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A Short History of the Fast and Furious Rise of DAFs - The …
Sep 20, 2023 · These are upstarts — each of the nine launched after 1990. The biggest shoved past venerable big brands of doing good like the Salvation Army (established in 1865), the United Way (1887), and Goodwill Industries (1902) on their way to the top.
America’s Giving Crisis — and the Plan to Fix It
Sep 17, 2024 · “Not only is generosity the fuel in the tank as far as American civil society goes,” said Eboo Patel, president of Interfaith America and a commission member (and a regular contributor to the Chronicle).. “But it is what I would call a deeply held and widely shared value amongst diverse people.
Cummings Foundation Becomes Largest to Put Entire Endowment …
Mar 13, 2018 · Others, like the McKnight Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, have made similar commitments. As part of a broader $350 million impact-investing plan, the Kresge Foundation in 2015 earmarked $50 million for social and environmental investments. The remainder of Kresge’s assets earmarked for impact investing are going to program-related investments, which count toward a foundation ...
Father-Daughter Duo Gives $150 Million for Pancreatic Cancer …
Sep 23, 2024 · A roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:. City of Hope. Emmet Stephenson Jr. and his daughter, Tessa Stephenson Brand, pledged $150 million to establish the Stephenson Prize, a $1 million annual award to a scientist or team of scientists making the most promising advancements in pancreatic cancer research and treatments. The prize is open to researchers around the world; the first ...
Nonprofits, Legal Experts React to the Fearless Fund Decision to ...
Sep 16, 2024 · At issue in American Alliance for Equal Rights v.Fearless Fund was whether a philanthropic grant should be construed as a gift or a contract. If a grant is considered a contract — and intended exclusively to benefit members of a single race — it could violate a civil rights law passed during the Reconstruction era to protect Black people from discrimination.
What the Fearless Fund Settlement Means for Philanthropic Freedom
Sep 17, 2024 · Join the Chronicle’s Stacy Palmer for The Future of Race-Based Grant Making, a conversation with Marc Philpart of the California Black Freedom Fund, Carmen Rojas of Marguerite Casey Foundation, Thomas Saenz of MALDEF, and Olivia Sedwick, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.They’ll discuss what comes next now that the Fearless Fund has settled a court case that was widely ...
The Commons — Where a Divided America Comes Together
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Jeff Bezos Says Helping the Neediest Now May Be Where His …
Jun 15, 2017 · As owner of Amazon, The Washington Post, and Blue Origin, an aerospace company working to develop commercial space travel, Mr. Bezos said in the tweet that he is often focused on projects or goals that can take years to come to fruition. His philanthropy, he said, is likely to be devoted to helping “people in the here and now — short term — at the intersection of urgent need and lasting ...
Fewer People Want to Lead Nonprofits. What’s the Answer?
Jan 26, 2024 · That’s the conclusion of the newest report in the Race to Lead series, “The Push and Pull: Declining Interest in Nonprofit Leadership,” released on Thursday by our organization, the Building Movement Project. We found that the percentage of respondents of color who aspire to lead an organization had dipped to the lowest level across three surveys we’ve conducted since 2016 — from a ...