NonProfit PRO

MARCH 8, 2023

Last week, senators introduced legislation to make the universal charitable deduction effective for tax years 2023 and 2024. Now dubbed “Charitable Act,” the legislation, if passed, would give more Americans the ability to claim tax deductions for charitable contributions. Here are three things you should know about it.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 23, 2021

Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, inspired the largest gift ever made to public higher education: $550 million. It’s a gift with very few restrictions, made outright over the span of 10 years to the university, its medical school and athletics.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 25, 2022

The Impact Genome Project announced Fluxx will integrate with the Impact Genome's universal nonprofit impact registry. Fluxx joins SmartSimple in uniting philanthropy technology leaders in standardizing and quantifying social outcomes.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 13, 2023

By Maria Di Mento University of Mary Washington Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics Janet Asper (right) works with senior chemistry major Dorothy Haas in Experimental Methods, a course that has students separating and identifying the molecules within a mixture.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In a historic move, all 19 members of the 2022-2023 women’s gymnastics team at Michigan State University have received name, image and likeness (NIL) contracts with an emphasis on charitable giving—an agreement that will strengthen Spartan athletics while empowering student-athletes to change the world.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 10, 2023

According to the Boston Review, the university library, dealing with a 30 percent reduction in its operating budget, cannot order any new books. Meanwhile, not a single university senior administrator, who each earn “at least five to ten times what most faculty earn,” is scheduled to take a pay cut.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 15, 2023

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press The Campus Call for Free Expression, funded by the Knight Foundation, is committed to five principles of free expression along with new on-campus programs such as training at freshman orientations and faculty seminars.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Prest Chris Record, Davidson College Davidson College is among the recipients of grants from the Duke Endowment celebrating the foundation’s 100th year of giving to higher education in North and South Carolina. Also, the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $17.6

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is commemorating an unrestricted $175 million donation from the Morningside Foundation — the philanthropic arm of venture capital and private equity firm Morningstar — that will more than double its endowment.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As CEO of Cryogenic Industries, Ross Brown learned that midcareer researchers "with restless minds" need funding. By Kay Dervishi Chris Flynn, Caltech As CEO of Cryogenic Industries, Ross Brown gained an appreciation of the work of scientific researchers, prompting him to launch a program giving $2 million awards for mid-career researchers.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

In 1837 Richard Humphreys established the African Institute, now Cheyney University, in Pennsylvania making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

By Ellen P. Aprill and Jill Horwitz AP Photo, Andrew Harnik Billionaire investor and Harvard alum Bill Ackman has voiced his objections to the school’s current president.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 24, 2024

By Manu Meel Anadolu via Getty Images Police arrest students at New York University during demonstrations in solidarity with the students at Columbia University in New York City on April 22. A young nonprofit leader argues that there's a brief window of opportunity to ensure that hate won't thrive on college campuses.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 1, 2024

By Drew Lindsay Sipa via AP Images A student at New York University wears a graduation cap and gown marked with messages of solidarity with Palestine, at a student encampment at the university.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Top Tips For Dating At University. Dating in the university is a bag of mixed results. The truth is, you already have an idea of what dating at the university is like. The dating experience from high school is good for you, but the university is a different world entirely. You don’t have to beat yourself up over it.

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Candid

JULY 9, 2021

The University of Oregon has announced a second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight in support of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The Knight Campus enrolls students who are?pursuing This gift allows us to achieve our larger vision in a very compressed timeline.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 8, 2024

Plus, four other colleges and universities received big donations, including Clark University, which got $10 million for its new School of Climate, Environment, and Society.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Michèle Lamont An excerpt from Seeing Others on creating common ground in American politics

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 29, 2024

By Maria Di Mento Boris Baldinger, World Economic Forum Siebel is a University of Illinois alumnus who earned three degrees from the university in the 1970s and ‘80s. The gift launches the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 28, 2024

A new report from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University has bold predictions for giving in 2024 and 2025.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 23, 2022

Christian Brothers University (CBU) and Momentum Nonprofit Partners are collaborating to better serve the needs of our local nonprofit community. At Christian Brothers University, we encourage our students to reach out to serve one another and work to build a better society, Director of Graduate Recruiting Kirbi Tucker said.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 4, 2023

Get your tickets for the premier philanthropic summit for nonprofit executive directors, development officers, Board members, and fundraising professionals.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 26, 2023

Get your tickets for the premier philanthropic summit for nonprofit executive directors, development officers, Board members, and fundraising professionals.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 1, 2024

Glenn Britt, who left the bequest with his wife, Barbara, received financial aid at the university, where he earned both an undergraduate degree and an MBA. Prest Dartmouth University Barbara and Glenn Britt’s gift will help some 350 middle-income families per year.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

By David Lively and Brijesh Jani Northwestern fundraisers used data analytics to kill what they call ‘zombie’ major-gift proposals, prioritize donors, and increase their chances of landing big gifts.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy released “The Giving Environment: Giving Trends by Race and Ethnicity” report. Here are three key findings from the report and how your nonprofit can begin to overcome the associated hurdles to reaching new demographics to support your cause.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Bank of America Private Bank and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University released the "2023 Bank of America Study of Philanthropy." The study found that affluent households gave an average of $34,917 to charity in 2022, up from $29,269 in 2017, though less than the $43,195 they gave in 2020.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By Maria Di Mento NYU Langone Health New York University Langone Health is set to build the Julia Koch Family Ambulatory Care Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Plus, North Dakota State University, Allegheny College, and two other nonprofit institutions landed big gifts. after the donor gave $75 million.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This comprehensive guide aims to identify and demystify the differences between Google’s now-discontinued Universal Analytics (UA) and the Google Analytics 4 model that replaced it. Universal Analytics “Transactions:” Example: A user purchases three different books. And Nonprofit Megaphone is here to help.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The influential investor gave more than $500 million during his lifetime, primarily to build university student housing. By Maria Di Mento Johannes Eisele, AFP, Getty Images Charlie Munger donated at least $550 million to charity, much of it for university student housing and other building projects.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 10, 2023

What Americans Think About Philanthropy and Nonprofits,” a new study from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, polled about 1,300 Americans over the summer of 2022 to learn more about how the American public perceives philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

University-based reporters are critical to reversing the decline in local news, but budget cuts and political battles increasingly threaten their work, demanding greater donor support.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

By Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press Kyusung Gong/AP The University of Michigan’s Wolverines, and Montlake Futures, which supports athletes at the University of Washington, are set to benefit regardless of who wins the national championship.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 22, 2024

The gift from Ronda Stryker follows a Lilly Endowment grant to UNCF to boost endowments at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The donation from Ronda Stryker follows a Lilly Endowment grant to UNCF to boost endowments at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 25, 2024

Prest Also, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have given two unrestricted gifts of $50 million each through their Courage and Civility Award, and two former professors at the University of Maryland at College Park have donated $27.2 million to its math department.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

University of Memphis Athletics plans to launch a capital campaign to match the Smith donation. By Maria Di Mento Plus, three other higher education institutions — Oregon State University, Evangel University, and Luther College — and two health-care organizations landed eight-figure gifts from big donors.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The university had launched an inquiry into the group’s financials in September, after acknowledging the organization was laying off about half of its staff and changing its operating model. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Steven Senne/AP The university hired Ibram X. Kendi found no issues with how it managed its finances.

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