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Gifts Roundup
Lawyer Gives $20 Million So Low-Income Law Students Can Avoid Enormous Debt
Plus, Stetson University received a $15.4 million bequest from a longtime supporter for scholarships and to endow its music school, and four other nonprofits received multimillion dollar donations. -
Big Gifts
Can a Grant-Making Competition Stop Rich Donors From Getting Cold Feet?
In 2019, Lever for Change spun off from the MacArthur Foundation as a separate organization with an eye-popping goal: to drive $1 billion in philanthropic funding over four years to promising nonprofits. -
Philanthropists
How Joan Kroc’s Largess Changed the Salvation Army
Her unique brand of giving was wide-ranging, deeply personal — and often came as a surprise to the recipients. -
Gifts Roundup
Financier Len Blavatnik Gives Yale $40 Million to Develop New Health Technologies
Plus, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert have pledged $375 million for two new medical facilities, and MacKenzie Scott is giving $20 million for affordable housing in San Francisco. -
Fundraising
How to Hold On to Prospective Donors When Fundraisers Leave: a Conference Debrief
Other hot topics at APRA’s annual meeting: the promise of A.I. and due diligence on donors to prevent reputational damage. -
Gifts Roundup
Mary and Richard Compton Give $50 Million to a Santa Barbara Hospital
Plus, University of Texas at Austin has landed $50 million for a new environmental studies field station, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a nonprofit that backs BIPOC-led businesses that provide jobs, training, and support to people who struggle to find employment. -
Philanthropic Event
Clinton Global Initiative Will Return to N.Y. With José Andrés, Orlando Bloom, and Matt Damon
The conference will seek commitments to address climate change, health care, gender-based violence, the war in Ukraine, and more. -
Big Donors
MacKenzie Scott Has Given 24 Nonprofits $146 Million in the First Half of 2023
Nearly half went to early-childhood education and development, but she also gave to strengthen maternal health, combat infant mortality, create affordable housing, and more. -
Big Gifts
Warren Buffett Gives $27 Million in Berkshire Hathaway Stock to an Unnamed Charity
He has said that more than 99 percent of his nearly $118 billion fortune will eventually go to charity. -
Gifts Roundup
Cancer Survivor Gives $25 Million to Build El Paso’s First Comprehensive Cancer Center
Plus, Pamela Wood Avedisian gave $20 million to American University of Armenia, MacKenzie Scott gave $12 million for affordable housing, and three other institutions landed multimillion-dollar gifts.