Buoyed by a surging global art market, artist-endowed foundations have ramped up grantmaking across the past five years and reshaped the arts funding landscape in the process. A new study documents the full extent of the field’s expansion.
Read MoreGene editing technologies have broad potential in medicine. Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded Boston Children’s Hospital a $1.5 million grant to expand gene therapies for sickle cell disease in developing countries.
Read MoreGrayson County, Texas, is home to over 131,000 people, just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Here’s one local grantmaker that has made this region its top priority.
Read MoreAmerica’s senior citizen population is growing rapidly, but not too many funders focus the bulk of their giving on this potentially vulnerable group. Here is one funder dedicated to aging in New Jersey and New York.
Read MoreAround the globe, grassroots women’s organizations struggle to find adequate funding and build capacity. The MATCH International Women’s Fund is trying to change that, connecting small and fledgling organizations with hesitant funders.
Read MoreThere hasn’t been a Ford family member on the Ford Foundation’s board for more than four decades. With Henry Ford III now joining the board, Benjamin Soskis explores the historical backstory, along with larger questions about capitalism and philanthropy.
Read MoreCharles Koch’s foundation has been giving millions for research and policy advocacy aimed at reducing mass incarceration, changing sentencing laws, and other criminal justice reforms. But this funding isn’t as a surprising as it might seem.
Read MoreThe fund’s new president, David Myers, is looking for creative ways to sustain the group’s $30 million annual budget at a time when many younger American Jews are souring on Israel—or simply not feeling connected to it.
Read MoreWhile donors are giving big to provide disadvantaged students access to elite colleges, the real work often begins once the student arrives on campus. A big gift to an Ivy League school will scale a successful initiative to help first-gen students adjust to college life.
Read MoreIn 2016, the tech billionaire Sean Parker launched the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy with a $250 million investment. We check in with the institute’s Chief Science Officer to see how things are going and what’s been accomplished so far.
Read MoreThe IT company Cognizant launched a foundation last year as part of its efforts to bolster STEM skills in the U.S. It recently started grantmaking and appointed an executive director. A focus on girls and women has figured prominently in its early moves.
Read MoreWith many veterans not receiving the mental health care they need, and alarming numbers committing suicide, private funders have been stepping up. We look at an initiative to help veterans that involves tens of millions of dollars in new grant money for research.
Read MoreThe rising philanthropy scene in Texas isn’t just driven by oil wealth. Two recent gifts—a capital project grant from foundation and a donation of Asian art from a family—underscore the formidable breadth of the state's funder base.
Read MoreGlobally, anxiety and depression are a bigger health burden than you probably realize. Existing treatments are often ineffective, and doctors don’t know why. Wellcome Trust is investing big to transform mental health research and care.
Read MoreRichard Leeds and Anne Kroeker moved to the Pacific Northwest to work in tech. Awed by the region’s wild beauty, they became deeply involved in the land trust movement, supporting a wide range of projects over many years.
Read MoreThe Elizabeth Carse Foundation has been assisting local nonprofits in Connecticut for decades. Here are a few things to know about how it operates and what organizations win support.
Read MoreFor decades, Warren Breslow helped build a prominent real estate company in Southern California. He’s also an active philanthropist. Here’s a closer look at where Breslow support is going.
Read MoreBeyond his career accomplishments, Bert Brodsky is active in philanthropy. Here are three things that New York nonprofits should know about how he and his wife Muriel give through their family foundation.
Read MoreInvestment banker Richard Franke and his wife, Barbara, established a family foundation in the 1990s and are very focused on arts and humanities in Chicago, backing important cultural institutions
Read MoreThe Solutions Project has drawn attention and accolades as a forward-thinking climate grantmaker. After a shock to its funding base and a period of evaluation, the celebrity-backed organization is entering a new phase.
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