Major Gifts
July 2, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Girl Scouts is #ForEVERYGirl. That means transgender girls, too. After a donor, who remains anonymous, asked Girl Scouts of Western Washington to ensure their $100,000 contribution would not be used to help transgender girls, the chapter of the national organization gave the money back. In one day, they've made more than double that amount through a…
July 2, 2015 at 1:32 pm
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he will donate his $32bn (£20bn; €29bn) personal fortune to charity. The 60-year-old nephew of King Salman is one of the world's richest people. He said he had been inspired by the Gates Foundation, set up by Bill and Melinda Gates in 1997. The money would…
June 29, 2015 at 1:28 pm
The St. David’s Foundation in Austin, Texas, has announced grants totaling more than $26.8 million to local nonprofit organizations working to provide health care-related services to residents of central Texas. The grants include more than $12 million to 21 organizations awarded through the foundation's Healthy People program, which supports safety net clinics that provide a…
June 26, 2015 at 12:48 pm
Americans’ donations to arts and culture rose 9.2 percent in 2014, the highest increase in nine categories tracked by Giving USA, an annual report on charitable contributions. Overall, however, arts and culture commanded a modest share of the philanthropic pie. Estimated gifts to arts and culture totaled $17.2 billion, according to the report compiled by…
June 26, 2015 at 12:39 pm
The medical world just got some major ammunition in its battle to cure cancer—a $1 billion donation spearheaded by Nike chairman and CEO Phil Knight. In September 2013, Knight and his wife, Penny, pledged to give $500 million to Oregon Health & Science University for cancer research if the school could raise a matching donation in two…
June 22, 2015 at 12:41 pm
If any one of these traits are yours, either you need to change something or decide that perhaps you are in the wrong position. Look, we are all on a journey. But why continue on the path that is making you miserable? Doing it just for the money is not fair to you or your organization’s donors.
June 18, 2015 at 8:00 am
Wealthy donors gave over $700 million more to nonprofits in the first five months of 2015 than they did in the same period last year, according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy tally. From January through the first week of June 2015, affluent donors gave more than $4 billion to nonprofit groups, a 21 percent increase…
June 17, 2015 at 1:13 pm
Cornell Tech, the applied sciences graduate school of Cornell University, is expected to announce a $100 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
June 16, 2015 at 2:59 pm
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity recently announced a seven-year, $10 million fundraising commitment in support of its national philanthropic partner Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). In honor of the commitment, HCI named the sixth floor of Huntsman Cancer Hospital at HCI "The Sigma Chi International Fraternity Sixth Floor." The floor features a gourmet cafeteria, a multi-purpose room…
June 16, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Charitable giving rose 5.4 percent last year to a record $358.4 billion, according to estimates released today by "Giving USA," the annual snapshot of American philanthropy. The figures show that donations from individuals, corporations and foundations last year topped the record giving figure achieved in 2007, just before the recession started to affect donation figures.…
