Muslim American Giving Aimed at Poor Totaled $1.8 Billion Last Year, Study Shows
By Dan ParksAPRIL 20, 2022 Muslim Americans gave $1.8 billion last year to meet their religious obligation to help the poor, according to a new study by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy....
Giving Increased the Last 3 Months of 2021 Over the Same Period in 2020
By Emily Haynes APRIL 20, 2022 – The Chronicle of Philanthropy Giving inched up 2.7 percent during the last three months of 2021 compared with that same period in 2020, according to a new release of fundraising data. At the same...
Wealthy Donors of Color Talk About What Motivates Their Giving in New Report
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy By Emily Haynes MARCH 9, 2022 When philanthropist Mona Sinha walked into her first meeting on a museum advisory board, she immediately noticed that she was the youngest person in the room and the only...
Education nonprofits receive the most DAF grant dollars, study finds
November 17, 2021 – Philanthropy News Digest Education, religious, and public society benefit organizations attracted the most donor-advised fund grant dollars between 2014 and 2018, a report from the Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at...
Family Foundations Change Priorities Over Time, as New Generations Call the Shots
Renee Irvin, University of Oregon NOVEMBER 18, 2021 – The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Big Idea Family foundations significantly shift their priorities as times change and new generations take over their leadership. That was our main finding when my graduate...
Some Grant-Making Changes Made During Pandemic Are Going Away
By Dan Parks NOVEMBER 16, 2021 – The Chronicle of Philanthropy The pandemic spurred foundations to change their grant-making practices in ways long sought by nonprofits, although many philanthropies have already started to reverse some of those changes, according to...
Fewer than half of Americans who give to charity budget for it
November 13, 2021 – Candid Only 44 percent of Americans who gave to charity in the past twelve months include a line item for charitable donations in their annual budget, a survey on behalf of Vanguard Charitable finds. Conducted by the Harris...
Nearly half of nonprofits saw an increase in donors since March 2020
November 5, 2021 – Candid While nearly half of surveyed nonprofits saw an increase in the number of donors since March 2020, many were unprepared to leverage the surge in generosity, a report from the Blackbaud Institute finds. Based on a...
WINNER United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Sherri Welch – CRAIN’S Detroit Business – 12.2.2021 The strategic plan United Way for Southeastern Michigan finalized the week before the pandemic shutdowns in Michigan included renewed intentionality to diversify its board and staff. But with the reckoning spurred...
‘Transformational’ $100M gift to support Metro Detroit’s cultural institutions
Maureen Feighan – The Detroit News – December 2, 2021 A $100 million gift by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation to provide longtime annual support to nearly a dozen arts and cultural institutions in southeast Michigan promises to be a game-changer,...