With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Land Trust Alliance, three community foundations in the Pacific Northwest  will coordinate their efforts to protect thousands of acres of natural lands in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington....

The grants to the New York Genome Center include $3.5 million from the ALS Association and $2.5 million from the Tow Foundation....

Awarded through the foundation's Synergy Awards program, the grants will support cross-disciplinary research teams collaborating on groundbreaking or unconventional hypotheses and methodologies in the study of inflammatory bowel disease....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arizona, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Pennsylvania....

The largest gift in the university's history will create at least six endowed chairs, provide funding for academic program initiatives, and name the G. Brint Ryan College of Business....

A report from the Building Movement Project found that women of color in the nonprofit sector face systemic barriers to professional advancement over and above those faced by white women and men of color....

The grants, which represent the foundation's final commitment to its human rights work in the country, will support ongoing efforts to protect human rights and reform the justice system there....

Grants awarded through the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund will support projects aimed at boosting treatment options, therapeutic responsiveness, and overall outcomes for minority populations affected by cancer....

The gift from Carol J. and James S. Herscot will support capital projects, initiatives, and the Herscot Center for Children and Adults with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex....

The bequest, which boosts David Rockefeller's lifetime giving to the museum to more than $300 million, complements the numerous modern and contemporary works, drawings, and prints he and his wife gave to the institution....

After ten years at the 92nd Street Y, including five as its executive director, Timms will take the reins at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in May....

The council has laid off its top policy and communications executives to "clear the deck" for incoming president Kathleen Enright....

The Mobility Learning and Action Bets initiative will support new solutions designed to lift families out of poverty and promote leaders who can change the national conversation around social and economic mobility....

The Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection includes eight hundred works by three hundred artists that "bridge the gap between the flash of an idea and the completed artwork...."

The Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative will support the development of new tools, theories, and concepts and bring research communities together to learn how symbioses involving microorganisms function, evolve, and serve critical ecosystem roles....

The gift from South Carolina businessman Gene Reed, Jr. will support a pediatric heart program at the Medical University of South Carolina's Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital....

The leading sources of information about philanthropy and nonprofits are joining forces to become a new nonprofit entity named Candid....

The largest gift to a university in the United Kingdom by a British philanthropist will support efforts to attract talented doctoral and undergraduate students....

According to a survey conducted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, 54 percent of nonprofits raised more money in 2018 than in 2017, while 28 percent raised about the same....

With support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Chicago-based foundation will award a total of $5 million over the next three years to advance racial equity and access to opportunity and strengthen the reporting and storytelling capacity of a more diverse set of news outlets, reporters, and storytellers....

Chosen from an applicant pool of eight hundred, the eighty fellows selected for the program represent a broad variety of disciplines, including youth advocacy, civil rights activism, and public service....

With the goal of advancing scientific discoveries and accelerating their translation into clinical solutions, the gift will establish the Hugh & Josseline Langmuir Centre for Myeloma Research on the college’s Hammersmith Hospital campus....

Based on an third-party assessment and follow-up discussions with staff, the foundation has fine-tuned MEL principles to elevate the role of grantees and the communities served by its programs.....

The foundation awarded grants in support of an accurate 2020 census count, gun violence prevention efforts, and preventive health services....

Through a series of community-based portfolio investments, the venture philanthropy group committed a total of $20.6 million to twenty-eight organizations and launched a $10 million initiative as part of a campaign aimed at encouraging people to make a difference....

The foundation has committed $29 million in grants and loans toward the acquisition of Memorial Hospital of Salem County, which will be renamed Salem Medical Center....

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

The foundation announced the recipients of the 2019 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Awards, the latest cohort of Damon Runyon Fellows, and the Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists....