Weekly News Recap: June 30, 2016
Calgary dancer Tate McRae CHRIS REILLY / CALGARY HERALD
Technology
- PayPal adds charity donation button to app Make it easy. Last year, 38.7 million people donated $6.6 billion through its platform, 23% of it on mobile devices. (6/28/16)
News
One million Canadians have donated to Red Cross campaign for Fort McMurray fire victims This is the "largest and most successful" campaign in the Canadian Red Cross' post-war history. "A real Canadian moment." I agree. ALBERTA STORY (6/28/16)
Calgarian Tate McRae makes Top 10 for So You Think You Can Dance This twelve-year-old is simply amazing. Or as Paula Abdul calls her "a gift from God." Congrats to her and to the Alberta Ballet. CALGARY STORY (6/28/16)
Inspiring
- A "Wow!" Moment In US Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation's $100 Million Competition We have written about this before but let's face it, $100 million is $100 million so we are talking about it again. The article makes a wish that the runners up have such great ideas that they also attract funding from other donors. That's our wish too. (6/28/16)
Trends and shifts
Philanthropy can be 'disconnected, illegitimate and out of touch', warns JRF chief executive Julia Unwin, the outgoing chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the U.K., made her comments in light of the reBrexit decision where she said the referendum decision had “laid bare some real and damaging fractures in our society” and that “for philanthropy this moment provides both a hazard and an opportunity”. (6/29/16)
Fundraising volunteers – are they on their way out? This blog post from down under showcases that the drop in participation by volunteers in the fundraising process is, unfortunately, unfortunately not unique to Canada. (6/28/16)
Charitable dollars ebb and flow as total giving reaches record high This is from recent Giving USA data. It is so interesting to see how giving tracks GDP so closely. (6/26/16)
Life and career hacks
7 Things You Tell People Without Saying a Word We are basically one big tell. (6/27/16)
How to Use the “5 Hour Rule” to Radically Improve Your Intelligence and Success One hour a day of purposeful distraction every weekday. That's all it takes. Ben Franklin did it. Bill Gates and Oprah all do it. So should you. (6/24/16)
My secret to publishing every single day — stick to 3 drafts Draft. Revise. Polish. Done. Easy to say. Very hard to do. (6/23/16)
The Maxim For Every Successful Person; ‘Always Stay A Student’ The ego is the enemy. Indeed. (6/20/16)
Why I Don’t Like Managing People Are you the "Artist", the "Entrepreneur", or the "Manager". Turns out we need all three. (6/7/16)
Philanthropic controversy
Alberta charity cancer walk’s minimum donation leaves grieving participant in the dust None of us wants to see this happen to a grieving family member but we also don't want the important work of our charities to fail either. Charity walks, for many nonprofits, are one of their strongest and most consistent funding sources. ALBERTA STORY (6/26/16)
Paula Simons: Sale of Brighton Block a sign of trouble for Edmonton's Ukrainian museum This building was purchased by the Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum to eventually be the home for the Museum. $9.2 million in funding was received from all three levels of government. Four years later, there is no museum and fundraising has faltered. ALBERTA STORY (6/13/16)
Philanthropic personalities
- The visionary philanthropy of Vancouver's Rudy North One of the leaders in environmental philanthropy in Canada. CANADIAN STORY (6/24/16)
Large gifts
Proud Oshawa resident makes large donation to Lakeridge Health, challenges community to give Jim Brewster, 92, can see the Oshawa hospital from his front driveway and feels strongly about the need for the community to support local healthcare. So strongly that he made a half million dollar donation to the Hospital. CANADIAN STORY (6/29/16)
Paine to announce $1 million donation Paine College in Augusta, Georgia has received $1 million donation from the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, one of two churches that founded and support the private college. (6/28/16)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra receives $1.2 million donation to bring low-income students to concerts Mark Joseph and his wife Patricia are donating $1.2 million to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The inspiration behind the couple's donation occurred a few years ago when they took three of their grandchildren to a youth concert. (6/28/16)
Jimmy Filler makes largest individual donation to date for UAB football facility The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received a $1 million gift from a donor who was formerly at odds with the University over the future of its football program. This is the power of tough conversation and good stewardship. This is the power of tough conversation and good stewardship. (6/28/16)
NFL making $10 million donation to sexual violence prevention groups This feels like a step in the right direction. The NFL has done a 'bait and switch' on this in the past but I am cautiously optimistic this time. (6/28/16)
Spearhead Huts project announces large donation A donation of $700,000 USD has been received from the Brenninkmeyer family of the Kees and Claire Memorial Fund. This gift will help fund the construction of one of three backcountry huts planned for the popular traverse in Garibaldi Provincial Park. Garabaldi Park is located 70 km north of Vancouver near Whistler. CANADIAN STORY (6/27/16)
Couple donates $1M to new Lewes Library Randall and Peggy Rollins have donated $1 million to the Lewes Library. The Library will be renamed in their honour. (6/25/16)
$1M donation announced; film premiere set Maine entrepreneur David E. Shaw and his family are giving to new initiative to promote and engage science in America’s National Parks. (6/25/16)
Company bolsters college tech program with $750K donation Western Tractor Company is making this gift to Lethbridge College to support the creation of a named technology laboratory at the College. ALBERTA STORY (6/24/16)
Blazers celebrate Legacy Credit Union's donation to new UAB pavilion Legacy Credit Union is donating $4.2 million in naming rights for the University of Alabama at Birmingham pavilion which will cover part the football team's practice field and help pay for the football complex. (6/24/16)
Two Holocaust survivors make 'largest donation to an Israeli institution ever' Dr Howard Marcus & Lottie Marcus have left $400 million to Ben-Gurion University in their will. This is the largest donation ever made to any institution in the State of Israel. (6/24/16)
$6 million 'Hamilton' donation = 100,000 kids, including Angelenos, getting discount tickets Culture lifts us all up. If you want some great narrative for why this is, read on. This gift from the Rockefeller Foundation is truly visionary. (6/23/16)
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema to be renamed after donation from Rogers Foundation The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema will be renamed the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, after a $4 million donation from the Rogers Foundation. The foundation also launched a $1-million Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund, that will go to Canadian filmmakers working on full-length documentaries. CANADIAN STORY (6/23/16)
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