Tools for Attracting and Facilitating Gifts of Farmland
How one community foundation markets an innovative planned-giving opportunity and vets potential participants.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Donors Are Going Back to Their Hometowns to Fix Them Up
Often they require a combination of philanthropy and investments with a social return. In other articles, the Ford Motor Company has agreed to pay the Abell Foundation and a technology firm to use a hybrid engine technology; Report for America, a nonprofit that works like AmeriCorps, plans to place 1,000 journalists in understaffed newsrooms by 2022; the Twin Cities is going informal, holding fewer black-tie events; and other articles about the Obama Foundation and data-analysis tools and more.
Foundations Gear Up to Influence 2018 Elections
Private and community foundations are seeking ways to get out the vote and influence state-level campaigns, said numerous speakers at a Council on Foundations meeting that attracted 200 grant-making officials.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Bloomberg Aims to Speed Up the Demise of Coal Mining
In other news, the head of American Atheists has been suspended after a complaint that prompted an investigation; Texas A&M has raised $3 billion of its $4 billion campaign goal; the Rockefeller art collection could top $1 billion at auction; the Smithsonian Institution has will work with the Victoria and Albert Museum on a joint gallery and exhibition space in London; and much more, including articles on charities and politics.
Daily News Roundup: Schwarzman Had Long List of Demands in Exchange for $25 Million Gift
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman wanted a portrait of himself, his brothers’ names on display, curriculum changes, and approval over the building design of the high school that was to receive his gift. In other articles, the MacArthur Foundation is giving more than $24 million to Chicago-are arts groups; a Florida hospital is getting a $25 million contribution; Ken Griffin is donating $10 million to Chicago police to fight gun violence; and much more on the arts and news and opinion.
The MasterCard Foundation severed relations with Michigan State, saying it was “dedicated to providing a safe environment for young people who participate in our programs.” In other news, Save the Children faces a formal investigation after complaints about employee behavior and the departure of senior staff members; the biggest Black Lives Matter Facebook page is fake but raised $100,000; and other articles on gun violence and the arts and the Stephen Schwarzman gift and more.
Daily News Roundup: Mueller Investigating Ukrainian Payment to Trump Foundation
The special counsel is investigating a payment a steel magnate made in 2015 for a video appearance by Mr. Trump for a conference in Kiev. In other news, the Walton Family Foundation is leading an effort to add $300 million to loan funds to buy or build charter schools; Vanderbilt gets a $20 million gift; Stetson University gets $18 million; the NRA may have accepted more gifts from Russian donors than it first said; and more, including measuring the impact of ideas and articles on the arts.
Facebook Gives Scholars Access to Data to Study Its Role in Elections
The Hewlett, Arnold, Koch, and Sloan foundations and the Omidyar Network are among grant makers who brokered the deal to advance independent research on the social network, which faces a grilling in Congress this week over its sharing of user data with political groups.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Texas Tech Chancellor Robert Duncan On Courting Different Kinds of Donations
More and more donors to the Texas Tech System are from the energy sector, says the chancellor, but it’s important not to forget smaller supporters.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: $42 Million Grant Aims to Protect River
In other articles, some colleges are dropping TIAA because of fee hikes; the leader of the Anti-Defamation League is using business, marketing, and tech acumen to reshape the century-old nonprofit; a startup aims to match nonprofits with freelancers. Plus, other articles about must-read books and museum news and a young trailblazer and more.
Podcast: How One Woman Helped Create Entrepreneurs Around the Globe
Twenty years ago, Linda Rottenberg was in Argentina and realized there was no Spanish word for “entrepreneur.” So she started Endeavor Global, which now works in 30 countries, and those enterprises generate about $15 billion annually.
Daily News Roundup: $18 Million Gift to Create a Heart Center
In other news, a University of Washington institute has won $11.3 million from the Open Philanthropy Project to work on a universal flu vaccine; the L.A. Clippers Foundation is giving $10 million to renovate basketball courts in Los Angeles city parks; the National Parks Conservation Association is suing Ryan Zinke and agencies he oversees over a water pipeline in California near a national monument; Drue Heinz, a literary-arts philanthropist has died; and more.
Calif. Nonprofit Taps Residents to Ensure Safe Drinking Water
The Community Water Center helps residents of low-income and agricultural communities test for pollutants and fight for better water systems.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
People: CEO Exits Council on Foundations, New Leaders Join Teagle and SunTrust Funds
Plus, the Skoll Foundation names an interim president, the Omidyar Network promotes a new managing partner, and more major personnel moves in nonprofits and philanthropy.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Stopping Harassment at Nonprofits Starts With Workplace Culture, Experts Say
Appointing women to leadership jobs, making sure everyone has a chance at plum assignments, and ousting anyone who behaves badly are key.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
1 in 4 Women Fundraisers Has Been Harassed, Exclusive Poll Finds
Two-thirds of women who have encountered misconduct on the job say donors were the perpetrators, according to a new study of more than 1,000 fundraisers sponsored by the ˆ and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor