Gifts Roundup: Grocery Executive Gives $100 Million to Train School Leaders
Other notable donations include $20 million for the University of Houston’s new art college and $10 million for a new residence hall at Marquette.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$100 Million Gift to Santa Clara U. Will Support Science and Math Programs
The donation from Silicon Valley philanthropists John and Susan Sobrato will pay for a 300,000-square-foot complex to house laboratories and classrooms.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Ex-Clinton Foundation Leader Joins Tech Mogul Schmidt’s Philanthropy
Also, Betsy DeVos distances herself from giving by her parents’ foundation to groups viewed as anti-gay rights, and D.C.-area Girl Scouts draw fire for marching in Donald Trump’s inaugural.
Daily News Roundup: $100 Million Pledge Backs Tex. Leadership Center
Also, Donald Trump’s pick for treasury secretary had ties to nonprofits that supported a lucrative merger involving a bank he led, and a black college’s marching band draws a donation windfull to perform at the inauguration.
Gifts Roundup: Iowa State Lands $93 Million Equity Gift
A former Iowa State student gave the university’s foundation his majority stake in an education-technology company he helped found.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: N.Y. State Holds Off on Enforcing Donor-Disclosure Laws
Also, Hungary has retreated on its promise to “sweep out” nonprofits funded by George Soros, and Bill Gates talks about his philanthropy.
Trump Cabinet’s Philanthropic Ties Detailed in New Online Resource
The analysis by the Foundation Center found that the president-elect’s nominees have served on the boards of 50 nonprofit organizations working on causes such as education, veterans’ affairs, and health.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Charles Koch Gives $25.6 Million for Black Colleges
Also, Iowa State University is given a $93 million majority stake in an education-tech firm, and Hungary’s rulers announce plans to purge George Soros-backed activist groups.
ACLU’s Tough Talk on Trump Leads to Huge Fundraising Success
Time will tell if the American Civil Liberties Union’s aggressive stance will continue to resonate with donors.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Helen Diller Fund Gives $500 Million for Biomedical Research, With Few Strings Attached
The late donor’s daughter said the relatively unrestricted pledge is structured to help the university “move rapidly and achieve great things” in biomedical research.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Gifts Roundup: $7 Million for Cornell Closes Book on Charles Feeney’s Giving
Other notable donations include $10 million-plus for cancer research at Stony Brook University and $5 million for renovations at the University of Iowa’s football stadium.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Rockefeller Fund Picks USAID Administrator as New President
Also, a Republican proposal would shift a quarter of large endowment gifts to big colleges to financial aid, and Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center is cutting nearly 1,000 jobs after a fiscally rough 2016.
Lessons from 1986 suggest that the fear of smaller deductions causes donors to speed up giving, but the long-term effects are more nuanced.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Gifts Roundup: $20 Million Donation Buttresses New Vanderbilt Colleges
Also, two Chicago investment titans make big gifts to support lakefront recreation and financial education.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Megagifts Rise in 2016, With 12 Topping $100 Million
Donations of $500 million by investor and art collector Nicolas Berggruen for his namesake think tank and by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, to the University of Oregon tied for the year’s biggest gift.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Challenging Sacred Cows and Killing Jargon: Our Most Popular Articles of 2016
In a year full of changes and big questions for nonprofits, Chronicle readers looked for unconventional wisdom and evidence of ideas that work.