June 23, 2020

A Chicago Family Fund Keeps the Focus on Climate With Another Big Gift to Duke

June 23, 2020/ Julia Travers

A donor-advised fund in Chicago made another big payout to a university climate program in the South. We look at why climate funding is important during a pandemic, and how Duke University will put these new funds to use.

May 11, 2019

“Awestruck.” Behind a Regional Funder's Historic Gift to a Public University's Engineering School

May 11, 2019/ Mike Scutari

Even as critics charge that the STEM skills gap is exaggerated, big gifts keep flowing to schools to bolster their STEM programs. Who are the funders behind this endless gusher of cash? And what’s motivating them to make such large donations?