundation Giving Expected to Remain Flat in 2010
Giving by the nation’s grant makers fell by more than 8 percent last year, according to a new report, marking the steepest drop ever tracked by the Foundation Center, in New York.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
A new foundation grant seeks to help an organization teach readers to find credible journalism online.
By Eugene McCormack
Contributor
Pepsi Awards First Grants in $20-Million Consumer-Vote Contest
Pepsi announced this week the first 32 winners of its $20-million Refresh Project competition, the biggest effort yet by a company to enlist consumers in helping it decide how to give away money to social causes.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Advocates Plot Next Steps Even as Ink Dries on Health-Care Overhaul Law
Nonprofit groups that have been fighting for years to get legislation to overhaul the country’s health-care system are breathing a sigh of relief—while also plotting their next steps.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2010
A look at the grant-making plans for some of the nation’s largests foundations in 2010.
How The Chronicle’s Annual Survey of Big Grant Makers Was Compiled
How The Chronicle’s annual survey of America’s largest grant makers was compiled.
Despite Asset Gains, Most Grant Makers Will Keep Purse Strings Tight in 2010
With assets recovering slowly, the nation’s largest grant makers look to tighten the purse strings in 2010, a new Chronicle survey finds.
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
As the bad economy causes problems for charities, more and more grant makers are helping organizations find new revenue sources
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Large Grants in 2009: a Sampling
A closer look at some of the largest grants made by U.S. foundations in 2009.
The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
A look at the asset sizes and grant-making activity of the nation’s wealthiest foundations.
Grants Budgets Take a Hit at Many Small Foundations
Most small and mid-sized foundations say the rough investment climate of the last two years will not cause them to make majors shifts in their portfolios this year, according to a new survey. But roughly half do plan to make changes to their spending and grant-making policies for 2010 as a result…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Employees Take On a More Active Role at Restructured Community Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation has reorganized its staff so that senior workers now spend more time seeking out new ways to solve the city’s problems.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor