Gifts Roundup: T. Denny Sanford Gives $28 Million to Advance Fundraising and Education
Other notable donations include $30 million for media studies at Penn State and $25 million to expand study-abroad opportunities at Colby College.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: India Blocks Foreign Funding of Gates Grantee
Also, Forbes offers a detailed breakdown of David Rockefeller’s charitable bequests, and Time highlights philanthropic and humanitarian work on its list of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Daily News Roundup: Conn. Charities Could Lose Sales-Tax Exemption
The proposal, aimed at reducing the state’s huge budget gap, would cost Connecticut charities more than $200 million a year. Also, a look at ties between a pharmaceutical giant and a tiny disease charity, and a big gift aims to send every student at a Maine college to study abroad.
Daily News Roundup: Universities Pushing Back on Endowment Scrutiny
As Congress weighs restrictions on tax exemptions for endowments, well-heeled colleges are adding the issue to their lobbying agenda. Also, how technology unduly dominates a surge in education aid for displaced Syrian children.
Gifts Roundup: U. of San Francisco Gets $10 Million to Advance Catholic Education
Other notable donations include an $8 million matching gift to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin for cardiac care and $6 million for environmental studies at the University of Vermont.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Modern Master Robert Ryman Donates Art Trove to Dia Foundation
Also, the European Union weighs legal action over Hungary’s targeting of George Soros-backed nonprofits, and a business professor calls for limiting the charitable tax deduction to gifts to “efficient” nonprofits.
Daily News Roundup: Former Feed the Children CEO Sues Over Ouster
A former congressman alleges he was fired by the anti-hunger charity after 10 months on the job for reporting irregularities to Oklahoma’s attorney general. Also, a look at how big Silicon Valley companies are redefining corporate social responsibility.
Gifts Roundup: Alumni Couple Give $24 Million to Modernize Historic Brown U. Building
Also, former NBA owner George Shinn donates $15 million to Lipscomb University’s arts and entertainment programs.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Ford Elaborates on $1 Billion Impact-Investing Pledge
Darren Walker, the foundation’s president, explains how he expects the move to pay off in the long run. Also, a new Philadelphia museum exceeds its $150 million fundraising goal.
Celebrity Philanthropists: Which Ones Go the Extra Mile
Alec Baldwin, Taylor Swift, Michael Jordan, and others have all given big sums to causes they care about.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Long hours, travel, and pressure to be “always on” for donors can take a toll on fundraisers. Many nonprofits are putting a priority on helping workers avert burnout. Also, get tips on how you can keep your job from overwhelming your life.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
In Silicon Valley, Help for Those Left Out of the Boom
The Sobrato Organization built campuses for Apple and other tech giants. Now the family behind the firm is using its fortune to help the region’s low-income families.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Higher Education’s Megagift Boom Hits New High, Survey Shows
Big gifts to higher education last year topped $6 billion for the first time, continuing a postrecession surge in eight- and nine-figure donations as giving from smaller contributors is declining.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Gifts Roundup: Facebook’s First Full-Time Hire Gives $75 Million to Alma Mater
Also, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore and his wife, Betty, give $50 million for children’s cardiac care, and the family of Amazon head Jeff Bezos donates $35 million for cancer research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Senate Kills Rule to Protect Planned Parenthood Funding
Also, Hungary’s government targets a George Soros-endowed university in Budapest, and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz backs a nonprofit that seeks to steer money to charity when entrepreneurs exit their businesses with lucrative payouts.
Daily News Roundup: Anti-Planned Parenthood Activist David Daleiden Charged in Calif.
Also, a federal grand jury indicts a former Texas congressman accused of steering charitable donations to personal and political use, and Harvard research suggests how companies can gain from boosting customer and employee involvement in corporate giving.