How to Protect Your Nonprofit From Controversial Donors
As donor scandals ensnare nonprofits, fundraisers and experts suggest policies and procedures to avoid problems.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Just Half of Wealth Advisers Say They Understand Impact Investing Well
New Fidelity Charitable survey finds gaps between financial advisers’ understanding of impact investing and their millennial and Gen X clients’ interest in the practice.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
How to Streamline the Evaluation of Potential Donors
The University of California at San Francisco uses an algorithm that cuts low-scoring people from the list of potential donors and creates a tiered system for the rest based on the likelihood they will give.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Bill Gates Lauds Worldwide Gains in Education and Health, but Inequality Remains a Stubborn Problem
Girls are held back by the demands of unpaid domestic work, among other challenges, according to this year’s “Goalkeepers” report, released by Bill and Melinda Gates.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
U. of Rhode Island and Hampden-Sydney College Each Get $30 Million (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lands $25 million, Russell Hitt and his family have donated $16 million to Inova Behavioral Health for a drug-addiction program, and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given $2.5 million to the Wikimedia Foundation.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Oilman T. Boone Pickens, Who Showered More Than $500 Million on Oklahoma State, Dies at 91
With a net worth that once topped $1 billion, the brash Texan appeared on the Chronicle’s annual list of the biggest donors five times over the years. He also gave to help troubled children and the environment, among other causes.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Whistle-Blower Tells the Backstory of Jeffrey Epstein and MIT Media Lab
Signe Swenson raised concerns with her supervisors that she says were ignored.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Music Mogul Berry Gordy Jr. Gives $4 Million to Motown Museum (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds gave $2 million for social justice and detained immigrant children, and five universities received big donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What Fundraisers and Donors Should Learn From the Varsity Blues Scandal
Donors and fundraisers should talk about and avoid potentially self-serving strings attached to big gifts
By Isa Catto
Contributor
Fundraisers are stepping up efforts to let older donors know they can give tax-free from their retirement accounts. But the mechanics of making the gifts can be complicated.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Raise More Than $275 Million in Joint Campaign
The Cleveland institutions teamed up to raise money for a new health education campus to bring together students from many disciplines.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Swimwear Designer Anne Cole Leaves $2.5 Million for Otis College of Art and Design (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Texas A&M received more than $19 million in land and cash, and the Home Deport co-founder Arthur Blank gave $17.5 million to develop and build an Atlanta Park.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Survey of Wills Created by Everyday Donors Shows an Average Bequest of $78,630
Nearly 14 percent included at least one charitable bequest. The combined value is estimated at more than $540 million.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Catch Up on Books Recommended by Your Nonprofit Peers
Favorite topics include the gap between the rich and poor, wealth managers’ work with the wealthy, fundraising research, gender issues, and more.
By Margie Fleming Glennon
Chief Content Officer
Plus, an anonymous donor gave the University of Houston $50 million, and the California real-estate developers Richard and Melanie Lundquist donated $1 million for a four-year automotive-restoration program at McPherson College.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaires Marc and Lynne Benioff Give $35 Million for Microbiome Science (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, a Huntington Hospital, Miami University, North High School in Des Moines, and UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute all land big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor