mega-donors
What 2018’s Drop Means to the Dynamics of Mega-gifts
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Looking at mega-gifts in isolation from their sources and the dynamics they set up makes little societal sense.
philanthropic influence
Does Wealth Guarantee Wisdom? Persistent Questions about the New Mega-Donor Era
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More funding for the nonprofit sector sounds like good news, but there is an underside, says one commentator after another. What’s the big deal, anyway?
Giving Tuesday
About #GivingTuesday: Will Larger Trends Show Up as Reduced Community Revenue?
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Will the increasingly prominent trend of declining small donations make itself felt today, on #GivingTuesday?
free college tuition
Bloomberg’s Mega-Gift to Johns Hopkins Follows Tuition-Free Trend
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Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion gift to Johns Hopkins, his alma mater, is part of a larger trend in which elite universities are seeking to reduce financial barriers to education. However, many schools remain financially far out of reach for most Americans of modest means.
billionaire philanthropy
High Net Worth Donors in 2018—There are More of Them and…?
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The latest US Trust report on high-net-worth donors reveals that little has changed, save for an increase in the number of billionaires and the wealth gap.
high-wealth donors
Winners Give More, But Their Giving Reinforces Elite Power
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Can you be rich, hold on to economic power, and solve entrenched social problems at the same time? Such a formula, suggests social critic Anand Giridharadas, is far more likely to reinforce social problems than lead to their resolution.
mega-donors
The Wealth Gap as Reflected in Gifts to Universities: Is There a Crowd-Out Effect?
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Another reason to worry about the phenomenon of mega-gifts in philanthropy—does it crowd out giving from others?
Nonprofit Management
A “Big Bet” Grant to a Baby Nonprofit Goes Awry
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An outsider gets a bright idea that he promises will revolutionize a field and gains access to a wealthy funder. The donor or foundation takes a big risk and makes a mega-grant, then the organization lands on the field like a giant unsocialized toddler and goes belly-up within a few years, with little to show for the endeavor.
Giving reports in the US
The Very Good and Very Bad News in Giving USA’s Report on Philanthropy in 2017
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When you read beyond the headlines of how much charitable giving occurred last year, you’ll find the economic backstory pretty alarming. Can you say “plutocracy”?