Foundation Survey

Foundations Remain Cautious Despite Modest Asset Gains

With assets recovering slowly, the nation's largest grant makers look to tighten the purse strings in 2010, a new Chronicle survey finds.

Economy Prompts Changes in How Foundations Aid Charities 

As the bad economy causes problems for charities, more and more grant makers are helping organizations find new revenue sources. Grant makers are also holding charities to...

• America's 10 Wealthiest Foundations 

  A look at the asset sizes and grant-making activity of the nation's wealthiest foundations.

• Large Grants in 2009: a Sampling 

  A closer look at some of the largest grants made by U.S. foundations in 2009.

• How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2010 

  A look at the grant-making plans for some of the nation's largests foundations in 2010.

• Foundation Assets Through the Years

• How The Chronicle’s Survey of Foundations Was Compiled 

  How The Chronicle's annual survey of America's largest grant makers was compiled.

   

  About Managing

  • Tough Times Will Continue, Say Charities 

    Nonprofit groups say 2010 may be even tougher for them financially than the past two years, according to a new study.

  • Comparing Surpluses With Expenses 

  • Executive Compensation at Youth Charity Draws Senate Ire 

    Four Republican senators have asked Boys & Girls Clubs of America to provide details about its executive compensation, a sign that lawmakers may begin to scrutinize...

  • Executive Compensation at Big Charities: A Sampling 

    A look at the 2008 compensation packages for top executives at some of the nation's largest nonprofit groups.

  • White House Committee Offers New Ideas on Federal Aid to Religious Charities 

    A White House committee has recommended ways to strengthen the rules for religious charities that get federal money to provide social services.

  • Charities Scramble to Build Housing in Haiti as Its Rainy Season Begins 

    Nonprofit groups seek to provide temporary housing, based on lessons about what has worked in other disasters, and look ahead to the need to build permanent housing.

  • Senate Passes Bill on Retirement Measures 

  • Congress Approves Jobs Tax Provision

  • Break for Chile Gifts Passes House

  • Face of Philanthropy: Rescued Animals Get a First-Class Ticket to Freedom 

    Two pilots who share a passion for animals recruit fellow pilots to rescue dogs, cats, and other pets in overcrowded shelters and transport them to new homes.

     

    About Giving

    • By the Numbers: Giving After Disasters 

      A look at how American relief groups have fared during fund-raising campaigns related to recent natural disasters.

      Former Secretary Leaves $7-Million to Her Illinois Alma Mater 

      A former secretary left $7-million to her alma mater.

       

      About Technology

      Charity Uses Video Loop to Shine Light on Homelessness 

      A New York charity is using new technology to make city residents more aware of the local homelessness problems and to reach out to new donors.

      Churches Slow to Embrace Technology

      Study finds Catholic churches aren't providing online information that their parishioners want.

       

      • Charities Reach Advocates Via Cellphone 

      • Web Site Simulates Vision Disorders

        About Fund Raising

        • Charities Must Adapt Appeals to Reach Young Donors, Poll Finds 

          Charities need to find many ways to communicate with potential donors, because a new study of people in different generations finds that no single solicitation approach...

          
          

          How Americans of Different Generations Give to Charity 

          
          

          Opinion and Letters

          
          

          Foundations Risk Losing Their Independence in Obama Era 

          Foundations and other nonprofit groups are risking their independence by working so closely with government officials.

          Lessons for Donors From the 'First Philanthropist’ 

          President Obama's decisions about where to donate his Nobel Peace Prize money offer insights about how the "First Philanthropist" believes social change can be made.

          • Charities Failed to Support Effort to Increase IRS Monitoring 

            A key Senator pressed for more money to help the Internal Revenue Service monitor charities but won no support from nonprofit groups in lobbying for the measure.

          • Advocacy Work Deserves More Support From Foundations, Not Less 

            A Chronicle columnist's assertion that foundations spend too much on advocacy is at odds with reality.

          • Humane Society’s Claims About Animal-Welfare Expenses Disputed 

            The Humane Society misled readers about its spending on direct care for animals, asserts a critic of the charity.