Led by epidemiologist Tyler VanderWeele, the three-year project will examine the potential effects of religion on happiness, life satisfaction, meaning and purpose, character, and social relationships....

Awards announced by the foundation include twenty-eight V Scholar grants, two-year awards of $200,000 each designed to help young scientists establish their research careers and give them a leg up in competing for additional funding from other sources....

Commitments include efforts to address food security, access to health care, small business development, renewable energy, and sustainable tourism in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania....

The gift will establish the Samsky Invasive Cardiovascular Services Center at Piedmont Heart, one of two heart transplant hospitals in Georgia....

The gift from alumnus and trustee emeritus Robert Hung Ngai Ho will establish the Robert Hung Ngai Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative....

The 2018 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments found that the average return in FY2018 was 8.2 percent, down from 12.2 percent in FY2017....

A report from executive recruiting firm Koya Leadership Partners finds a significant gap between nonprofit board members’ intention to increase diversity and actions they've taken to do so....

The gift from the Harold C. and Marilyn A. Hohbach Foundation will establish a collections-focused research hub and endow the Silicon Valley Archives program....

The grant will be used to triple the number of startups selected to participate in the Ocean Solutions Accelerator, an eight-week program designed to equip young entrepreneurs with ocean conservation solutions....

The gift from an anonymous donor will establish the Center for Blood Cancers and support a new program for multiple myeloma care and research....

In partnership with the Chicago Apprentice Network, Apprenticeship 2020 will work to develop infrastructure, build capacity, and address employer barriers in the launching of apprenticeships and other types of work-based learning models....

In recognition of the gift from board member Phillip Frost and his wife, Patricia, the dermatology department will be renamed the Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery....

Commissioned by the Mellon Foundation, the survey found that, in 2018, 28 percent of all museum staff were people of color, up from 24 percent in 2015, while 62 percent of leadership positions were held by women, up from 57 percent....

The yearlong non-residential fellowship program equips early- to mid-career health-sector professionals with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to reduce national and global health disparities....

A Superior Court judge in Massachusetts has ruled that an unredacted amended complaint accusing eight family members and nine Purdue Pharma associates of profiting from the addictive nature of opioids by aggressively marketing OxyContin be released by February 1....

As it moves to focus its efforts on criminal and youth justice issues, the foundation will transition out of the fields of workers' rights and civil legal aid....

A report from the Knight Foundation and Bella Private Markets found that women- and minority-owned asset management firms manage only a fraction of the assets under management industry-wide, despite performing as well as or better than non-diverse firms....

The commitment from Mark Dalton and his family will support the school's Law and Business Program, which prepares students to enter legal practice with a solid understanding of business law, corporate management, accounting, and finance....

CrossBoundary Energy Access, Africa's first financing facility for mini-grids, will invest an initial $16 million to bring electric power to a hundred and seventy thousand people....

In order "to create change that lasts," the Houston-based foundation has announced an organizational restructuring that will transform it into a limited-liability company known as Arnold Ventures....

The 2018 Menino Survey of Mayors from the Boston University Initiative on Cities found that 32 percent of respondents cited a lack of living-wage jobs while 27 percent cited housing costs as the biggest obstacles to social mobility in their cities....

Co-chaired by rap artist Meek Mill and Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin — with support from Jay-Z, Robert Kraft, Daniel S. Loeb, Michael Novogratz, Robert Frederick Smith, and Clara Wu Tsai — the Reform Alliance will work to change parole and probation laws....

The university will continue to operate the Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art in its current space in downtown Dallas and will use a portion of the funding to design and build a second museum on the UT Dallas campus....

The gift to Launch NY, a Buffalo-based nonprofit that assists startup companies in the twenty-seven westernmost counties of New York State, will be used to scale its financing activities, including a seed fund that since 2016 has invested more than $1.6 million in thirty-five startups....

Gifts to the campaign include $6.25 million from Julia Lin and her family to match campaign gifts made in support of endowed scholarships and fellowships....

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

The funds will support the efforts of the Urban Land Institute to advance healthy community development and real estate practices....