The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

million to house its Clark Scholars Program Network at the University of Maryland after the foundation sunsets in 2025, and Prologis awarded $3 million to prepare Black students at Morehouse College for careers in commercial and residential real estate. Prest Also, the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation has given $20.6

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2024

In the wake of the 2023 US Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action as practiced in colleges and universities, experts say these cases could be the tip of an anti-DEI legal iceberg for nonprofits and philanthropic institutions. The nonprofit and philanthropic sectors are at growing risk.

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Tony Martignetti

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Gene Takagi: Possible Implications Of The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision The Supreme Court’s decision this summer struck down college admissions affirmative action programs. Yet it may have repercussions for nonprofits around employment, contracts, grants, and other areas. Gene Takagi gives us his analysis.

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Nonprofits Management Law 75

Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

colleges and universities jumped by 10.2% , amounting to $13.5 Whether you’re a development officer at a university, a nonprofit partnering with a local college, or a grateful alumnus seeking to give back, today’s changing landscape of alumni giving will likely impact you. In fact, last year, alumni giving to U.S. billion in funding.

Universities 98

Universities Education Education Children 98

NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 18, 2023

Since September 2019, Charlie has served as NLC’s senior director of strategic programs and impact, overseeing and developing all program strategy, including nonprofit training classes, certificate programs, small-group leadership circles and conference programming to help nonprofit leaders strengthen their skills and organizations.

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Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Universities Nonprofits 105

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 1, 2023

By Maria Di Mento 1803 Fund Phil Knight (third from left) and Penny Knight pledged $400 million to establish the 1803 Fund’s Rebuild Albina program, an effort to rebuild the economic and cultural prosperity of a historic area of Portland that was once a thriving Black neighborhood.

Universities 108

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

The report states that Florida’s public colleges and universities “face a politically and ideologically driven assault unparalleled in US history” (1), with implications for the whole country. The report highlights four key findings: 1.

Education 114

Education Education Curriculum and Teaching Public and Social Policy 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2023

Teachers aren’t adequately educated about climate change as less than half have received formal college instruction in climate science, Science reports , further limiting climate change education. The partnership also offers courses in criminal justice and college algebra, but the environmental studies and justice course is the most popular.

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Candid

JULY 30, 2021

Walmart has announced a five-year, $1 billion commitment to cover 100 percent of the cost of college tuition and books for its employees through the company’s Live Better U (LBU) education program. Through the program, 1.5 Through the program, 1.5 In addition, Walmart will add four academic partners— ?Johnson

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 25, 2023

Prest Also, Fidelity Investments is awarding $250 million to efforts to enable students of color to enroll in college, and Wells Fargo pledged $20 million to its Invest Native program for economic development in Indigenous communities.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities , by ABFE and Candid  For every $100 foundations gave to the average Ivy League, they gave 56 cents to the average historically Black college and university (HBCU).

Public and Social Policy 119

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Puskar, AP Some 86 women, BIPOC, and first-generation college students in master's and doctoral programs will receive scholarships or stipends. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Gene J.

Foundations 93

Foundations Associations 93

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 10, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Plus, Jeff Bezos’s parents gave $21 million to a program to help infants and their families; and four other nonprofits landed big gifts from donors, including Byron Trott, a merchant banker to the uber-wealthy, who gave $20 million to help start a new national effort to help students from rural areas and small towns go to college. (..)

Nonprofits 97

Nonprofits 97

Candid

MAY 2, 2023

Most of our nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were started by philanthropists and free Blacks as a way to offer the best, and often only, higher education experience for Black people. This leaves HBCUs with less than adequate funding to support their operations, educational programs, infrastructure, and endowments.

Universities 98

Universities Education Education Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When West Virginia University , the largest public land-grant (extension) university in the state, announced in August it was ending 169 faculty positions and cutting 32 majors—including plans to discontinue the entire world languages program—students, staff, alumni, and others moved into action. That’s about half the national average.

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Universities Education Education Culture 114

Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Focus group participants from private, public, community, and historically Black colleges and universities told researchers that many of them had been recipients as well as providers of help since 2020. This is why service programs should be youth-led and youth-driven, she added.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Laurel Dykema Guest Post by Laurel Dykema When I started my nonprofit writing career, I was a new college graduate with a lot to learn about nonprofit communications. or “Which one of our programs is your favorite and why?” Browse the content other nonprofits are posting on social media. or “What questions are donors asking?” #4

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shaping the Future Through Empowered Leaders The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is a national alliance of colleges, universities, and nonprofits dedicated to educating, preparing, and nurturing the next wave of compassionate, skilled nonprofit leaders. Learn more about our work at www.nla1.org org or follow us on LinkedIn.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The report attempts to survey the efficacy of local and regional programs intended to help close the racial homeownership gap—a crucial piece of the overall racial wealth gap. According to Schuster, the report is an example of the kind of solutions-focused research the new Center plans to host. The Boston Foundation’s new CEO, M.

