Daily Update: Gates, Jobs, and Chan Rated ‘Most Powerful Women’ in Philanthropy
In other news, nonprofits find themselves at the center of an FBI investigation involving NCAA basketball, a youth center is involved in a Medicaid fraud scheme, and an Arkansas senator ends a company’s contract with a nonprofit drug-rehabilitation program after labor complaints.
Giving, Politicking, Endowments, and CEO Pay All Could Be Affected by Tax Measure
Sweeping changes would alter the incentives for giving, change rules on politicking and endowments, and levy new taxes on any nonprofit leader who makes $1 million or more.
By Alex Daniels and Megan O’Neil
Arnold Foundation Leader Vows Risk-Taking Grants and Steady Focus
Kelli Rhee moves into the top spot promising that the Houston grant maker will continue its efforts on criminal justice, schools, and scientific research.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Daily News Roundup: Obama Seeks to Help Young Leaders Organize
In a speech at his first leadership summit, the president said he wanted to give grass-roots organizers the tools they need to work for a cause. In other news, the University of Chicago’s economics department got a $125 million gift; donors withdraw contributions from a W.Va. Big Brothers Big Sisters over staff training on LGBT issues; and Oxfam has dismissed 22 employees over allegations of sexual abuse in the past year.
The Philanthropy 400 and the New Donor
The Chronicle’s annual nonprofit ranking reveals charitable-giving trends today — and what they might look like tomorrow.
Philanthropy 400 Special Report: Top Charities Appeal to Impatient, Policy-Minded Donors
The Chronicle’s 2017 ranking, drawn from IRS data and our exclusive survey results, unlocks a wealth of insights for fundraisers on how donors increasingly back nonprofits that promise solid returns and seek to influence policy.
Social-Service Groups Fight to Reverse a Slide in Donations
In the age of Trump, the United Way and others face the delicate task of ensuring that donors know and understand their missions and their importance.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Digital Connection to Children Helps Compassion International Retain Donors
The international relief group makes a tech-savvy upgrade to the traditional pen-pal relationship between children and their sponsors.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Unicef Leader Takes Risks in Push Toward $1 Billion Goal
With an innovation lab, an eye on “customer service,” and market research on donors, CEO Caryl Stern has doubled revenue at Unicef USA.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Rodents Show Surprising Versatility to Help Fight Tuberculosis
A Dutch nonprofit first employed African giant-pouched rats to sniff out land mines; now they’re helping health officials move faster to identify carriers of TB.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
A Young Leader Pools Funds to Fight Anti-Muslim Bias
Kashif Shaikh’s Pillars Fund aims to support charities that are fighting bias against Islam — and to simply give back.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How to Get the $300 Billion More That Nonprofits Need to Make a Difference
By focusing on impact and results — and resisting mission creep — donors, foundations, trustees, and nonprofit executives can transform society.
By Kim Starkey Jonker
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Jeff Bezos Philanthropy Still a Wild Card
In other news, the new focus of the Koch brothers’ push for public funding of private and charter schools is on Hispanics; the head of the Broad Foundation talks about her vision for the grant maker; the billionaire founder of Chobani yogurt says philanthropy is embedded in his company; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Houston Charities Still Waiting on $76 Million in Disaster Relief Pledges
Two months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, the nonprofits are still waiting for companies, foundations, and individuals to make good on their promises. In other news, celebrity chef José Andrés promises a long-term focus on feeding victims of natural disasters, and nonprofits are hit unevenly by federal efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act.
Charities Are Divided Over Efforts to Kill the Estate Tax
Colleges, hospitals, and foundations would probably suffer the most if wealthy people no longer had an incentive to give to avoid levies on their heirs.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Independent Sector Aims to Create the ‘SXSW for the Social Sector’
The coalition of 600 charities and foundations wants to gather local nonprofit leaders in person and virtually to devise solutions to real-world problems.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor