April 13, 2023 What's Really in a Name? Ken Griffin's Latest $300 Million Joins a Crowded Landscape of Branded Gifts April 13, 2023/ Philip Rojc The billionaire’s mega-gift to Harvard isn’t his first such commitment, and it’s one of an endless array of higher ed naming gifts. The practice may be ubiquitous, but that’s all the more reason it should be questioned.Read More
October 29, 2021 Many Schools Still Use Legacy Admissions and Young Alums Want to Change That. Can They? October 29, 2021/ Mike Scutari A new initiative is calling on alumni to withhold donations until their alma maters eliminate legacy preferences. An array of demographic and financial factors will affect how institutions respond to that call in the years ahead.Read More
August 17, 2021 Three Ways the Harbus Foundation Keeps Bostonians Learning August 17, 2021/ Julia Travers Through the Harbus Foundation, Harvard Business School students have been giving back to the local community since 1997. Here’s how grants are made and what kinds of nonprofits get funded.Read More
August 06, 2020 Progress or Window Dressing? What’s Missing from an Elite School’s New Gift Policy August 06, 2020/ Mike Scutari Harvard will now prohibit the solicitation of gifts from donors who have family members applying for admission. Yet the school continues to grant legacy preferences to children of alumni, a practice that critics say perpetuates inequality.Read More
June 30, 2020 “Will the Revolution Be Funded?” Students’ Podcast Takes a Critical Eye to Philanthropy June 30, 2020/ Michael Kavate Questions abound over philanthropy’s role in social movements, especially in a time of mass mobilization. Harvard Kennedy School students produced a podcast asking leaders and critics how the sector can better support social change.Read More