Updates on 5 Key Gates Foundation Programs
The foundation’s plans for nutrition, higher education, early-childhood learning, and other efforts.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $65.7 Million Awarded for Health Studies
Other donations include $5 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to create six “centers of innovation” for children of military families.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Walmart Foundation Pledges $25-Million to Disaster Preparation
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the corporate philanthropy announces new support.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: NFL Gives $2.5 Million for Concussion Research and Education
Other awards include $10.5 million from the Walmart Foundation for nutrition education and school meals programs.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
MacArthur and Ford Foundations Diverge on Strategy
While both say they will focus on a narrower set of issues, one favors quick action and the other features a more patient approach to change.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacArthur Overhauls Approach to Focus on Big Bets
Climate change and criminal justice are among the causes getting more money as the foundation seeks to back more-ambitious projects — but fewer of them.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $1.5 Million to Increase Ugandan Farmers’ Access to Legume Seeds
Other awards include $1.3 million from the Maier Foundation to develop an Innovation Hub at the University of Charleston.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Strings on Donor-Advised Funds Are Making Charity Supporters Angry
Because the funds are so popular, nonprofits are spending more and more time soothing people angered by all the restrictions.
By Alan M. Cantor
Reporter
Denver Grant Maker Narrows Focus to the Arts — Just the Arts
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation says its highly unusual move to shut down science, health, and human-services funding will help close a big gap in cultural giving.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
What a Donor Learned After Giving $1 Million, $1,000 a Day
The foundation, which provides $1,000 grants every day of the year, recently gave out its millionth dollar. The group’s leaders reflect on what they’ve learned.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Giving Circles Widen Funding to Underserved Asian-American Communities
An article in the Los Angeles Times explores the role of Giving Circles in Asian-American communities, a demographic group often bypassed by traditional sources of philanthropy.
Grants Roundup: Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education
Other awards include money to improve early identification of those at risk of becoming drug or alcohol addicts.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Presidential Spotlight Boosts My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
The new nonprofit focusing on the plight of minority men and boys may become Barack Obama’s primary philanthropic interest after he leaves office.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
5 Ways to Go Beyond a Standard Gift Acknowledgment Letter
Fundraisers need to put more time and energy into thanking donors who have made generous gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Pay for Performance? 2015 Fundraiser Salary Survey
Stories, data, and analysis related to The Chronicle’s annual survey of top fundraisers at more than 300 of America’s biggest charities.
Giving Is Up 8% in First Half of 2015, Study Finds
The report from Atlas of Giving says that donations grew to $239 billion.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor