Family Foundations Shift Focus Toward Economic Equality
The shift is most notable for newer family-run grant makers, while older ones tend to focus on education.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Network of Community Foundations Hopes to Attract ‘Big Bet’ Money From Foundations
The big winners, if the movement gains traction, would be small nonprofits with a history of working successfully with community foundations to close the “opportunity gap.”
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Fun With Gerrymandering: Mapping Software Gives Ordinary Citizens a Lesson in Civics
A group of seven grant makers in Pennsylvania recently ventured into some unusual territory for most of them: the arcane world of congressional redistricting.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Grant Makers Want to Help People Use Their Voices
Some are working to get specific segments of the population more involved in civic affairs while others are taking a broader-based approach to educate people about the Constitution and the political system.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The Microsoft alums are major donors who are building a brain trust of the best minds in philanthropy to understand how race undergirds big problems like homelessness and educational disparities.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Five CEOs of Wealthy Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead
Leaders of the Ford, Hewlett, MacArthur, Open Society, and Packard foundations also called on all grant makers to recognize that stingy policies are making it hard for many nonprofits to operate efficiently and stay solvent.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Foundation Assets Top $1 Trillion, but Signs Point to Slump
The increase occurred despite a run-up in grant making from $60 billion in 2013 to $75 billion in 2017, for a total of more than $320 billion over that five-year period.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Tiny Grant Maker North Star Points the Way to Big Shake-Up in Philanthropy
Its “participatory grant making” model, where control of the money is ceded to the community it serves, has drawn notice from bigger foundations and young philanthropists.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Fundraiser Salaries Jumped 8 Percent in 2018, Survey Finds
However, a relatively small percentage of fundraisers enjoyed most of those gains, according to a survey released Thursday by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Most Foundations Expect Their Grant Making to Hold Steady or Decline in 2019
A survey conducted earlier this year by Candid is a worrisome sign for nonprofits that are already feeling the pinch from declines in individual giving.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Episcopal Health Gives $17 Million for Health-Care Access in Texas (Grants Roundup)
Also, the e-cigarette maker Juul gave $7.5 million to a historically black medical college to study the prevalence of vaping, particularly in minority communities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $68 Million to Map Human Cells (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Broad Foundation gave $30 million for stem-cell research, and 4-H will use $6 million from Google.org to offer computer-science programs in rural areas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates Foundation Awards $24 Million to Fight Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Cummings Foundation distributes $10 million to Boston-area charities, and a Philadelphia science museum receives $6 million for its trains exhibit.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Tool to Help Major-Donor Meetings Go Off Without a Hitch
Use this form to set goals, prepare talking points, list items to share, and track post-meeting plans.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Calif. Creates New Position to Connect Nonprofits With State Government
Kathleen Kelly Janus will serve as senior adviser on social innovation to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Nonprofit experts across the country are sure to watch whether she can steer the wealth of Silicon Valley to where it will help residents the most.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Mayo Clinic Gets $32 Million, and the NFL Pledges $20 Million for Social Justice (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation gave Emory University $180 million to reduce child mortality in developing countries.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions