How to Rate the Potential of Prospective Women Donors
A prospect researcher created a scoring system to vet and rank potential women donors — or any group of untapped supporters.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Cornell U. and U. of Texas at Austin Each Land $10 Million
Plus, a Pennsylvania couple gives $1 million to their high school to honor lunch ladies and bus drivers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
MacKenzie Bezos and a Cryptocurrency Billionaire Among New Giving Pledge Signers
Jeff Bezos has not signed the pledge, but his ex-wife is among the new signatories who helped push the total number above 200.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
In addition, two museums, Planned Parenthood, and the University of South Florida all received big gifts
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donors Demand Documents From Student Journalist Who Wrote About Gift Agreement Gone Bad
Euirim Choi, who wrote about efforts by Thomas and Timothy Pearson to reclaim a portion of a $100 million pledge they had paid to the University of Chicago, says the Pearsons subpoenaed his source materials.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
I’m a Morehouse Grad, and the $40 Million Loan Pledge Doesn’t Deserve So Much Criticism
It’s fair to question why college students have so much debt, but while we all work to change systems of inequity, philanthropic gestures can change lives today.
By Habitat For Humanity International
Contributor
Financiers Jim Simons and Russell Carson Join Forces to Give $125 Million for Genomic Research
The gift to the New York Genome Center will support work in genomic sequencing and computational analysis as well as research into a variety of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and cancers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Robert Smith Pushes Plan to Boost Minority Students’ Access to Internships
His pledge to wipe out the student debt of 400 Morehouse graduates drew big headlines, but he has even bigger goals to help minority students, including a plan to help thousands nationwide get their first crucial work experience.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
‘Philanthropy Changed My Life’: Elton John on What’s Next for His AIDS Charity
In an email interview with the Chronicle, the musician says he was “in a very selfish place and deep into addiction” before establishing his nonprofit. Now he’s working on new ways to stomp out the stigma of the disease and make sure the most vulnerable have access to treatment.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Colgate Gets $25 Million for Residence Halls and Financial Aid (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Dartmouth and UW Madison land $10 million, and the Rochester Institute of Technology, American Academy in Rome, and University of Kansas receive millions.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Orlando Bravo Gives $100 Million for Entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico
San Francisco financier has been on a giving spree lately to benefit the island where he grew up.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Inside L.A. LGBT Center’s $57 Million Campaign
Lorri Jean, long-tenured CEO of the nation’s oldest gay and lesbian community center, reflects on how her organization got donors to give big and what’s changed for fundraisers in the post-marriage-equality era.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Plus, Kansas State gets $20 million for its business school, and the American Cancer Society lands a $7.5 million gift to house patients and their caregivers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How a University Used Data Analytics to Improve Fundraising — and You Can, Too
Data shapes fundraising strategies and performance evaluations at the University of Iowa.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Billionaire Benioffs Give $30 Million to Fight Homelessness (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, a cannabis investor gave $9 million for marijuana research, Baylor University landed $100 million, and the University of Washington received $3.6 million from a 28-year-old alumnus and his partner.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Alumni Giving Increases 7 Percent to More Than $12 Billion, Study Says
The growth in giving is most likely helping the richest universities get richer.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor