The gift from Joan H. Gillings will fund graduate scholarships, help foster the development of new work, and expand PlayMakers Repertory's education and outreach programs....

The annual awards recognize extraordinary individuals for their creativity and determination in finding solutions to critical issues in five areas — the arts and humanities; the environment; the human condition; public policy; and technology, the economy, and employment....

The three gifts will enable the university to develop a feed mill and grain science complex to help meet demand for well-prepared graduates in the feed and grain industries....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Washington, D.C....

The grants will support studies of the effectiveness of treatments for opioid misuse, multiple sclerosis, and sickle cell disease....

After his five-year term ends next March, Lewis plans to launch a new initiative focused on three core areas — race and diversity, water, and the future of work....

The gift from alumnus and trustee Rajen Kilachand ('74), the largest in the university’s history, will support research at the intersection of the life sciences and engineering....

In a report produced in partnership with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Bill and Melinda Gates call for action to continue progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals....

The funds will support re-granting efforts to conservation organizations in the Andean Amazon headwaters region of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador....

Helene Gayle, currently the CEO of the McKinsey Social Initiative and the former president and CEO of CARE USA and Gates Foundation official, will succeed Terry Mazany at CCT at the end of September....

Called Resolve, the global initiative aims to save more than a hundred million lives by reducing heart attacks and strokes and to help low- and middle-income countries prevent epidemics....

The tobacco company plans to contribute $80 million a year for twelve years beginning in 2018 to the newly launched Foundation for a Smoke-Free World....

The report found that between 2008 and 2014, gifts of at least $1 million from Chinese Americans increased nearly fivefold, to $492 million....

OSF vice president Patrick Gaspard will serve as acting president after current president Christopher Stone's departure at the end of the year....

The San Francisco and Oakland school districts will receive $7 million and $5.2 million, respectively, to boost enrollment in computer science courses, improve math learning, and support teachers....

GuideStar's 2017 Nonprofit Compensation Report found that while increases have nearly recovered to pre-recession levels, female CEOs' compensation still lags that of men by between 7 percent and 21 percent....

The gift will support student scholarships, programs that enhance social work education in the field of addiction, and a matching fund....

The gift from Debbie and Jerry Ivy will establish an endowment in support of the college's short- and long-term priorities....

The report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that wages for workers in hospitals and outpatient centers have declined or stagnated, with wage inequality widening....

The gift from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation will provide ten engineering and construction students with full-tuition scholarships....

An evaluation found that the foundation's three-pronged grantmaking strategy led to a greater understanding of, and policy gains in support of, the interconnectedness of childcare access and labor policy....

The grant will strengthen PATH's Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, which was launched in 2016 with $11 million from Gates....

The community-based initiative will connect children and families to informal learning opportunities in Philadelphia's low-income neighborhoods....

The absorption of MBKA occurs as the still-young foundation is moving forward....

The gift from the Cyrus and Michael Tang Foundation will establish a chair at the Tang Institute for U.S.-China Relations, which works to inform policy discussions that shape relations between the United States and China, and between China and its neighbors.....

The fifty-eight JRF Scholars, including ten JRF/Strada Education Network Scholars, will receive up to $30,000 each....

The gift from Philip Schiller and Kim Gassett-Schiller will support construction of a state-of-the-art dry laboratory connected to the existing marine laboratory, as well as a convening center....

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