Michael Jordan Gives $2 Million to Police and Civil-Rights Groups
Speaking out for the first time on the killings of unarmed black men by police and retaliatory targeting of officers, the basketball great made a pair of $1 million donations to groups working to bridge the racial divide, according to the Charlotte Observer and sports-news site The Undefeated.
Tumblr Key in Planned Parenthood Arm’s Centenary Campaign
The reproductive-health group’s New York chapter is putting the microblogging site at the center of a 100th-anniversary advertising campaign that does not shy away from the abortion issue, writes The New York Times.
Magazine Features 8 Philanthropic Leaders on Future of Giving
In essays for The Nation, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, and six other nonprofit leaders and activists write about how philanthropy can work to address the effects of income inequality and social injustice.
Chicago Students Mete Out Grants From Laurene Powell Jobs Group
The Silicon Valley billionaire’s philanthropic organization turned over $350,000 to six college students to award to charities focused on making children’s lives safer in the city, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
Detroit Museum Launches Push to Acquire African-American Art
The Detroit Institute of Arts kicked off a three-year, multimillion-dollar program to acquire and spotlight works by black artists, reflecting the new director’s focus on diversifying the museum’s offerings, writes the Detroit Free Press.
Elton John’s $10 Million LGBT Fund Makes 1st Grants
Groups taking on AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean are the inaugural beneficiaries of a $10 million fund established last year by the singer and activist to fight discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports.
Seeking NFL Return, Ray Rice Pledges His Full Pay to Anti-Violence Work
The former star running back, who has been out of the NFL since video surfaced two years ago of him beating his then-fiancée, tells USA Today he will donate his entire salary to domestic-violence charities if given a chance to play again.
Jacki Zehner of donor network Women Moving Millions discusses how she defines and helps develop female leadership in the philanthropic world.
By Maria Di Mento and Nidhi Singh
Correction: Funding for Nonprofit’s Google ‘Transparency’ Campaign
An official with the Campaign for Accountability, which has issued highly critical reports on Google’s ties to federal agencies and influence on internet-privacy policy, told SiliconBeat that the campaign is not a project of a fund that has received significant financial support from the Gates and Hewlett foundations, as the tech-news site had previously reported.
Mass. Bill Would Tax Nonprofits on Newly Acquired Property
Massachusetts nonprofit leaders are protesting the proposal to keep some real estate purchased by tax-exempt groups on the property-tax rolls for four years after the deal, State House News Service reports.
A Roadmap to Making Nonprofit Databases Work Better
Advice for keeping better track of constituents and handling record keeping and gift processing more efficiently.
By Margie Fleming Glennon
Chief Content Officer
Google Critic Reportedly Linked to Gates- and Hewlett-Funded Nonprofit
Click here for a correction and update of this post based on new reporting by SiliconBeat. The Campaign for Accountability, a watchdog nonprofit that has issued harsh reports on Google’s ties to federal agencies and policy making, is affiliated with a charitable fund that receives significant financial backing from the two big grant makers, according to tech-news site SiliconBeat.
Podcast: How Foundations Can Promote Equity and Help Quell the Violence
The head of the Heinz Endowments talks about the recent police shootings of black men and the violence against police — and philanthropy’s role in pushing for peace and equality.
Affordable Housing Reportedly on Chan-Zuckerberg Agenda
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s philanthropy organization is meeting with local experts to lay the groundwork to address a Bay Area housing crisis many in the region attribute to the influx of Silicon Valley wealth, Endgadget writes, citing reporting by another tech-news site, The Information.
$5 Billion in New Gates Funding to Address Causes in Africa
Health will be the major focus of the investment Bill Gates announced Sunday in a speech ahead of a major global AIDS conference in South Africa, the Associated Press writes.
Opinion: Ice-Bucket Challenge No ‘Fad’ but a Lasting Success
Far from representing the apex of “slacktivism,” the viral giving campaign that swept the nation two years ago has had tangible benefits, significantly raising awareness of and research funding for the neurological disease ALS, according to a New Yorker economics writer.