How to Find Major Donors Among Midlevel Supporters
Catching signs of greater giving potential takes sleuthing, creativity, patience, and listening skills.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Walton Family Foundation Names Consultant as New Leader
Kyle Peterson, a consultant to grant makers and an international-development expert, will head the private family foundation, which has about $2.6 billion in assets.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Shelters Take Hit as Government Changes Strategy on Homeless
Organizations offering temporary and transitional services for the homeless face the loss of millions of dollars in federal aid as the government shifts grant money to programs that focus on permanent housing solutions, the Associated Press reports.
Grants Roundup: Brown Foundation Awards $3 Million for Houston Parks Project
Other notable grants include $1 million from Blackbaud for a planned African-American museum in Charleston, S.C.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
MacArthur’s $100 Million Competition Won’t Be a One-Off
The foundation plans to restage the 100&Change contest — an open-ended call for proposals to solve a critical global problem — every three years, according to a Fast Company article that looks inside the grant maker’s plan.
Tapping Into Silicon Valley Philanthropy
Delve into how tech donors give and what they want with this collection of Chronicle resources.
How Fundraisers Can Deal With Donors Who Have a Different Worldview
What to do when a donor wants to talk politics — or uses old-fashioned terms that make you cringe.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
What to Do When Donor Values Clash With Your Mission
Your nonprofit wants to be inclusive. Your donors don’t. Can your relationship be saved?
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Donor-Advised Funds at Fidelity Kept Growing in 2015
The number of funds grew 11%, bringing $500 million more in giving, says Fidelity Charitable’s latest report.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
How One Nonprofit Justified Its Project Budget to a Grant Maker
The Stapleton Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities clearly defined how it arrived at the cost to build a new website in a grant proposal to the Aetna Foundation.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How Much America’s Biggest Companies Give to Charity: an Exclusive Chronicle Study
A Chronicle survey of America’s biggest companies found that donations grew 2 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year. Meanwhile, companies are increasingly integrating philanthropy throughout their business operations.
Corporate Support Goes Companywide
Companies such as Walmart and Citigroup are increasingly putting the entire heft of their organizations, not just the check-writing functions of their foundations, behind efforts to solve social problems.
By Alex Daniels and Peter Olsen-Phillips
Cash Giving From Businesses Edges Up, Chronicle Survey Shows
Gilead Sciences, Walmart, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and ExxonMobil led the way, reflecting a strong presence throughout the list of financial institutions and drug companies.
By Alex Daniels and Peter Olsen-Phillips
How Nonprofits Can Strike a Deal With Corporate Partners
Kellogg’s and State Farm provide insights into what charities need to do to land deep-pocketed sponsors in the business world.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Why Companies Give to Nonprofits
Executives with Microsoft, Citi, PNC, and Walmart explain how and why specific nonprofits were chosen to receive millions of dollars in support.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
How Grant Makers Can Help Charities Beyond Giving Money
Foundation representatives can sit on committees, write letters of support, and more.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor