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Giving
A Short History of the Fast and Furious Rise of DAFs
Just 30 years after Fidelity Charitable opened, contributions to donor-advised funds now top giving to foundations. -
International Aid
Clinton Global Initiative Will Launch Network to Provide New Humanitarian Aid to Ukrainians
Pope Francis urged all people to do their part to address the world’s problems, especially climate change and the care of children. Other programs announced at the gathering will address gender equality, economic inclusion, and public health. -
Gifts Roundup
Panda Express Founders Give $100 Million for a New Cancer Center That Fuses Eastern and Western Practices
Plus, financier Oscar Tang and art historian Agnes Hsu-Tang gave $40 million to New York Philharmonic, MacKenzie Scott gave $15 million for U.S. computer-science students from underserved backgrounds, and retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton gave $5 million for medical-debt forgiveness. -
Philanthropic Events
Pope Francis and Bill Clinton Will Discuss Climate Change at Clinton Global Initiative
The pontiff will discuss broad issues — including the refugee crisis and the welfare of children — during an onstage videoconference. -
Medicine
The Philanthropy That Jump-Started a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease
Since 2008, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded $35 million to research scientists focused on the disease. Now several of them are bringing their gene therapy cure to clinical trial for FDA approval. -
Big Philanthropy
A Housing Group’s Coup: Support From Jeff Bezos’s Amazon and MacKenzie Scott
The National Housing Trust just received an infusion of funds to help tackle the housing crisis. -
Opinion
Do Post-Disaster Crowdfunding Campaigns Exacerbate Social Inequities?
Recent climate crises show the power of online tools like GoFundMe to help people get on their feet — providing they have robust social networks and the resources to effectively tell their stories. -
Fundraising Leadership
The Donor Pyramid May Be Bad for Giving. Can We Do Better?
How a dominant fundraising theory took root, what it gets wrong, and how to change. -
Fundraising
5 Ways to Dismantle the Donor Pyramid
Fundraisers are breaking from the 50-year-old orthodoxy — and getting results. -
Giving
The Push to Get More Big Donors to Give to Fight the Spread of Antisemitism
Nonprofit leaders who fight hate say philanthropy has yet to recognize the threat antisemitism poses to American democracy and society as a whole.