Grants Roundup: Duke Endowment Awards $15.3 Million for Health Research
Other awards include $2 million in grants to Detroit organizations from the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
10 Families Join the ‘Giving Pledge’
The newest members include the founder of Chobani yogurt, a co-founder of Groupon, and a former Berkshire Hathaway executive.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
In 2nd ‘Gilded Age,’ Billionaires Are Giving With Legacies in Mind
The superwealthy want to see “tangible and measurable results” of their giving, according to a report by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Explore Foundation Assets and Giving
A Chronicle study of giving among the 50 largest foundations finds that grants paid jumped 8.2 percent from 2013 to 2014.
Foundations Join Forces to Fight Inequality
Dozens of America’s biggest grant makers are attacking the problem on several fronts. But will they really make a difference?
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Forecast for Major Funds: Increased Giving in 2015
Assets at the nation’s largest 31 foundations topped $148.7 billion last year as grant makers steered more than $7.8 billion toward nonprofits, according to a new Chronicle survey.
By Alex Daniels and Lance Lambert
Feeling Flush, Hewlett Boosts Giving 80%
The foundation is channeling more money to nonprofits whose grants it had to trim during the financial crisis.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Gifts Roundup: $20 Million Donation to Dartmouth College for Math Education
Also included is a contribution of 1,000 acres of land in celebration of David Rockefeller Sr.’s 100th birthday.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Science-Education Nonprofit Adopts Venture-Capital Approach
100kin10 launches its fellowship program, bringing grant seekers together to hone their ideas before they submit applications.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commits $25 Million to Expand Health Research
Other awards include $2.5 million from the Joyce Foundation to support artists of color and sustainable growth of 11 arts and cultural organizations in Chicago.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Study Summary: Giving Holds Up at Smaller Foundations Despite Slowed Asset Growth
Grant makers with less than $50 million in assets distributed an average of 7 percent in 2014 — significantly higher than the 5-percent minimum required by law.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Peter Laugharn Named Chief Executive of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
The grant maker’s new leader was previously head of the Firelight Foundation, a Hilton grantee that provides health, education, and resilience training to needy people in Africa.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Grainger Foundation Awards $20 Million to Chicago’s Field Museum
Other awards include $2 million from the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation to support community college students transferring to New York University.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Jacobs Foundation Commits $52 Million to Education and to Women in Ivory Coast
Other awards include $14 million to help adults who suffer fall-related injuries and $130,000 to study a nonsurgical contraceptive vaccine for feral cats.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Foundations Take Broad Approach to Reducing Racial Inequalities
Grant makers support an interconnected web of programs including improved health care and an overhaul of the criminal-justice system.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Funds Pour Into My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
Other awards include $13.6 million from Sam’s Club for underserved small business communities and several awards seeking to promote STEM education.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor