The Chicago Community Trust

General Motors Co. | February 03, 2020

General Motors Co. today announced a $1 million donation to Beyond Basics to support the nonprofit’s Be The Solution literacy campaign. The investment is the largest single donation to the campaign and will provide nearly 500 Detroit Public Schools Community District high school students the opportunity to participate in Beyond Basics’ literacy program. “Beyond Basics delivers outstanding results that are real, measurable, and impactful,” says Mark Reuss, president of GM....

Nonprofit Technology

The Zendesk Foundation | October 20, 2022

The Zendesk Foundation today announced that 25 nonprofit organizations will receive a share of $US 500,000 in cash grants, as well as free Zendesk software, through the Foundation’s first global Tech for Good Impact Awards. Four nonprofits were awarded the highest grant amount of $US 50,000 each. The combination of cash grants and technology is designed to empower a range of social impact initiatives to scale operations in order to further help communities and people in need. Read More

The Sandiego Union Tribune | February 16, 2020

When WellPoint Health Networks planned to buy up what was then known as Blue Cross two dozen years ago, California regulators required WellPoint to set aside billions of dollars to keep much of the nonprofit’s assets in the public trust. The $3 billion carve-out from the Blue Cross acquisition seeded what became the California Endowment and the California Health Care Foundation, major charities that now promote an array of services across the state. Now a lawsuit is accusing the same state...

Fundraising

Hudson's Bay Foundation | December 06, 2021

Hudson's Bay Foundation hosted Evening for Change Presented by Cadillac Fairview, its first-ever fundraising event in support of Hudson’s Bay Charter for Change. The virtual event brought together vendors, charitable partners, artists, and influential Canadians to raise more than $1 million for Hudson’s Bay Charter for Change—the foundation’s social impact platform to accelerate racial equity for Indigenous Peoples, Black People and People of Colour across Canada. The...