Writer and Producer Seth MacFarlane Gave $1 Million to Help Hollywood Workers Survive Strike
Plus, actor Eliza Dushku Palandjian and her husband, Peter Palandjian, gave Brigham and Women’s Hospital $7.5 million for substance-abuse treatment, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a group that works to expand affordable housing.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donor Codes of Conduct to Fight Sexual Harassment of Nonprofit Fundraisers Are Growing More Common
The codes also seek to reduce other problematic donor behavior, like pushing organizations to start programs that fall outside their mission and trying to get involved in day-to-day operations.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Kenneth and Elaine Langone Give $200 Million to Make Medical School Tuition Free
Plus, the MD Anderson Cancer Center lands $16 million for brain cancer research, and Tulane gets $12 million for a data-science program.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
MacKenzie Scott’s $250 Million Open Call for Donations Yields Applications From 6,353 Nonprofits
Candidates would have at least a 4 percent chance of being selected for a $1 million grant.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Lawyers and fundraisers weigh in on how the court’s decision could impact university fundraising efforts and relationships with donors.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
What Would Happen to Fundraising if Legacy Admissions Went Away Next?
Would telling donors their gifts will have no impact on admissions drive down donations to colleges? Some fundraising consultants say it wouldn’t be a bad thing.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Abilene Christian U. Receives $25 Million to Endow Its College of Science and Engineering
Also, Florida Atlantic University received $11.5 million for research on amyloidosis, and a survivor of the Camp Fire in 2018 left $1.7 million to a Northern California community fund for its wildfire-recovery efforts.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Basketball Star Charles Barkley Plans to Give $5 Million for Black Student Aid at Auburn U.
Also, the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute has received another $75 million from the Huntsman family, and Steven and Alexandra Cohen have given $35 million to help children and teens experiencing mental-health crises.
By M.J. Prest and Maria Di Mento
Everyday Megadonors: a New Force in Giving
The rise of ultra-wealthy, but often low-profile, megadonors has changed the charitable-giving landscape. Several fundraising experts joined the Chronicle to discuss how charities of all sizes can navigate the growing wealth gap and capture the attention of major donors.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Melinda French Gates Effort Aims to Accelerate Women’s Power and Influence
Pivotal Ventures, Gates’s limited-liability company, has committed up to $20 million to match gifts made by members of three donor networks. Sudnya Shroff (pictured here) says the money doubled her philanthropy’s power.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Plus, Omaha investor Wally Weitz gives $25 million to University of Nebraska Foundation, former Pawsox owner Madeleine Mondor gives Providence College $10 million for nursing, and two other nonprofits landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Hedge-Fund Billionaires James and Marilyn Simons Give Stony Brook $500 Million
Plus, the Chartwell School, a private school that serves youths with dyslexia and other language-related learning issues, received a $45 million bequest, and two donors gave $25 million to help people struggling with homelessness and opioid addiction.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Immunologist Timothy Springer Gives $210 Million to Institute for Protein Innovation
Plus, Va. homebuilders Dwight and Martha Schar gave $75 million for cardiovascular care, the Ms. Foundation for Women landed a $50 million bequest, and KKR co-founder Henry Kravis gave $40 million to back cancer immunobiology research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Aviation-Law Expert John Hoyns Gives Colgate University $20 Million
Plus, a lumber heir left a large bequest to two Bangor, Me., hospitals, and Los Angeles philanthropist Wallis Annenberg is giving $10 million to a Beverly Hills performing-arts center she helped to launch 10 years ago.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lands $100 Million for New Immunology and Inflammation Center
Plus, race-car driver and health care finance expert Ted Giovanis gave Johns Hopkins Medicine $35 million, and Dallas oil mogul Kelcy Warren gave his alma mater, University of Texas at Arlington, $12 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Los Angeles Couple Give $50 Million for Environmental Programs at USC
Plus, the founder of Politico is giving $20 million to start a new journalism institute, and five universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor