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Gifts & Grants Received

Updated December 13, 2024

As a journalistic organization that covers the philanthropic world and that is dedicated to transparency, the Chronicle of Philanthropy maintains this page to disclose all grants to support our mission. You can read more about our gift-acceptance and transparency practices in our formal policy.

Read about our transition to nonprofit status.

Grants Committed

Grants for Our Ongoing Transition

  • Hewlett Foundation: $3 million
  • Lilly Endowment: $3 million
  • Ford Foundation: $2 million
  • Mott Foundation: $500,000
  • Open Society Foundations: $300,000
  • Walton Family Foundation: $300,000
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: $100,000
  • Hilton Foundation: $100,000
  • Heinz Endowments: $50,000
  • Annie E. Casey Foundation: $25,000

Advisers to Our Lilly Partnership

  • Jacob Harold, former executive vice president of Candid
  • Leslie Lenkowsky, professor emeritus of public affairs and philanthropic studies at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
  • Jan Masaoka, chief executive officer of the California Association of Nonprofits
  • Una Osili, associate dean for research and international programs at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
  • William Schambra, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute
  • Benjamin Soskis, senior research associate at the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute
  • Herman “Art” Taylor, president and chief executive officer of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance
  • Jane Wales, vice president of the Aspen Institute and executive director of its Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

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