The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org. By Alex Daniels To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 5, 2023

His compensation beats that of the leaders of the Gates, Ford, and Mellon foundations. By Marc Gunther Gabriella Demczuk, The New York Times, Redux Rajiv Shah’s management style has sewn discontent among some, but he also has many admirers. His management style has sown discontent among some, but he also has admirers.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Marguerite Casey Foundation launched its “Public Dollars for Public Goods” initiative. The Foundation is investing more than $5M to support organizations that leverage community organizing to shift power by helping underserved communities access federal and local funding and control how those funds are spent.

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Foundations 108

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press AP Photo/Francois Mori, File George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, now led by his son Alex, is being restructured.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

AGCO Agriculture Foundation announced the launch of its refined Call for Applications for Grant 2023 for the advancement of quality education, research, and innovation in agriculture. The Foundation invites nonprofits and institutions registered as charitable or nonprofit organizations to apply for grant funding.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Prest Foundation Source Joseph Mrak Also, the Meyer Memorial Trust has named its first vice president of impact, and Carole Rothman, founder and artistic director of Second Stage, is departing after 45 years.

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Foundations 103

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 3, 2023

Prest Salesforce Becky Ferguson, chief operating officer of the Salesforce Foundation, has been promoted to CEO. Before joined Salesforce, she worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Foundations 88

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Charity Navigator and Stand Together Foundation announced the launch of a new Feedback Excellence best charities page. This new resource will measure how deeply lives are affected by a charity to provide donors with deeper insights beyond the number of people served or cost-effectiveness.

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

With these challenges at play, how did inflation affect foundation giving decisions in 2022 and beyond? Last month, Candid published results from the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, an annual survey of large U.S. private and community foundations. Here’s what we found. We added 8% to each grant award.”

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

GTCR announced that it has acquired Foundation Source. As a provider of foundation management services, Foundation Source offers a configurable suite of administrative, compliance, advisory, and technology solutions to support family, corporate, and independent foundations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

By Yesica Balderrama Foundation giving is likely to rise by 2 percent this year, to $95 billion, according to a new estimate by FoundationMark. The new finding comes as the impact of market losses suggests giving increases will be modest in 2023.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 17, 2023

Prest Plus, the Connecticut Children’s Foundation has tapped its next leader, and the philanthropic consulting firm Marts & Lundy has appointed Douglas Stewart as CEO.

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Foundations 85

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer NEW YORK AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File Some community foundations focus on bringing federal and local money into the community, especially in the wake of disasters. The Hawaii Community Foundation, for example, has attracted donations for people affected by the Maui wildfires.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Alliant Credit Union Foundation announced its Million Dollar Challenge, which will award nonprofits and community initiatives across the nation with $1 million in grants to foster digital inclusion. Providing technology devices and delivering digital skills education has never been more crucial.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. private and community foundations. i Even though the Foundation 1000 makes up only about 1% of U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Prest Daniel Yee Courtney O’Malley was vice president of the Starr Foundation for 10 years. More recently, she served as executive director of the Theodore J. Forstmann Charitable Trust. Also, Save the Children U.S. has tapped a new chief operating officer, and NPR CEO John Lansing will retire at the end of the year.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Fred Smith’s gift to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation will increase the number of scholarships the charity provides to the children of those who served in the U.S. By Maria Di Mento. Marine Corps and the U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 13, 2023

Prest Walton Family Foundation Stephanie Cornell will be the new executive director of Walton Family Foundation. Plus, Points of Light will install its new leader in September, and the March of Dimes has named its first physician CEO.

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Foundations 87

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

For instance, the average Ivy League school received 178 times more foundation funding than the average HBCU. Ivy Leagues tend to have deeper relationships with philanthropic foundations, and much of that history is deeply entrenched in racism, slavery and the hoarding of White wealth. However, by 2018, that number dropped to 100.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 23, 2023

Prest Also, the Academy of American Poets has named its first Latino president, and the TGR Foundation, a charity started by the golfer Tiger Woods, has selected a new leader.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the wake of COVID-19 and movements for racial equity, foundations also committed to making grants as unrestricted and flexible as possible. private and community foundations to learn more about giving trends. About 10% of foundations indicated they awarded no GOS grants whatsoever. Every year, Candid surveys large U.S.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Nissan Foundation is searching for grantees for the 2024 grant cycle and is currently accepting letters of intent. The deadline to submit a letter of intent is 9 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 3, with new grantees announced in June 2024.

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Foundations 57

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 6, 2023

Rasmuson Foundation Gretchen Guess, executive director of operations at the Providence health-care system in Spokane, Wash., has been tapped as the Rasmuson Foundation’s next president and CEO. Draper Richards Kaplan has hired a former Delaware state official as managing director and a Providence, R.I.,

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 20, 2023

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK Ronald Zak, AP The Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, plans to limit new grant making until February as it transitions to a new operating model run by his son, Alex. A spokesperson for the foundations said that the pause will not affect current grantees.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 28, 2023

Prest Phil Shockley, Oklahoma State University The foundation of the late T. Boone Pickens (center) is giving Oklahoma State $120 million to expand student scholarships and support construction of a complex that will house the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute and the Cowboy Football Center.

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

private and community foundations to understand recent grantmaking trends and forecast where giving is headed. The Foundation Giving Forecast Survey provides timely estimates and helps inform the Giving USA annual report on philanthropy. Source: Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, 2017–2023. How did these factors affect U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 24, 2023

Prest California Community Foundation Miguel Santana will leave the Weingart Foundation to lead the California Community Foundation. Also, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals will install a new CEO on November 1, and the Steve Fund has appointed its next leader.

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Foundations 93

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Prest Also, Ohio State University received $110 million to establish the Center for Software Innovation, and the Open Society Foundations committed $20 million toward the future of social-justice philanthropy in Baltimore even as it plans to close its Open Society Institute-Baltimore affiliate by the end of 2023.

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Foundations Philanthropy Universities 88

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 3, 2023

World Food Programme, and the Skillman Foundation has hired its first vice president of learning and impact. Prest Also, Cindy McCain will now lead the U.N.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ryan Lash, TED Zubaida Bai will be the next president and CEO of the Grameen Foundation. She is the first woman and the first Indian American to lead the microfinance organization. Also, the Chicago Community Trust and the Education Trust have both promoted their next leaders from within.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 20, 2023

Prest Laila Clarke Sushma Raman will become president and CEO of the Heising-Simons Foundation. Also, ActBlue has named its next leader, and John King Jr., president of the Education Trust, has left to become chancellor of the State University of New York system.

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Foundation Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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Foundation Group

MARCH 22, 2021

The post Private Foundation vs Private Operating Foundation: Understanding the Key Differences appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Prest Courtesy of Tara Levine Tara Levine has been named president of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. Knight Foundation tapped its next program director in Detroit. Also, the Chicago Community Trust has hired a new chief philanthropic officer and vice president of community impact, and the John S. and James L.

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Foundations 94

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 2, 2023

foundations compared with $45 million for the 99 historically black colleges and universities. By Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press Jacquelyn Martin, AP A recent study found that in a single year eight Ivy League universities received $5.5 billion from the 1,000 largest U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 29, 2023

By Alex Daniels Kent Nishimura, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images After the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Harvard and the University of North Carolina had taken a discriminatory and illegal approach by using race as a factor in admissions, many nonprofit and foundation leaders issued statements. Here is a sampling:

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 21, 2023

As foundations increasingly acknowledge the centuries of systematic and institutional racism that have led to intergenerational trauma, cycles of poverty, and reduced life expectancies in communities of color, they are working to re-examine philanthropy’s history and reimagine its role.

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