Facebook Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg Gives $100 Million to Ensure Safe Voting
Plus, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital lands $50 million for healthcare equity from Ray and Barbara Dalio.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
An Entrepreneur Talks About How One Person Can Change Another’s Life
Jason Hackmann has quietly been investing in efforts to end childhood slavery in Ghana.
Kummers Give $300 Million to Expand Missouri U. of Science and Technology Programs (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Phil Knight gives $900 million to his foundation, and $300 million to the University of Oregon.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Nike Co-founder Phil Knight Gives $900 Million to His Foundation
With this latest donation, the billionaire and his wife, Penelope, have made charitable contributions totaling at least $3 billion
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Crisis Charitable Commitment Pledges Climb to Nearly $300 Million
The effort to encourage wealthy individuals, donor-advised fund account holders, and foundations to give more immediately also unveiled its list of signatories on Tuesday.
By Dan Parks
Contributor
Wealthy Donors Make Big Gifts to Racial-Justice and Diversity Efforts
So far this year, rich donors have given at least $208.3 million to such efforts. The number of large gifts far exceeds previous years.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Billionaire Robert Toll Gives UPenn $50 Million for Public-Interest Program (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, four other universities and a healthcare system landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Philanthropist Urges Congress to Force More Giving From Donor-Advised-Funds and Foundations
A detailed proposal comes as the pandemic, recession, and growing inequality are raising questions about whether philanthropy is hoarding assets.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Twitter’s Co-Founder Is Giving on a Grand Scale
Recipients have called Jack Dorsey’s grants game-changing, and they come swiftly, with few if any reporting requirements.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Former Atlantic Records Executive Gives $50 Million for a New Medical Campus (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, four universities received big gifts, and a Johnson & Johnson heir left $5 million to a science center.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Foundations and Big Donors Gave at Least $5 Billion Worldwide to Curb Climate Change
The ClimateWorks Foundation says that the funding total has nearly doubled since 2015, but it’s still less than 2 percent of all giving worldwide.
By Dan Parks
Contributor
New Report Shows Spike in Will Creation and Charitable Bequests During Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic is driving a major increase in the number of Americans who create wills and the number who leave a bequest, according to a new report from FreeWill, a company that provides free online estate-planning tools.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Writer
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan and Wife, Lisa Yang, Give MIT $27 Million (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Baltimore Museum of Art, two hospitals and two universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Billionaire Bernie Marcus Gives $20 Million for New Effort for Jewish Teens (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute received $5 million and four universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Donate $300 Million for Voting Security (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, four universities and a prestigious art school landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
How the Lessons of Hurricane Katrina Apply to Philanthropy’s Challenges Today
Takema Robinson, executive director of the Greater New Orleans Funders Network, talks about what foundations learned from their efforts to help the region rebuild and how grant makers can apply those lessons to racial justice, pandemic recovery, and more.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor