June 2019
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Volume 31, Issue 8Cover Story
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Major GiftsHas the Giving Pledge Changed Giving?
A proposal unveiled nearly a decade ago was intended to turbocharge philanthropy. There’s little evidence so far it’s doing that.
Highlights
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Foundation Giving
Billionaire Jeff Skoll Sings the Praises of the Giving Pledge
The first president of eBay, who signed the pledge in 2010, says it has had a profound impact on his life and his philanthropy. -
News
How Much U.S. Giving Pledge Members Donate to Their Foundations
An interactive guide to how much they give annually and their foundations’ assets and grant making. Plus, see the donors’ estimated net worth. -
Major Gifts
How the Giving Pledge Pushes Smarter Philanthropy
The Gates Foundation organizes gatherings aimed at helping the world’s billionaires do more good with their money, but the secretive nature of those sessions makes it difficult to assess their impact. -
Major Gifts
Giving Pledge Myths Debunked
Nearly a decade after its launch, the Giving Pledge still inspires hype and hope. The fanfare gilds the reality of the results so far.
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Features
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Leadership
St. Louis Nonprofit Sees Big Payoff From Hiring Leader With Unusual Background
Lesley Hoffarth had spent her entire career with the Missouri Department of Transportation until Forest Park Forever called. -
Leadership
How Boards Can Help New Leaders Succeed
Support from trustees is crucial to the success of any CEO, but it is particularly important for those that are new to an organization. -
Foundation Giving
Newman’s Own Becomes an Evangelist for Giving All Profits to Charity
With a tax fight behind it, the company founded by the late actor Paul Newman wants other companies to follow its lead and give all profits to charity.
Departments
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Transitions
Smithsonian Institution and Chicago Foundation for Women Get New Leaders (Transitions)
In other news about people in philanthropy, the Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Starlight Children’s Foundation have new executives. -
News
Writer’s Notebook: How Small Groups Run Big Capital Campaigns
A Chronicle writer explains how the Los Angeles LGBT Center caught her attention for a powerful case study. -
Face of Philanthropy
Nonprofit Uses Dance to Help Women in Prison Express Themselves
The program, which started in 2015, is in 13 correctional facilities in the South. -
Research
Gates Foundation Explains How Gender Bias Creeps Into Its Grant Making
A study of the grant-selection process found that, among other things, the language men use in their grant applications gives them an edge. -
Advice
Inside L.A. LGBT Center’s $57 Million Campaign
Lorri Jean, long-tenured CEO of the nation’s oldest gay and lesbian community center, reflects on how her organization got donors to give big and what’s changed for fundraisers in the post-marriage-equality era. -
Advice
A Model for Expanding Monthly Giving
Charity: Water adapted a strategy created for startups that offer subscription services to attract monthly donors, keep them engaged, and motivate them to recruit others. -
Technology
Google to Give 50,000 Hours of Pro Bono Help in 2019
The company wants to accelerate the work of its grantees and hopes the experience with inspire its own employees to create more inclusive products.
Opinion
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Opinion
In Our Broken Economic System, All Nonprofits Face the ‘Sackler’ Donation Question (Opinion)
For small nonprofits especially it doesn’t make sense to reject money that could fund an important mission, but we all must decide these days where we draw the line about what sources of money to accept. -
Opinion
Opportunity Zones Could Become the Biggest Economic Renewal Effort Ever — If Philanthropies Help Now (Opinion)
A new federal law offers potential to transform impoverished neighborhoods. Here are seven ways foundations can ensure it lives up to its promise. -
Letter to the Editor
An Ad by an Anti-Immigration Group Is an Effort to Deflect Its White-Nationalist Agenda (Letter to the Editor)
The Federation for American Immigration Reform advertisement in the Chronicle attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center was unjustified, says the center’s intelligence project director.
