Harvard Gets $100 Million for Sciences and Math: Daily News Roundup
Part of the donation will be in the form of unrestricted money for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Plus, the Salesforce and Twitter chiefs are sparring over a San Francisco ballot measure to help the homeless; leading researches at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have disclosed relationships with health-care companies that they had not previously disclosed; a Hong Kong movie star says he will give most of his $714 million fortune to charity; and more about innovation, people, and the arts.
Gifts Roundup: Montana State University Lands $12 Million for American Indian Hall
Also, Albion College gets $5.1 million, West Virginia University gets $4 million, and Cedarville University gets $3.1 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How to Keep Major Donors in the Fold
Experts share tips for cultivating key supporters over the years, including putting plans in writing.
U. of Arkansas System Gets $100 Million Grant
The windfall from the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust will support a variety of civic, cultural, educational, and research programs and conferences.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Zuckerberg Tried to Revamp Education, but One Conn. Town Wasn’t Happy: Daily News Roundup
Some liked the program, some hated it, and some parents worried their kids’ data was being shared. Plus, the Lilly Endowment is giving $125 million to Indiana community foundations; an atheist nonprofit has sued the IRS, saying that its tax exemption was revoked unfairly; a University of Virginia affiliate that promotes civil dialogue is confronting incidents of sexism and cultural insensitivity within its ranks; and more about ideas and innovation, opinion, cultural groups, and leadership.
Michelle Obama Starts Program to Help Adolescent Girls Through Education: Daily News Roundup
The Global Girls Alliance will be part of the Obama Foundation and will support 1,500 grassroots groups and form a network. In other articles, some of the girls that an American charity was supposed to save from sexual exploitation in Liberia were allegedly abused by a “co-founder” of the organization; a nonprofit whose mission is to help pay for veterans’ funerals is being investigated for alleged money laundering and wire fraud; plus other news, as well as articles on ideas and innovation.
Judge Says Fired Executive Who Sued Gates Foundation Is Entitled to $4.9 Million: Daily News Roundup
The former chief digital officer said he had been terminated after clashing with officials who disagreed with his vision. In other articles, the Illinois governor’s foundation has invested in offshore holdings; an IRS report says the agency needs to be more vigilant in its monitoring of nonprofit political activities; a growing number of big grant makers are using competitions to decide what groups to support; and more about the environment, cultural groups, and ideas and innovation.
Gifts Made Through Amazon Smile Supported Islamic Extremist Group: Daily News Roundup
At least two of the nonprofits eligible through the program for contributions from shoppers are linked to a controversial imam. In other articles: Business Insider examines the new Gates Foundation education effort; three senior leaders of an evangelical-funded Israeli charity are stepping down at the same time; a cryptocurrency group gives all of its coin listings to charity; and more about big donors and ideas and innovation.
Proposed Hospital Merger Could Be One of the Largest: Daily News Roundup
If Memorial Hermann Health System merges with Baylor, Scott & White, it would create the nation’s fifth largest health-care provider. In other articles, a gift from Elon Musk’s foundation will go toward installing ultraviolet water filtration systems to drinking fountains in Flint, Mich., schools; a fired comptroller has filed a lawsuit claiming “illegal” and “fraudulent” financial activity at a Philadelphia museum; and more news. Plus, articles on trouble in the arts.
Gifts Roundup: Texas Children’s Hospital and the Wharton School Each Land $50 Million
Also, Arizona State gets $30 million, UCLA gets $15 million, and donors pledge $10 million for theater and cultural programming in Chicago.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Phil Knight Gives Nike Stock Worth Nearly $1 Billion to an Unnamed Nonprofit
Phil and Penny Knight have previously committed nearly $2 billion to charity, mostly to universities and research institutions in the Pacific Northwest.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation: Daily News Roundup
State lawyers say the foundation was used to benefit Trump personally and politically. In other articles, George Soros has moved his Open Society Foundations from Budapest to Berlin because of Hungary’s “repressive legal and political environment"; Richard Spencer’s white nationalist group has regained nonprofit status; the entire board has resigned from a nonprofit founded by a former candidate for the Oregon House amid claims that money was mishandled; plus more about big gifts and the arts.
U. of Michigan Raises $5 Billion With 3 Months Left in Campaign
Volunteers for the Victors for Michigan campaign — who have donated $1.6 billion and connected the public institution with new donors — have been key to the drive.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Billionaires’ Generosity Rated by Forbes: Daily News Roundup
For the first time, the Forbes 400 will rank people not just on their wealth but also on how philanthropic they are on a scale of 1 to 5. In other articles, a U.S. nonprofit has allegedly been found to support an online blacklist that targets college students critical of Israel; the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra overspent money and diverted contributions, according to an audit; vulgar texts posted in September have heightened the New York City Ballet’s #MeToo crisis; and more on gifts and the arts.
How Harvard Raised $9.6 Billion, and What Comes Next for All Campaigns
Other institutions, no matter how small, should see that the economy makes ambitious drives possible, especially when a nonprofit emphasizes how the dollars raised will make a difference to the world.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Wharton School Gets $50 Million Gift: Daily News Roundup
As a result of the contribution, the school has increased the goal for its campaign from $850 million to $1 billion. In other articles, the Gates Foundation is committing $15 million to an effort to map neighborhoods to predict the likelihood that children in different locations can rise from poverty; the James Beard Foundation is changing the rules for its prestigious awards to be more be more inclusive; and more articles about health and nonprofit news organizations.