Megan O'Neil
Philanthropy
Washington, DC, United States
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How Much Big Companies Give to Charity: An Exclusive Chronicle Survey
See the data along with analysis and strategies to help charities benefit from companies that increasingly want to be seen as leaders on a wide spectrum of social and environmental issues. → Read More
Corporate Cash Giving Rises 5%, Exclusive Chronicle Survey Shows
Total giving, including products, grew 8 percent, driven mainly by overseas donations of drugs by large pharmaceutical companies. → Read More
Progress Fighting Eye Diseases Underscores Value of Corporate Partnerships
Global-development nonprofits are racking up victories in the fight against diseases like trachoma. None of it would be possible without billions in donations from big pharmaceutical companies. → Read More
Tex. Nonprofit Locks Horns With Stanford U. Over Trademark ‘Philanthropy Lab’
Two groups focused on promoting innovation in charity fundraising and philanthropy education have gone to court over overlapping names. → Read More
Compensation Far Outstrips Grants at Some Small Foundations, Chronicle Study Finds
Our look at 20,000 foundations identified 49 at which the compensation paid to staff and board members accounted for more than half of the foundations’ charitable grant making. → Read More
Schwab Charitable Donor-Advised Fund Contributions Reach $3.3 Billion
The strong stock market, tax-law changes, and a desire to provide disaster relief were major factors in the 9 percent increase, the financial giant said. → Read More
Facebook Efforts to Thwart Fake News Trip Up Some Nonprofits
A program that brings New Orleans music to Buffalo, N.Y., is among the nonprofits that have been caught up in the social-media giant’s response to the misuse of its platform in the 2016 elections. → Read More
Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
The departure comes amid evidence that the prominent chief executive failed to adequately deal with workplace misconduct by the organization’s top fundraiser. → Read More
New Facebook Fundraising Tool Brings In $1.7 Million for Susan G. Komen
The company’s software syncs with the nonprofit’s, so when people register to raise money for a charity, they get a pop-up message that they can also be raising money on Facebook. → Read More
$16.3 Billion Drop in Giving Predicted This Year Due to Tax Cut
The study by the American Enterprise Institute assumes modest economic growth and adds to the growing body of literature predicting rough times ahead for nonprofit fundraising. → Read More
$100 Million in Walton Education Grants Will Go Beyond Charter Schools
Support for teachers of color, parent advocacy groups, and even public school systems will get new support. → Read More
Younger Investors Moving Money Into Impact Investments, Study Says
A Fidelity Charitable survey found that some 70 percent of millennial and Gen X investors are seeking social and environmental as well as financial returns, more than double the rate for older generations. → Read More
New Fund to Support #MeToo Efforts
The New York Women’s Foundation will soon start making five- and six-figure grants via a new fund aimed at supporting overlooked nonprofits. Activists like Tarana Burke will steer the grant-making decisions. → Read More
New Fund to Support Me Too Efforts
The New York Women’s Foundation will soon start making five- and six-figure grants via a new fund aimed at supporting overlooked nonprofits. Activists like Tarana Burke will steer the grant-making decisions. → Read More
A Community Foundation Takes the Lead in a Battle Against Opioid Abuse
As addiction rates soar, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation seeks to multiply the power of its $43.5 million fund to combat the problem. → Read More
Silicon Valley Fund CEO Emmett Carson Placed on Leave
In two letters to the Board of Directors, half of the current and two dozen former employees called for Carson to be suspended, saying he had ignored complaints about his top deputy and had fostered a culture of fear. → Read More
Tax Bill Likely to Soften Rule Barring Politicking by Nonprofits
Some opponents of the shift say that many Republicans quietly oppose the change but are reluctant to come out publicly against it. → Read More
Independent Sector Aims to Create the ‘SXSW for the Social Sector’
The coalition of 600 charities and foundations wants to gather local nonprofit leaders in person and virtually to devise solutions to real-world problems. → Read More
Facebook Offers Charities Free Data to Help Them Better Respond to Disasters
The mapping feature will help nonprofits find concentrated areas where people feel unsafe. → Read More
Nonprofits Unleash Rapid Response to Detailed Budget Cuts
Charities were prepared for the deep spending cuts in President Trump’s budget plan, responding with a flurry of activities designed to ensure that members of Congress would hear their side of the story. → Read More