Grants were awarded to three organizations working to create innovative pathways designed to help frontline employees in retail and related sectors gain new skills and advance their careers....

The gift from William Itter, painter, collector, and IU professor emeritus of fine arts, includes a collection consisting primarily of African ceramics, textiles, and baskets, as well as an endowment....

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

Respondents to a survey by online and mobile fundraising platform Classy said disaster relief was the cause needing the most support (48 percent) on #GivingTuesday....

Awarded through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation's 2018 Priority Markets Program, the grants will support projects, programs, and initiatives focused on neighborhood revitalization and removing barriers to the creation of sustainable housing in low- and moderate-income communities....

Fifteen grants were awarded through the foundation's Strong Local Economies, Sustainable Environments, and Thriving Cultures focus areas....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Vermont....

The sixty-four grants will provide unrestricted support to small and midsize arts and cultural groups in Chicago....

The grants included Emergency Relief Grants totaling $228,000 in support of artists and organizations affected by recent hurricanes and California wildfires....

A longtime leader in the nonprofit sector, Enright will join the Council on Foundations in March after nearly two decades at the helm of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations....

The Global Girls Alliance will work to drive public awareness of and action to help the more than ninety-eight million adolescent girls globally who are not in school....

According to a survey of Fidelity Charitable donors, their commitment to giving remains strong in the wake of tax reform, but they may not understand how changes in the tax law will affect their giving....

In recognition of the gift from alumna Clara Wu Tsai ('88, MA '88) and her husband, Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai, the institute will be renamed the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute....

The gift from an anonymous donor will endow a scholarship fund that enables students in the university's Magnolia Scholars program to substantially reduce their student loan debt....

The award from the Council on Foundations honors a visionary leader who embodies the commitment, courage, entrepreneurship, and impact that define excellence in philanthropy....

A report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds that although 87 percent of foundation officials said their organization was aware of their grantees' needs, 58 percent of nonprofit CEOs said none or few of their foundation funders ask about their needs beyond funding....

The report from the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy found that while giving immediately following the election was lower than in other post-presidential election periods, giving in support of progressive organizations with "relevance" to key election issues increased....

The gift from alumni Bill and Anne Harrison will endow two new senior-level leadership positions and support the strategic priorities of the UNC Global initiative....

The gift from the W.P. Carey Foundation will endow a fund in support of educational programming, the recruitment and retention of faculty, and infrastructure upgrades....

The gift from the Kendeda Fund will support construction of a hall based on a feather design created by MSU architecture graduate Dennis Sun Rhodes....

According to a regulatory filing, Knight donated twelve million shares of the sports apparel and equipment company he co-founded to an unnamed organization of which he and his wife, Penny, are directors....

The gift from an anonymous advisor of the Grainger Family Descendants Fund will support increased financial aid and fellowships for graduate students, environmental research, and new academic programs and facilities....

The twelve grants will support the distribution of nearly three thousand trees through community projects and tree giveaways....

The report from Foundation Center found that 881 of a thousand of the largest U.S. foundations awarded infrastructure grants to 511 nonprofits during the twelve-year period....

Young Investigator grants were awarded to two hundred scientists conducting neurobiological research aimed at identifying causes, improving treatments, and developing prevention strategies for a range of psychiatric disorders....

The initiative will fund efforts focused on individuals with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and physical and sensory disabilities....

The forty-seven third-quarter grants were awarded through the foundation's International, National, and Special Opportunities Fund programs....

Veterans CARE, a public-private partnership with Social Finance, the Veterans Administration, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, New York City, and other, is designed to improve employment outcomes for veterans with service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder....