The commitment from Dan and Rae Emmett and the Emmett Foundation will support the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the university's law school....

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation will seek an additional $30 million from other funders in support of a five-year effort to study the causes and patterns of gun violence....

Going forward, the foundation's efforts in the U.S. will focus on foster youth, homelessness, and hospitality workforce development, while its international efforts will focus on disaster relief and recovery, safe water, and young children affected by HIV and AIDS, with a separate and continuing focus on Catholic sisters....

The former mayor of New York City outlined his foundation's strategy to invest locally, support advocacy and policy change, and fund efforts to improve both college- and career-readiness....

The gift from Lorry I. Lokey will support construction of a new downtown campus centered in the city's port area....

The gift from medical animation pioneer Bruce Blausen includes more than twenty-eight thousand 3D animations and illustrations that cover more than eighteen hundred topics related to health conditions, diseases and treatments, and human anatomy....

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

Sixty-six groups serving the most vulnerable residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties were awarded grants to ensure that crisis-mitigating services such as emergency food, housing/shelter, income services, and youth services remain available to those who need them....

The gift from the Walmart Foundation will support an expansion of Operation: GoodJobs, which works to connect veterans and military families with meaningful employment....

The grant will fund the LabXchange platform, an online learning platform that  will offer digital instruction and virtual lab experiences as well as online collaboration and mentoring to high school and college students....

The commitment from Amy and David Krohn includes a $2 million endowment gift to help fund research and improvements in orthopedic surgery....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington....

The grants build on a three-year pilot initiative that supported more than fifty planning and implementation efforts to revitalize neighborhoods across Detroit....

The sanctions include a request that each of the Association of Art Museum Directors' two hundred and forty-three members refrain from lending works to the museum or collaborating with it on exhibitions....

The gift from Dave Liguang Chenn will support the University of Chicago Center in Hong Kong, scholarships for both Booth School of Business students and undergraduates, and the UChicago Innovation Fund....

The gift will boost the hospital's Nationwide Foundation Pediatric Innovation Fund, which supports clinical and research efforts in genomics, heart health, neonatology, and injury prevention....

First awarded a decade ago, the Kavli Prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience recognize scientists for pioneering advances in our understanding of existence at its biggest, smallest, and most complex scales....

The grants support international nongovernmental organizations in five African countries where significant barriers exist for women to access family planning services....

The latest additions boost to a hundred and eighty-three the number of individuals and couples in twenty-two countries who have pledged to give the majority of their wealth in support of philanthropic causes....

Three research reports and an interactive funding map from LINC, Peace Direct, and Foundation Center detail the drivers of financial sustainability for local civil society organizations....

A Wall Street Journal analysis of 2016 tax filings found that some foundations are taking advantage of  complex exemptions to conduct business with "insiders"....

The Paper Project: Prints and Drawings Curatorship in the 21st Century grants are intended to strengthen curatorial practice in the graphic arts field....

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation will provide up to $25 million to Profectus BioSciences and Emergent BioSolutions to develop and manufacture a vaccine against the Nipah virus....

Awarded through the foundation's Advancing Wellness program, the grants will support organizations working to respond to threats to the well-being of Californians....

A report from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Altarum estimates that ending discriminatory policies and practices and closing wage gaps in Michigan would generate additional earnings, spending, and tax revenues....

The Call for Code Global Initiative will tap into data and artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud, and Internet of Things technologies to help communities and individuals better prepare for natural disasters....

Launched in partnership with Urban Advisors, the UP Community Fund will provide affordable credit to entrepreneurs of color, with a focus on the southeastern United States....

Awarded through the Jerry E. Baker Foundation, the bequest will endow a scholarship fund at Western Kentucky University that provides support for students pursuing a major or minor in music, dance, theater, art, or horticulture....