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Plus, did a $100 million philanthropic effort dent homelessness in San Francisco?; and Google.org’s $75 million donation

Plus, the financier Ken Griffin gave big to provide math tutors to Miami-Dade public school students, and Cornell University’s Ornithology lab received a donation to expand an app that scientists and enthusiasts use to identify bird species.

Philanthropy loves big words. Americans don’t. So why is the nonprofit world filled with philanthro-speak?

Plus, a roundup of major gifts; and a letter to the editor defends donor privacy

“We’ve got to stop hyperintellectualizing things,” says L.B. Prevette, a North Carolina leader of a program founded by New York Times columnist David Brooks to build community.

Dozens of community foundations have new presidents. The group is turning well-capitalized philanthropies into players in progressive policy battles across the country.

Election years can be challenging for nonprofit fundraisers — and some are already bracing for an uphill climb.

Plus, donors’ unrealistic expectations harm nonprofits and take the joy out of philanthropy (opinion)

Plus, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations plans to limit grant making until February, and anonymous donations to the World Health Organization’s new foundation raise concerns

Plus, a college registrar, a Broadway producer, and a billionaire novelist donate huge sums to higher education, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and a career-training charity.