Philanthropy News
This month’s edition of Catholic Health Association’s magazine Health Progress features several FADICA members in Catholic Families and How They Give Back, an article exploring Catholic family philanthropy, particularly in the health field. Interviews include FADICA members GHR Foundation, Healey Education Foundation, Healey International Relief Foundation, and The Raskob Foundation
GHR Foundation launched a series of three innovation challenges in a joint initiative with OpenIDEO. BridgeBuilder Challenge seeks to bring increased collaboration and a human-centered design approach to international development in the areas of peace, prosperity, and planet. The first “Ideas” phase, open to non-profits and for-profits, ends April 14. The top ideas
On Tuesday, November 29 the philanthropic and nonprofit community celebrated #GivingTuesday, the social media initiative inspiring generosity and collaborative giving amidst holiday shopping. This year, Giving Tuesday broke all past years’ records, raising $168 million in just24 hours—up from about $117 million in 2015 from 1.6 million donations, coming from people in nearly
Congratulations and blessings upon FADICA members who recently celebrated anniversaries: The Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc. (70 years), Connelly Foundation (60 years), SC Ministry Foundation (20 years), Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (20 years), and Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (20 years).
Just before Catholic schools began Easter break, I was honored to participate on behalf of FADICA in St. Augustine Catholic School’s Career Day– a great way to spend St. Patrick’s day in Washington DC! It was a truly inspiring day all around, and especially wonderful to see the St. Augustine
Medicines for Humanity (MFH) presented Sr. Joyce Meyer, PBVM with the 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award last month in Boston. Sr. Joyce is a Board member of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and past director of the Hilton Fund for Sisters – both FADICA members – and a longtime
Not much is known about the relationship between faith and giving, according to the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. In order to shed more light in this field, a group of scholars and experts in faith and philanthropy recently met
The overwhelming majority of nonprofit leaders are expressing a strong desire for support and advice from foundations on evaluations and data collection for performance assessment efforts, according to a report from The Center for Effective Philanthropy. However, the Chronicle of Philanthropy claims that few resources are allocated towards program performance
Digital tools and virtual platforms are facilitating innovative, dynamic fundraising and crowd-funding initiatives by youth in high school or younger. The National Center for Family Philanthropy has some helpful resources and examples on how to support Gen Z philanthropy.
Charitable giving by Americans continues to rise according to Giving USA 2014: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2013. Unfortunately, charitable contributions to religious organizations have not kept up the pace. Overall contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations totaled $335 billion in 2013, a 3 percent increase over 2012, when adjusted