The largest gift in FAU history will create the Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Institute for Holocaust and Jewish Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters....

Based on a survey and interviews with foundation leaders, the report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that many foundations are implementing or accelerating changes designed to better support grantees and the communities they serve....

Grants were awarded to fifteen organizations working across a broad range of issue areas to advance racial justice, fight anti-Black racism, and amplify the values, aspirations, and power of Black communities....

Seeded with $20 million of the organization's own capital, Project 10X hopes to raise $1 billion over the next decade for investments designed to narrow racial gaps in health, wealth, and opportunity....

The commitment includes approximately $8 million for national racial justice organizations and $22 million in general operating support for local organizations in Detroit, New Orleans, Memphis, and Fresno....

To be awarded in annual installments of $10 million over ten years, the largest private contribution ever to the school district will be used to remediate environmental hazards, including asbestos and lead, in public school buildings....

CECP's Giving in Numbers: 2020 Edition found that between 2017 and 2019, median corporate contributions increased 7 percent, from $26.4 million to $28.3 million, and that half the companies in the sample boosted giving by at least 2 percent....

Through innovative strategies such as issuing the first-ever long-term "social bond," Walker is helping to "reinvent" philanthropy, the Wall Street Journal reports....

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced in an Instagram post on Monday grants totaling $791 million to sixteen organizations working to address climate change and its impacts on Indigenous and BIPOC communities....

The gift from local businessman Al Glick will fund construction of a multi-purpose indoor fieldhouse at Jackson High School as well as improvements to disabled spectator seating at Withington Stadium....

A partnership between the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and National Medical Fellowships will work to improve the diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trials and, ultimately, advance the development of therapeutics for all populations....

A report from Salesforce.org and the Urban Institute found that nonprofits with a high level of "digital maturity" were more likely to respond to the COVID-19 crisis with confidence and innovative strategies....

A report from arts consultancy TRG Arts and arts data specialists Purple Seven found that aggregate revenue to performing arts organizations in the U.S. and Canada in the first nine months of 2020 fell 14 percent on a year-over-year basis, with the average gift size down 24 percent....

The funds will support the Black Economic Development Fund, an impact investing initiative launched earlier this summer by LISC as a vehicle for corporations looking to make investments that help improve economic opportunity for Black Americans....

Grants awarded to Caption Health, Duke University, and Hyperfine will support advances in lung ultrasound and MRI technologies in low-resource settings and field testing of sanitation technologies in India.... 

The gift from the John F. Scarpa Foundation will be used to expand the scope of the John F. Scarpa Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, establish an endowed professorship in entrepreneurship, and strengthen the focus on entrepreneurship, innovative thinking, and collaboration across the university....

The commitment includes an additional $50 million to GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance’s Advance Market Commitment for COVID-19 Vaccines and $20 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations in support of its efforts to jumpstart the development of an additional slate of promising vaccine candidates....

The gift will support the museum's research and programming and bolster the acquisition of craft objects for the museum's permanent collection....

The final grants announced by the foundation in 2020 will help local childcare agencies, schools, and Ball State University adapt to new realities caused by the coronavirus pandemic and take advantage of future opportunities....

The jointly funded Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts initiative will support statewide, regional, or consortial academic partnerships between community colleges and private four-year colleges aimed at helping students transfer to a four-year program and complete a liberal arts degree....

The five-year, $2 million grant from Sempra Energy will support the institute's Harnessing Plants Initiative, which is working to optimize a plant's natural ability to capture and sequester carbon in soil....

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

To be matched with funds from the Ryan Family Chair Challenge, the gift will endow the John M. Mutz Chair in Local News within the school's Local News Initiative....

The organization will expand its annual Dolphins Cycling Challenge event — which has raised more than $39.2 million since 2010 in support of cancer research and the development of new treatments — into a year-round campaign....

The gift will support the a new Master of Science in Innovation and Management program targeted to graduates with a STEM degree....

The funding includes a $1 million endowment gift and $250,000 in support of the museum's greatest needs between now and its slated opening in March 2022....

The initiative includes $1 million in grants to establish funds administered by the Prosperity Foundation, a Black-led philanthropic organization, and the Hispanic Federation — Connecticut, a Latinx-led organization....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington....