After a Scandal Hits, USC Fundraisers Move to Keep $6 Billion Campaign Thriving
The University of Southern California is working to minimize fundraising fallout from the drugs-and-sex scandal involving a former medical-school dean who claimed to have raised $1 billion for the institution.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Koch Fund Donation Prompts Concerns About Academic Freedom
The $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation will go toward an economics and quantitative-analysis institute at the University of Utah. Also, PBS warns proposed government cuts could close some stations.
How to Assemble a Tool Kit to Create a Powerful Visual Identity
Two branding strategists offer advice on the key questions to ask and the elements to consider in designing logos and communications that attract and engage donors.
By Meg Fowler Tripp and Roger Sametz
Daily News Roundup: Rockefeller Backs Social-Good Investment Startup
The new group’s goal is to help charities create exchange-traded funds that benefit the charities. Also, women are gaining prominence in Jewish philanthropy, and twice as many churches now offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants, but they have few takers.
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked
The Chronicle staff reports on colleges, hospitals, social-service organizations, and other nonprofits that took a risk and got results.
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked, Part I
The 92nd Street Y excites donors with cool technology, a ballet steals an airline tactic, and more.
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked, Part II
Inside a “textathon,” the ultimate day planner for gift officers, and benefit parties where food steals the show.
15 New Fundraising Ideas That Worked, Part III
An advocacy group’s members generate social-media content, and a small charity trades events for experiments.
From Boys Town to Harvard: Big Endowments in the Cross Hairs
The exploding size of many nonprofits’ cash stockpiles has some lawmakers wondering how much is too much.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Patty Stonesifer’s move to Martha’s Table, a social-service group in Washington, made waves in the nonprofit world. She brought with her a passion for racial equity and a belief in data-driven decision making,
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How One Small Charity Finds Success With a Focus on Metrics
Martha’s Table boosted fundraising by highlighting achievements using hard numbers. Data also helps with major decisions, like where to build its new headquarters.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
From Microsoft to Gates Foundation to Local Charity: The Evolution of a Leader
Former Gates Foundation head Patty Stonesifer shares lessons she’s picked up in moving to Martha’s Table, a small Washington, D.C., social-services nonprofit.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Make Those Solicitations Look Nice, but Not Too Nice
Donors responded well to mailings that were thoughtfully designed and printed on economical materials. Flashy, expensive card stock was a turnoff.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Philanthropy’s Neglect of the Suburban Poor Hurts Us All
It isn’t the cities where poverty is growing but outside them, yet nonprofits and donors aren’t doing nearly enough. Cuts in the safety net could make things even worse.
By Scott Allard
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit’s Twist on Private-Equity Fund Aims to Speed Diabetes Research
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s new nonprofit invests in companies studying the disease. Also, the United States is suspending a program that fights extreme poverty.
Letters: Chronicle’s Endowment Analysis Lacked Context
The chief financial officer at Stanford University says endowments are what lead to America’s economic growth, while leaders of a key college association see a missed opportunity to explain the difference between current gifts and those meant to ensure financial security.