Some of the largest donations made in 2021 went to donor-advised funds, financial accounts known as DAFs.
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This growing trend aims to shift some of the power funders typically wield to the groups getting their money.
The approximately $12 billion she’s given away in the past two years has shattered conventions, explains a philanthropy historian.
Winners of a new gender-equity contest do an array of work that includes helping caregivers and trying to reduce intimate-partner violence.
When white philanthropists made large gifts to these schools in the 19th century and early 20th century, many insisted upon a vocational focus for Black higher ed.
Her giving style is unusual for a billionaire donor.
By not attaching any strings to the money, championing representation and generally taking care to respect nonprofit leaders, she’s following five best practices.
Normally, giving declines when the economy contracts. But charitable donations grew anyway, two researchers explain.
In some cases, big donors are supporting higher education to support a philanthropic strategy that includes racial and economic justice.
Whether they are single or married, giving as a group or on their own, women express their generosity in distinct ways.
While support for social services and historically black colleges and universities rose sharply, these donors spent a tiny fraction of what the government distributed to people who needed help.
By not attaching any strings to the money, championing representation and generally taking care to respect nonprofit leaders, she’s following five best practices.
From thousands of people chipping in as little as $5 to George Floyd’s GoFundMe to donations well in excess of $1 million to HBCUs, anti-racist philanthropy is rising.
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI
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Research Associate of Philanthropy, Women's Philanthropy Institute; Doctoral student of Philanthropy, IUPUI
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Applied Statistician of Philanthropy, IUPUI
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Associate Director of Research, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Managing Editor, Giving USA, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI
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Professor and Shapiro Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration, Trachtenberg School, George Washington University
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Associate Director of Research, Women's Philanthropy Institute, IUPUI
