Donors and Foundations Say There’s Value in Saying ‘No’
Turning down requests and funding is sometimes not only necessary but also vital for both donors and would-be recipients, giving experts tell The New York Times.
Foundation Pledges $90 Million to Push Incentives for Conservation
The Moore Foundation is showing an interest in a market-based approach to get companies on board with environmental-protection work.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
NoVo Foundation Pledges $90 Million to Help Young Women and Girls
The foundation will invite young minority women around the country to share their thoughts on how to solve the problems they face.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Marcus Foundation Gives $75 Million to Heart Institute
Other awards include $47 million from the Wallace Foundation to help universities better prepare future principals.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Moore Foundation Pledges $100 Million for Amazon Conservation
The money will protect rainforests in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
6 Steps to Building a Program for Midlevel Donors
People who give $1,000 to $10,000 represent only 1 percent of donors at many charities, but they often give more than a third of the money raised. Here’s how to attract them to your nonprofit.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Veterans Nonprofits Seek Separation From Wounded Warrior Project
In addition to underscoring their independent identities, the groups say they are emphasizing financial transparency and being clear with donors about the services their dollars provide.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Other awards include a $10.9-million grant from the Walmart Foundation to the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership to provide education and employment services for retail workers.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Being Prepared Streamlines a Charity’s Proposal Writing
The education nonprofit Higher Achievement developed boilerplate language to speed up the process of applying for grants.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Other awards include $10 million from the Ed Rachal Foundation to the Texas A&M Foundation to support a new music center.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: JPMorgan Chase Awards $13.8 Million to Syracuse U. Veterans Institute
Other awards include $10 million from the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation to support domestic and international programs at the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
After Hits and Misses, Waltons Shift Strategy on Their Home Turf
The Bentonville, Ark., area boomed after the family helped remake the town, but a $52 million effort in some of the poorest regions of the Ozarks was less successful.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Walton Fund Uses Market Incentives to Encourage Better Farming Practices
The family foundation plans to spend $455 million to maintain adequate levels of clean water in the Mississippi and Colorado river basins, prevent overfishing in the oceans, and restore damage done to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Other awards include a total of nearly $11.5 million from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to eight organizations working to make lung- and skin-cancer screening programs, care, and patient support more accessible to underserved populations.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Overcoming the Power Dynamic Between Grant Maker and Grantee
An association of small foundations shares grant makers’ views on how to build authentic relationships with grantees despite the imbalance of power that exists between those who give away money and those who rely on philanthropic gifts.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Impact Investing Might Help Nonprofits Overseas Asphyxiated by Their Governments
As governments like Russia and China cut off charitable support from the United States and elsewhere, nonprofits might benefit from donors’ growing interest in blending investments and social-good work.
By EDWIN REKOSH
Contributor