Grants Roundup: Citi Takes Jobs Program Global; Lilly Backs Vietnam Memorial Expansion
The Citi Foundation commits another $100 million to its career-training Pathways to Progress effort, and the Lilly Endowment gives $10 million to help build an education center at the Washington monument to Vietnam veterans.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem
Garth Graham is focusing grant making on issues like violence and access to fresh food that can have a big impact on public health.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacArthur Names 8 Semifinalists in $100 Million Grant Competition
The Carter Center, Catholic Relief Services, and Sesame Workshop are among the groups still in the running in the foundation’s open-ended “big bet” contest to solve a pressing world problem.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: National Christian Foundation Donates Mass. School Campus
Other notable awards include $8 million for Onward Israel and $4 million for education programs at Lincoln Center.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
5 Steps to Building Ties with Corporate Employees
Volunteer help, pro bono support, and eventually money can come from building ties with employees at companies.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $279 Million From Gates Backs Health-Data Work
Other notable awards include $2.5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance diversity in Philadelphia music-education programs.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Cornell’s College of Business Gets $150 Million
Other notable grants include $2 million from the James M. Cox Foundation to renovate the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta and $1.5 million from the Omidyar Network to the Nigerian organization BudgIT.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Stella Artois Gives Nearly $5 Million to Water.org
Other recent grants include nearly $10 million from the M.J. Murdoch Trust for 50 organizations and $3.2 million from the Episcopal Health Foundation for medical programs for the poor.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
5 Ways College Fundraisers Can Help Academics Attract Big Gifts
Development offices can help deans and professors overcome their aversion to raising money by taking it a step at a time, starting with understanding the academic mind-set.
By David D. Perlmutter
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $25 Million From Koch Groups Backs Research at Black Colleges
Other notable awards include $10 million from the Koret Foundation for Israel’s Beit Hatfutsot museum and nearly $10 million from the Gates Foundation to broaden access to birth control in developing countries.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
GOP Push to Cut Spending Worries Nonprofits
Charities that rely on federal funding worry that a Republican Congress and White House spell deep cuts in funding for their programs, although some say the fears may be overblown.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $28 Million Award Backs Teacher Education in Miss.
Other notable grants include $3.75 million from the Ford Foundation for artists’ housing and $3 million from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help Wikipedia make educational media more publicly accessible.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Foundation Gives Young Women Chance to Make Grant Decisions
A new fellowship in New York City lets teens call the shots on which nonprofits to fund.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Challenging Sacred Cows and Killing Jargon: Our Most Popular Articles of 2016
In a year full of changes and big questions for nonprofits, Chronicle readers looked for unconventional wisdom and evidence of ideas that work.
Grants Roundup: $20 Million From St. David’s Foundation Supports Tex. Health Care
Other notable awards include $2.5 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop new arthritis treatments.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
New Fund Offers Speedy Grants in Response to Trump Victory
Two donor networks teamed up to create a fund designed to quickly distribute money to nonprofits and activists working to protect vulnerable people.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor