Since its creation in 1992, the foundation has been a steady supporter of museums in the Chicago area, but backs other nonprofits as well. Here are a few things to know about the Maurice R. & Meta G. Gross Foundation’s Chicago giving.
Read MoreThe John Clarke Trust is the oldest charitable trust in the United States, and still today, it awards thousands of dollars in grants to nonprofits in southeastern New England, mainly in Rhode Island. Here’s a quick look.
Read MoreOver three decades into his career as an arts patron, Herb Alpert has carved out a unique, prescient, and often contrarian brand of giving. We check in with the acclaimed musician and record producer on his recent big donation and what lies ahead.
Read MoreThe Encinitas-based Coastal Community Foundation is very involved in the local mental health and education scenes, and it awarded over $600,000 to groups last year. Here are a few things nonprofits along the Southern California coast should know about this grantmaker.
Read MoreDodd & Dodd Attorneys currently manages this foundation, which has broad interests and is a great funder to know if you’re based in Louisville or elsewhere in Jefferson County.
Read MoreThe Brownsville Community Foundation likes nonprofits that operate collaboratively. Recent interests include education, economic development, health, housing, the arts, historic preservation, and the environment.
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson’s long-time CEO, James Burke, established a grantmaking foundation with his wife that focuses on New Jersey. Here are a few details to know about the James E. and Diane W. Burke Foundation’s grantmaking.
Read MoreAlthough the Clark and Ruby Baker Foundation is best known as a supporterr of Methodist-affiliated groups, it is also a key funder to know for nonprofit construction needs of all kinds in Georgia.
Read MoreBased in suburban Skokie, the Sidney and Lisa Glenner Foundation has consistently maintained a low profile. To help Chicago-area grantseekers know this funder a bit better, here are a few insights about the Glenner’s charitable giving.
Read MoreTo help you wrap your head around this community foundation’s giving, here are four ways that ACF works with nonprofit communities across the state of Arkansas. Grantmaking may be more flexible than you think.
Read MoreWith a net worth of around $10.7 billion, a grocery store empire that dominates the Texas landscape, and a growing track record of big gifts for education, as well as other causes, Charles Butt is a Giving Pledge member and a philanthropist to know.
Read MoreThe Comura Foundation is the philanthropy of the Corliss family. This Newport Beach grantmaker flies below the radar, funding social justice, faith, and other causes. Here’s what know about its giving.
Read MoreWith deep ties to the Seattle area, the Behnke Foundation and the family behind it have evolved their grantmaking over more than half a century. Director Michelle McBride talks with us about the foundation’s evolution and its annual unrestricted artist award.
Read MoreRex W. Bates spent more than 25 years at State Farm Insurance Company, bookended by leadership roles at independent schools. We recently spoke with him about his Bates Family Foundation, whose grantmaking strongly prioritizes education.
Read MoreEven as the effects of climate change have become more visible and devastating, few higher ed donors prioritize this issue. Which is why a $50 million gift to Penn earmarked for research on energy is both anomalous and encouraging.
Read MoreAs rank-and-file alumni give at lower levels, and big gifts become more integral to university fundraising plans, we’re seeing an uptick in disputes between aggrieved donors and recipient schools. But these fights can play out in a very different ways.
Read MoreThe 2016 election was a reckoning moment for a philanthropy sector long disconnected from rural America. A new funding initiative is looking to remedy that by supporting organizing and movement-building in neglected regions, focusing on the Midwest.
Read MoreWith Congress long deadlocked on guns, foundations are focusing on practical, local steps to reduce the death toll. A case in point is the Motorola Solutions Foundation’s support of a law enforcement nonprofit that recently issued a wide-ranging set of recommendations.
Read MoreThe Starr Foundation has been investing in stem cell research for 14 years and recently doubled down on a major collaboration in New York City, to which it’s now committed $150 million. What’s been achieved so far by this effort? And what lies ahead?
Read MoreIt seems like every week brings news of a regional school meeting an ambitious fundraising goal months, if not years, ahead of schedule. This isn’t a coincidence. We dig into a textbook case from Houston, a city with a famously robust philanthropic culture.
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