The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Now a foundation bearing his name — and based on an Air Force program — is working to improve mental health in hundreds of colleges. By Kay Dervishi Courtesy of the Satow Family Jed Satow (second from right) was a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Arizona when he took his own life.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 13, 2023

By Maria Di Mento University of Mary Washington Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics Janet Asper (right) works with senior chemistry major Dorothy Haas in Experimental Methods, a course that has students separating and identifying the molecules within a mixture. Plus, the U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, which will, among other things, help ensure that new parents have access to quality health care, social services, and the tools to keep their babies safe at home, in cars, and while they are sleeping. Plus, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve supports a D.C. neighborhood museum.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 24, 2024

million to back programs for homeless New Yorkers with serious health needs, and the new Adobe Film & TV Fund will award $6 million to help filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds find careers in entertainment. Also, the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $17.6

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

James and Theo Baustert’s gift will bring together health-care programs from across the university. Above, nursing students work with a medical mannequin in a training lab.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 18, 2024

While making medical school free is a worthy endeavor, to truly transform health care, Bloomberg needs to think bigger. By Amy Schiller Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins Medical School guarantees the money goes where it’s needed most, but it also ensures education remains a commodity.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Over the course of the next 10 months, surgeons on the Global Mercy will perform maxillofacial surgery, orthopedic surgery, reconstructive plastic surgery, general surgery, women’s health surgery, eye surgery, dental surgery; and provide palliative care. Building a good relationship with our partners is key to success.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

million to house its Clark Scholars Program Network at the University of Maryland after the foundation sunsets in 2025, and Prologis awarded $3 million to prepare Black students at Morehouse College for careers in commercial and residential real estate. Prest Also, the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation has given $20.6

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 29, 2024

By Maria Di Mento Boris Baldinger, World Economic Forum Siebel is a University of Illinois alumnus who earned three degrees from the university in the 1970s and ‘80s. The gift launches the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 31, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Many people in her position choose a self-sacrificing approach, often leading to burnoutbut Blodgett chose to also maintain focus on her own health.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

University of Memphis Athletics plans to launch a capital campaign to match the Smith donation. By Maria Di Mento Plus, three other higher education institutions — Oregon State University, Evangel University, and Luther College — and two health-care organizations landed eight-figure gifts from big donors.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates topped the list after giving $5 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the grant maker’s work on global health, development, policy and advocacy, and U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The donor organized an interactive mystery play to teach people about public health — and she invited people in her network to take part.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 5, 2024

Also, the North Carolina State University has received $30 million to build the first Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein; and the Rotary Foundation, World Vision, and the Gates Foundation jointly pledged $30 million to improve child health in Africa.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By Maria Di Mento NYU Langone Health New York University Langone Health is set to build the Julia Koch Family Ambulatory Care Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Plus, North Dakota State University, Allegheny College, and two other nonprofit institutions landed big gifts. after the donor gave $75 million.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 20, 2024

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and its partner Children’s Health received big donations. Plus, Drake and Hofstra Universities also landed huge sums, along with Jupiter Medical Center Foundation.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Plus, Cornell University landed $20 million to boost mental health services for students, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra received $10 million to attract new audiences.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Prest Abraham Sculley Students attend an Active Minds Speakers event at Sam Houston University. Active Minds works to expand access to mental health care for students.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 1974 Cornell alumna’s gift will expand a center that conducts research, trains future wildlife health leaders, and provides experiential learning opportunities for students. By Maria Di Mento Rachel Philipson/Cornell University K. Lisa Yang’s name will adorn the Cornell Wildlife Health Center.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? However, health innovation, when narrowly defined as the application of technologies, often overlooks the broader socioeconomic contexts in which it is deployed.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Attaining equity in health isnt always about bringing the resources of the rich to the poor. The United States is in a societal mental health crisis. Image Credit: Dall-E by OpenAI.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 17, 2024

The hospital primarily treats underinsured children and is associated UCLA’s health system. area billionaire Tom Golisano gave $50 million to build a center to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and University of South Carolina lands $30 million for engineering and computing. Plus, Rochester, N.Y.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 1, 2024

Glenn Britt, who left the bequest with his wife, Barbara, received financial aid at the university, where he earned both an undergraduate degree and an MBA. Prest Dartmouth University Barbara and Glenn Britt’s gift will help some 350 middle-income families per year.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Plus, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Howard University, and two other nonprofit institutions win multi-million dollar gifts. The money will go toward research, patient care, and related programs, including cancer prevention and detection.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 29, 2024

According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , “PFAS are a group of nearly 15,000 synthetic chemicals.” Olson, senior strategic director of health and food for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), there are three main factors that contribute to the dangers PFAS poses. According to Erik D.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 8, 2024

Also, Karen and William Davis gave $10 million to establish the Davis Family Center for Preventive Genomics at Endeavor Health, and Robert Kraft gave $1 million to Yeshiva U. to support students transferring to the Jewish university.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 10, 2023

Prest and Maria Di Mento Megan Briggs, Getty Images Retired basketball great Charles Barkley has pledged Auburn University, his alma mater, $5 million to endow scholarships for Black students.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 17, 2023

Courtesy of Ferdinand Dukundimana, Butaro Hospital via Partners in Health William and Joyce Cummings pledged $50 million through their Cummings Foundation to establish the Paul Farmer Collaborative of Harvard Medical School and the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. By Maria Di Mento.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 4, 2023

1 And without intervention, health inequities will persist. For public health professionals, this raises the question: What can be done to mitigate the burden of dementia? For public health professionals, this raises the question: What can be done to mitigate the burden of dementia? What is dementia?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 22, 2023

Prest Cultivate Learning, University of Washington Fueling a pipeline of early-childhood educators in Washington state, Ballmer Group is investing $43 million in the UW College of Education and other partners.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 15, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Courtesy of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Biotech innovator Gene Lay Plus, race-car driver and health care finance expert Ted Giovanis gave Johns Hopkins Medicine $35 million, and Dallas oil mogul Kelcy Warren gave his alma mater, University of Texas at Arlington, $12 million.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

Higher education and health institutions top the list of mega gift recipients Dollars and Change also found that educations share of total individual giving fell slightly , from 20% in 2015 to 19% in 2022. In the area of health and medical research, City of Hope received $150 million from A. when adjusted for inflation.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

Meet Julie Perrelli, CFRE Julie Perrelli is the philanthropy officer at the Suncoast Hospice Foundation, a member of Empath Health, and leads the Foundation’s individual giving team, which includes major and planned giving. Julie Perrelli, CFRE Philanthropy Officer, Suncoast Hospice Foundation Julie is a graduate of the University of Florida.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Secretary of Health and Human Service Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer American Heart Association Under Brown’s leadership as CEO since 2008, the AHA has become a global authority on cardiovascular and brain health as well as overall well-being. She has also served on the advisory board of the National Hispanic University.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In Rochester, a nine-year-old girl suffering from a mental health crisis who verbalized suicidal thoughts was pepper sprayed by the police officers that responded to her family’s call to 911 for support. Four out of five girls in juvenile detention suffer from a mental health disorder. This data does not account for undiagnosed cases.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Erin McKenney Tweet Erin is the capital campaign director at the University of Tampa (UT). She spent more than six years as a prosecutor at the State Attorney’s Office and also worked in private practice, focusing on health care, business transactions, private equity, and real estate. Petersburg College.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Image Credit: Reneé Thompson on unsplash.com COVID-19 impacted the physical health of millions across the country, hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Less visible was the pandemic’s impact on behavioral health, an umbrella term for mental health, substance use disorders, and life stressors.

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