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Foundations Public Policy Leadership Governance 101

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 17, 2023

AP Drew Ve’e, a junior at the University of Utah, says he will probably graduate debt-free, an accomplishment that Fidelity is prioritizing because college debt has become not just a financial problem but an emotional one.

Universities 90

Universities Education Education 90

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 10, 2023

. – The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance welcomes Christian Brothers University Graduate School of Business a s the newest university to join its Campus Partnership Program. Recognizing the growing need for dedicated and experienced professionals in the nonprofit sector, the program and its supporters share a common vision.

Universities 89

Universities Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofits 89

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Part of the effort led to the creation of PowerCorpsBOS, a program launched in June 2022 that was designed to provide young adults with career-readiness support and connect them to employers in Boston within the green industry. Boston’s citywide Green New Deal is one such pathway.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 97

Nonprofit Administration and Development Environmental Energy Nonprofit governance and management 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

Image Credit: Jason Leung on unsplash.com Across the United States, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, programs, and offices are under attack , primarily by Republican state lawmakers and Republican governors. Can you describe the potential impact you see in cutting funding to DEI at colleges and universities?

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

At Candid we refer to this as “lightly restricted funding”—funding for the strategic programs we already have planned and budgeted, so that the grants we receive are budget-relieving. Our first collaborative effort resulted in a joint report, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Image Credit: Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash A recent legal analysis by the conservative-leaning Philanthropy Roundtable argues that the Supreme Court ruling barring affirmative action in college and university admissions could have far-reaching consequences for race-conscious hiring practices in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

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Philanthropy Law Education Education 113

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While a recent labor report found that workforce participation among women ages 25 to 54 has finally returned to pre-pandemic levels—taking a full year longer than it did for men—women without college degrees have not experienced the same rebound as college-educated women, with 1.6

Public and Social Policy 138

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Clairification

MARCH 13, 2023

Then I tried to make it easy for you to get a legacy giving program ramped up by doing four specific things. Today I’ll tackle the other three program building blocks. Bequests from middle-class donors frequently exceed $100,000, and some colleges repor t the typical bequest is 2,500 times the average annual gift.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 24, 2022

On Sunday I dropped my son off at college for his sophomore year. What NYC cab riders can teach you about raising more money with point-of-sale programs ?? 12 stunning things people have told me about their partnership programs ?? At 8pm it's already dark. I can't believe September is right around the corner. A new month!

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Marketing Marketing Foundations Food 130

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 22, 2018

First, I'm taking my baby girl to college tomorrow! I bet some of you have kids that are heading off to college this month! To date, this program has raised $240K for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. ?? Listen to our interview with them to learn more about this amazing program. I'm so proud of her! This is smart.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

million borrowers, including those defrauded by schools that have closed; and students who are disabled, with the Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge program. The language employed is critical to the message; the words “loan forgiveness” are being used as if it’s a new program. The scale of the errors is extraordinary.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

She is an adjunct professor in the Paralegal Studies Program at St. Petersburg College, a licensed Florida Attorney (1995), and a member of the Florida Bar and St. Katie also works to increase nonprofit capacity by developing various programming and professional development opportunities. Petersburg College.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. Erin describes the program as a business track for nonprofits. That was a big win for me through this program.” The program culminates with students presenting their nonprofit business plan to local leaders and experts.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Law Universities Leadership 98

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Levi Strauss partners with get-out-the-vote nonprofits to target 150 community colleges in 40 states. It's a wicked smahht strategy as community colleges have some of the most diverse and representative student populations in the country! this action-triggered program!

Associations 130

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 11, 2024

President and Fellows Harvard College and SFFA v. But these Supreme Court decisions mean that medical schools that are attempting to redress centuries of discrimination will have to exercise care in how their admissions and outreach programs are designed.

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Medical Health Race and Ethnicity Healthcare 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Primary care physicians at DHC piloted a “food as medicine” program, giving patients prescriptions for produce from the farm to treat chronic illnesses. In partnership with Tougaloo College—a historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi—the newly formed Reuben V. One of those programs is the Bennie G.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

iMarketSmart

MARCH 13, 2024

It might depend on the age of the organization, the type of programs, or how fundraising sometimes integrates with programs and isn’t clearly distinguished from them. Example 1 – The College Donor Colleges and universities are a great example of this because the distinctions between people are clear. Some say 15%.

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Fundraising Fundraising Universities Advertising 52

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 12, 2023

Also, the Bezos Earth Fund has given $50 million for conservation and sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon region, and the Ray Charles Foundation has given $1 million to continue Cedars-Sinai's neurosurgery scholarship program for students from historically Black colleges and universities.

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