Grants Roundup: $100 Million Given for Health Care and Housing in Puerto Rico
The money will be split between Habitat for Humanity and Direct Relief. Also, the National Air and Space Museum will use $1 million to build a design hangar, Virginia Tech gets $3 million to teach blockchain programming, and other noteworthy grants.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily News Roundup: ‘Free-Market Philanthropy’s’ Impact on Scientific Research
Billionaires are investing more in biotechnology, raising questions about diversity and more. In other articles, a former Gates Foundation executive will be chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education; the Education Department is conducting a review after a report that teachers’ grants had been converted to loans; a House Committee subpoenaed bank records of a nonprofit tied to Missouri Gov. Greitens; and other articles about sexual misconduct and museums and more.
Kaiser Permanente Puts $200 Million Into Low-Cost Housing
The health-care giant says it has created a $200 million impact-investing fund to address the issue.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Behind the Scenes of Sloan’s $180 Million Effort to Connect Science and the Humanities
The documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, one of the foundation’s latest projects, tells the little-known story of how a famous actress invented technologies that helped change the world — and led to the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Communities in Schools Gets $17 Million, Plus $15 Million for Detroit
Also, the University of Kentucky will use $4.9 million to treat opioid addiction in pregnant women, and the MeToo Fund gets a $1 million boost.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Daily News Roundup: Food for the Poor’s Charity Status Under Attack
The California attorney general says the charity inflates the value of donated pharmaceuticals in its tax filings. In other articles, tables for a lavish Clinton Foundation gala are going for as much as $100,000; Democrats are giving nearly $9,000 in contributions from former N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to a domestic-violence charity; an app has helped deliver a million pounds of food to the hungry in Atlanta; and more about giving and the arts and harassment.
What to Do If a Grant Maker Won’t Call You Back
Be persistent but don’t be a pest, let your reputation speak for itself, and be gracious with grant makers — they’re human, too.
By TYLER NICKERSON
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Barr Foundation Awards $30 Million for the Arts in Mass.
Also, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $14 million for personalized-learning programs in Chicago public schools, and the University of California at San Diego gets $4.7 million to study a chemical found in marijuana as a potential treatment for autism.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Tips for Mastering Data to Demonstrate Impact
Identify the metrics that matter most, don’t be afraid to show short-term results for long-term goals, and weave your data into stories that resonate with grant makers.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Gates Announces $158 Million Effort to Address Poverty in the United States
The foundation says it hopes the data-driven effort will attract experts and other heavyweight grant makers to join in a collaboration to address an issue that affects 40 million Americans.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Citi Foundation Gives $20 Million for Urban Economic Renewal
Also, a diabetes-research network gets a $15 million boost, and Heifer International receives $3 million from Walmart to help Mexican farmers get top dollar for sustainably sourced food.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New Resource Aims to Help Foundations Assess Power Inequities
The guide produced by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy with help from a broad-based advisory committee invites grant makers to examine their relationship with the communities they serve and their commitment to social justice and systemic change.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Drums Up $10 Million
Also, the Gates Foundation pledges an additional $71 million for malaria research, and the MacArthur Foundation is offering more than $24 million in grants to Chicago arts institutions.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Star Performer Created a ‘Toxic Culture’ at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Say Insiders
An investigation is looking into reports of bullying, sexual comments, and an oppressive office culture.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Akamai Commits $50 Million to Boost Math Programs
Also, Audubon nets $10 million for grass-roots climate-change activism, and the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries is offering $1 million in grants for school libraries damaged in last year’s natural disasters.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.