Sept. 5, 2018

The Chronicle’s 2018 report on corporate giving features 19 years’ worth of data on philanthropy among the country’s largest public companies.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy asked the nation’s biggest companies how much they give to charity.

Most grant makers would be better off using basic investing strategies rather than relying on active money managers and exotic financial instruments, the data shows.

VoteRunLead trained 10,000 women last year in how to run a campaign.

Global-development nonprofits are racking up victories in the fight against diseases like trachoma. None of it would be possible without billions in donations from big pharmaceutical companies.

See the data along with analysis and strategies to help charities benefit from companies that increasingly want to be seen as leaders on a wide spectrum of social and environmental issues.

Nonprofits and companies have much to gain from getting to know each other better. The Chronicle asked leaders experienced in corporate-nonprofit partnerships for advice on how best to support each other.

Total giving, including products, grew 8 percent, driven mainly by overseas donations of drugs by large pharmaceutical companies.

Cycling Without Age gets people away from the TV and involved in conversations and sharing memories.

When charities bring in more than they did the year before, they spend only about a quarter on services and sock away most of the rest.

At a time when the president is working to undermine national cohesion and foment racial discord, businesses must do more, says Jeff Raikes, a philanthropist and former head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Adrienne Arsht has a personal interest in human resilience. But she also gives to education, health, the performing arts, and other causes.

In other news about people in philanthropy, the American Diabetes Association taps a new CEO, and EngenderHealth has a new president

See the results of our exclusive Chronicle survey, along with analysis and strategies to help charities benefit from companies that increasingly want to be seen as good citizens of their community and the world.

Winners Take All, a book released today, suggests that the philanthropic elite are doing little to make things better. But wouldn’t it be smart to figure out how they can help, rather than just condemning their actions?

The nonprofit was ready and able to move fast when a corporate donor called out of the blue and started asking if it could put a large sum of money to good use.

Using data is key to alleviating poverty, but few of the people who work with vulnerable Americans have access to what they need to know. Here’s how we plan to change that — with help from business, government, nonprofits and other donors, write Connie and Steve Ballmer.

The company’s software syncs with the nonprofit’s, so when people register to raise money for a charity, they get a pop-up message that they can also be raising money on Facebook.

Identify the metrics that matter most, don’t be afraid to show short-term results for long-term goals, and weave your data into stories that resonate with grant makers.