Promoting Diversity Goes Hand in Hand With the Push for Effectiveness
While some experts have suggested that groups promoting social justice are hurt by grant-making efforts that focus on results, it doesn’t need to be that way. Fay Twersky and Lissette Rodriguez, two grant makers, offer ideas on how to tackle the challenge.
By FAY TWERSKY and Hewlett Foundations</
Grants Roundup: $16 Million for Marygrove College and $6 Million for a Buffalo Children’s Museum
Plus, Bloomberg Philanthropies is accepting applications for grants of up to $1 million for public art installations that address civic issues in U.S. cities with at least 30,000 residents.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
$10 Million From 9 Foundations Will Call Attention the Lack of Low-Cost Housing
Grant makers say it’s no longer enough to provide money to build homes, but they need instead to rally Americans behind ambitious new policies.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Dos and Don’ts for Building Ties With Donors at Family Foundations
15 ways to improve your odds of gaining support from small grant makers
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Dropbox’s $20 Million Foundation Kicks Off With Unrestricted Grants
The tech company announced its corporate-philanthropy efforts as it reportedly pursues an initial public offering that could put its value as high as $10 billion.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Indiana U. Gets $14 Million; a gift of $2.3 Million Aims to Help Nurses
Plus, Strong Start to Finish grants $2.1 million to the City University of New York, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company gives $1.3 million to Make-a-Wish America.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Pay Gap Shows No Signs of Closing at Small Foundations, Survey Shows
The survey, by Exponent Philanthropy, also found that nearly 40 percent of respondents said they had nonwhite representation on their boards.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Allison Fine Answers Readers’ Questions on Careers, Management, Leadership, and More
Get advice on how not to lose ground in your career while you raise your kids, what to do when your boss isn’t listening to you, how to figure out when it’s time to seek a leadership job, and much more.
Grants Roundup: $25 Million for Cystic Fibrosis Drugs
Other recent grants include $11 million to the American Heart Association in collaboration with the American Stroke Association, and $14.5 million to two medical institutions at Stanford, plus other grant-making news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gifts to Vanguard Charitable Rose 16% Last Year
Because of a hot stock market and the tax overhaul, contributions and new accounts jumped at one of the nation’s largest donor-advised fund providers.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Foundations Push Grantees to Get Tough on Child Abuse
Supporters of the effort, which has been underway for three years, say the crimes of former Olympic physician Larry Nassar should send a message throughout philanthropy that organizations must have policies in place to prevent such abuses.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Mellon Gives $10 Million for Humanities; Walmart Sends $5 Million to Puerto Rico
Plus, the Yawkee Foundations will help a South Carolina hospital build a new surgery pavilion, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $5.5 million to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $25 Million for Pancreatic Cancer Research; $10 Million for Bush Library
Plus, the MetLife Foundation works to combat poverty with a $5 million grant to a debt-repayment charity, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates-Funded Study Identifies Pathways Out of Poverty
Still to be determined; whether the $41 billion grant maker will join the Ford Foundation and others that have taken on the issue in a big way.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Boeing Gives $10 Million for Veterans; U. of Idaho Gets New Arena
Also, Children’s Mercy Kansas City gets $150 million for pediatric research, the Gates Foundation gives $4 million to address health problems in India, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $400 Million for Emory U.; $18 Million for Job Training
Plus, the Lilly Endowment creates a $10 million endowment for the Children’s Bureau of Indianapolis; and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions