Most Foundations Expect Grant Making to Hold Steady or Decline

Plus: Davidson College gets $25-million gift; and how to prepare nonfundraisers for meetings with big donors [Philanthropy Today] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up]( to receive your own copy. Foundation Giving [Most Foundations Expect Their Grant Making to Hold Steady or Decline in 2019]( By Alex Daniels A survey conducted earlier this year by Candid is a worrisome sign for nonprofits that are already feeling the pinch from declines in individual giving. (PREMIUM) Gifts Roundup [Davidson College Lands $25 Million From a California Couple, and University of Arizona Receives a Bequest of $8.8 Million]( By Maria Di Mento Plus, USC’s classical radio station and Indiana University’s art museum received big bequests More Big Gifts Plus, see all gifts of [$1 million or more]( in the Chronicle’s database and more about how a [generation of Walton family members]( is putting its stamp on philanthropy. 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