Rebecca Koenig
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Grants Roundup: Leavey Fund Gives $30 Million to Santa Clara U. STEM Campus
Other notable awards include $10 million from the Timken Foundation to expand eye care at the Cleveland Clinic and $5 million from Berges Family Foundation to boost a St. Louis arts center’s capital campaign. → Read More
‘We Are Powerful’: Women Share Thoughts on NoVo Effort
The Chronicle interviewed black, Native, and Muslim women who participated in the nationwide listening tour put on by the grant maker headed by Jennifer and Peter Buffett. → Read More
Turning Credit-Card Rewards Into Donations
A new partnership between a credit-card company and a donor-advised fund lets users accumulate earned dollars in donor-advised funds. → Read More
New Community Foundation Aims to Combat Islamophobia
Started by a young fundraiser, the American Muslim Fund has set a goal of raising $5 million by the end of 2020. → Read More
Grants Roundup: ‘Simpsons’ Co-Creator’s Fund Debuts With $1 Million PETA Grant
Other notable awards include $20.5 million from the H&M Foundation to help three global aid groups show the effectiveness of their work. → Read More
Environmental Nonprofits Lack Diversity, Study Finds
A scorecard on racial and gender diversity among staff, management, and trustees at 40 environmental nonprofits showed a wide range of results. → Read More
Trump Budget Sets 2018 Cutoff for Public-Service Loan Forgiveness
Nonprofit employees already eligible for the federal student-debt relief are safe, but the White House wants to terminate the program next year. → Read More
Grants Roundup: $9 Million From Paul Allen Fund Backs Penn Concussion Research
Other notable awards include $1 million from the Pohlad Family Foundation to help Minnesota nonprofits hit by budget cuts at the Twin Cities United Way. → Read More
Tips for Cultivating High-Potential Employees
Keen observation, open communication, and providing new opportunities are key to keeping talented workers happy. → Read More
Grants Roundup: Ralph Wilson Fund Gives $5 Million for Western N.Y. Youth Sports
Other notable awards include $2.75 million from agricultural companies Cargill and Teys Australia to support meat-science research at Texas Tech. → Read More
Court Case Unnerves Charity Workers Counting on Student-Debt Relief
A recent move by the Department of Education sowed confusion among many borrowers anticipating loan forgiveness under a federal program to reward work in "public service," but experts say it probably doesn’t apply to staffers at 501(c)(3) group → Read More
Grants Roundup: Huntsman and Koch Funds Team on $50 Million Utah State Grant
Other notable awards include $51 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for public schools in its Michigan hometown and $3.5 million from Chicago Cubs star Anthony Rizzo’s charitable fund to help families dealing with childhood cancer. → Read More
Grants Roundup: $25 Million From Bloomberg Aims to Curb Drowning Deaths
Other notable awards include $10.7 million from the Kinder Foundation to link Houston schools with the latest education research and $3.5 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support scholarships for Detroit students. → Read More
On Big Foundations' Boards, 'Coastal Elites' and Ivy Alumni Predominate
Trustee rosters at major grant makers sorely lack socioeconomic and geographic diversity, a Chronicle analysis shows. What does that mean for philanthropy? → Read More
Dominance of ‘Coastal Elite’ Extends to Foundations, Study Finds
Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders railed against the power of an entrenched leadership class. They didn’t target philanthropy, but they could have, based on our first-of-its-kind analysis of major grant makers' boards. → Read More
Progress Slow in Push for Racial and Gender Diversity on Foundation Boards
A Chronicle review of trustees at 20 major U.S. grant makers suggests considerable work lies ahead. → Read More
New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Fund Plots Its Course
Rajiv Shah sits down with The Chronicle for a wide-ranging discussion about his plans to focus on a few big bets, strengthen the grant maker’s partnerships, and work with the Trump administration. → Read More
Grants Roundup: $20 Million From State Farm Expands Data Effort at Georgia State U.
Other notable awards include $16 million from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to equip rural hospitals in the Midwest. → Read More
M&A Firm Looks to Bake Charity Into Corporate Mergers
A service developed by merger-management company SRS Acquiom and giving network Pledge 1% draws donations from interest on escrow accounts associated with major acquisition deals. → Read More
Buffett Couple’s Fund to Back Activism by Young Women of Color
The NoVo Foundation named building solidarity and combating racism and sexual violence as priorities for $90 million in grant funding it pledged a year ago. → Read More