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Kellogg Foundation CEO to Depart in 2013
Sterling Speirn, president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, announced today that he plans to step down at the end of next year. Mr. Speirn has led the organization since 2006. He said in a letter that...
View ArticleRobert Wood Johnson Steps Up Public-Policy Influence
In an effort to educate lawmakers about health issues, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation last week announced that it has appointed David Colby as its first vice president for public policy. Mr. Colby...
View ArticleBloomberg Philanthropies Aims to Spur Innovation in City Governments
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced today the 20 finalists for a competition designed to spark innovation among U.S. cities. The 20 finalists—including High Point, N.C., for a plan to adapt a nonprofit...
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Kauffman Foundation Names New CEO
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has selected a longtime board member, Tom McDonnell, to serve as its new chief executive, the grant maker said today. Mr. McDonnell is a business leader who is...
View ArticleFoundation Employees Want to Feel Their Work Matters, Survey Finds
Foundation jobs are often viewed as the most-desirable positions in the nonprofit world, but a new study finds they do not guarantee happiness. Employees at the nation’s grant makers rated their job...
View ArticleProgressive Grant-Making Collaborative Ceases Operations
The Funding Exchange, a 33-year-old organization that helped to pioneer social-justice giving, announced this week that it is ceasing operations. Financial woes stemming from declining investment...
View ArticleCouncil on Foundations ‘Redesigns’ Organization and Sheds 19 Jobs
The Council on Foundations, an organization that represents many of the nation’s biggest grant makers, has eliminated 19 positions in the last two months, part of a “redesign” its president says will...
View ArticleCorporate Donors Favor ‘Elite’ Nonprofits, Study Finds
“Elite” nonprofits like arts institutions and colleges tend to benefit more from corporate giving than do social-welfare charities, according to a study published in the journal Organization Science....
View ArticleBig Banks Are Too Stingy, Says Watchdog
While the nation’s largest banks have used their charity to deflect criticism in the wake of the financial crisis, their actual philanthropic track record is “lackluster,” according to a new report...
View ArticleUsing Hollywood to Teach People About Disaster Giving
Mike Rea, founder of Give2Asia, calls the 2004 Asian tsunamis the “first global disaster of our time.” Now an employee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Rea wanted to use the disaster’s...
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