The Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund will provide $16 million in support of a new wing and $4 million to endow the museum's directorship position....

Donor-advised funds are claiming a larger share of charitable dollars at the expense of U.S. charities, with the share of individual giving directed to DAFs nearly doubling in recent years, from 4.4 percent in 2012 to 8.3 percent in 2016, a report from the Institute for Policy Studies finds....

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Hastings Fund, and Education Cities have launched the City Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to improving public education in cities across the country....

The increase in support from $9 million to $26 million annually will enable the medical school to establish new academic programs, bolster existing ones, and support the development of the two organizations' shared medical campus in Norfolk....

A second cohort of twelve fellows will receive stipends of $100,000 over eighteen months in support of their efforts to advance racial justice....

Grants of $700,000 from CZI and $750,000 from the Gates Foundation will support projects focused on how K-12 schools and institutions of higher education are using edtech to meet emerging challenges and opportunities.....

A report from the First Nations Development Institute found that even among funders of Native organizations and causes there were misconceptions and a lack of knowledge about Native communities....

In the wake of the recent catastrophic fires in Greece, the grant will cover the maintenance and procurement of equipment for the national fire service, as well as emergency response and prevention training programs....

The gift from the Carlson Family Foundation will support efforts to enhance the global reach of the Carlson School of Management, which was named in recognition of a 1986 gift of $25 million from patriarch Curt Carlson....

The awards include more than $350,000 in support of initiatives designed to increase the participation of historically underrepresented populations in the electoral process....

With a $3 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Prosperity Now will expand an initiative focused on strengthening the asset-building capacity and long-term resilience of nonprofit organizations led by people of color....

The grant from the Marcus Foundation will support a multi-center clinical trial at Emory's Orthopaedics & Spine Center that looks at various stem cell options for the treatment of osteoarthritis....

The gift from June and Simon K.C. Li will be matched one-to-one by an endowment challenge grant awarded by the Mellon Foundation in support of the Li Center for Chinese Paintings Conservation....

A survey of members of the Michigan Association of CPAs found that 54 percent of respondents anticipated that their clients' charitable giving will be somewhat lower or much lower as a result of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act....

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

The investigative journalism organization will use the grant to launch an initiative focused on investigating allegations of corruption, labor abuses, and hidden environmental impacts in global supply chains....

The funding from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation will enable Habitat for Humanity affiliates in five locations to implement a program that combines services in nursing and occupational therapy with home repairs....

About thirteen thousand residents of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who arrived in Connecticut following hurricanes Maria and Irma are struggling to meet their basic needs, according to a survey commissioned by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving....

Grants were awarded to fourteen nonprofit organizations and government entities in southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin....

The funding will help provide career paths on Capitol Hill for students and young professionals of color through education and hands-on experience in the nation's capital....

Forty mayors from around the world will participate in the yearlong education and professional development program....

Established in 2004 to honor the late James H. Gilliam, Jr., a charter trustee of HHMI, the fellowships provide each of the forty-five doctoral student-advisor pairs with $50,000 annually for up to three years....

The gift from social justice philanthropist Nicole Shanahan will establish a Center for Female Reproductive Longevity and Equality at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging....

The gift from an anonymous donor will support construction of a $29 million, 60,000-square-foot facility for the institute’s new engineering design program....

The grant will support UnlockingTime.org, a hub that provides free online tools and resources related to time management in schools....

A program of the Google News Initiative, the Digital News Innovation Fund announced grants totaling €21.2 million ($24.5 million) in support of ninety-eight projects in twenty-eight European countries....

The report from the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic found stark divides by political party and race/ethnicity on the influence of wealth and media bias on the American electoral system....