The gift from the Terwilliger Family Foundation will be used to redevelop a parcel in Virginia Square, enabling American Legion Post 139 to remain there and meet the housing needs of low-income families and veterans in the area....

The gift will support efforts to provide survivors of domestic violence in Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties with direct representation and free legal and extra-legal support....

The naming gift from alumna Toni Murray will support an expansion of the John & Toni Murray Research Center in the Achatz Hall of Science, including new  labs, classrooms, conference rooms, and student study areas....

The gift will support joint initiatives between the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University in support of research focused on the human microbiome....

The gifts include $2 million from Frank Murphy to fund an endowment and the development of the university's historic power plant into a student success center....

Spending on free and discounted care as a percentage of California hospitals' operating expenses fell by more than half between 2013 and 2017, with the biggest decline coinciding with the expansion of insurance coverage to millions of previously uninsured residents....

The grant will help the Wheeler Mission expand its Center for Women & Children, which currently is unable to meet the demand for beds in its shelter for women and families, while an additional pledge of up to $1 million will match gifts to the mission's capital campaign....

The gift from an anonymous donor includes works by Mona Hatoum, David Hockney, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, and various emerging and mid-career artists....

The 2019 recipients of the biennial award include Anne G. Earhart, Mellody Hobson and George Lucas, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Morton L. Mandel, Robert F. Smith, Leonard Tow, and Ian Wood....

A report from the Aspen Institute argues that financial security challenges faced by low-income individuals in the U.S. are becoming more like those seen in middle-income nations....

The grant will support the Yuma Educational Success (YES) program, a collaborative effort between Northern Arizona University, Arizona Western College in Yuma, and the Yuma Union High School District to support the enrollment and retention of low-income, first-generation minority students....

The funding will support efforts by the National Fund for Sacred Places, a partnership between the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Partners for Sacred Places, to preserve historic places of worship in the United States....

The foundation will provide up to $15 million in support of an ongoing multiyear program to develop an inhaled mRNA therapeutic that enables patients to naturally produce a protein that helps regulate lung function....

According to a study developed through by the Templeton, Rita Allen, and Lasker foundations, effective communications is a critical element in achieving organizational goals....

Fifteen Denver-area organizations will receive more than $1 million in grants, including awards in support of diversity initiatives at local arts and culture organizations....

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

The gift from Ann Ramsay-Jenkins, the largest in the museum's history, will bolster its endowment in support of exhibitions and programming....

Forty Seven, Inc., a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, will receive funding to accelerate the development of a treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes....

The grant will support a master planning process in partnership with the Children and Youth Planning Board and the New Orleans Youth Alliance aimed at establishing goals and metrics for youth safety, well-being, and healthy development....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas....

Funded by the Walton Family Foundation, the study by Bellwether Education Partners includes recommendations for making private schooling more affordable and explores so-called micro-schools as an emerging model for reducing per-pupil costs....

Gifts of $900,000 from Together Rising and $250,000 from the James Irvine Foundation will support efforts to ensure that children held in immigration detention centers are treated humanely....

Nearly twenty-four hundred children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen attending undergraduate and career technical education programs will receive scholarships....

As part of the company's $1 billion commitment to housing affordability, Wells Fargo will partner with Enterprise Community Partners to address challenges in housing construction, financing, and support services for low- and moderate-income families, the elderly, and the homeless....

Widely credited for the development and expansion of organizations working to lift the sovereignty and contributions of Native American communities, Black is celebrated for her leadership of the First Nations Development Institute....

The grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will be used to expand the museum's Early Childhood Education Initiative, which combines early childhood education, developmental psychology, human development, and museum education to help children develop healthy racial identities....

Based on a survey of more than two hundred and fifty community foundations that collectively hold more than 90 percent of the field's assets, the 2018 Columbus Survey report found that total assets increased 0.12 percent on a year-over-year basis....

The bequest from an anonymous donor will fund a series of programs centered around the organization's new program model, GirlEngage, which places girls, their priorities, and their needs at the center of solutions to their most pressing challenges....