Funded by the Gates Foundation and the Helmsley Trust, the Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS) initiative supported the efforts of colleges to integrate education planning tools, counseling and coaching tools, and/or risk-targeting technology into their student advisory services....

Part of a $300 million initiative dedicated to building the future of local news, the funding will enable the Maynard Institute to establish an equity and inclusion transformation program built on its existing diversity training curriculum....

A report from Confluence Philanthropy highlights the barriers that investment managers of color face and calls on impact investors to make a clear commitment to institutional education and reform....

Physicists Sergio Ferrara, Daniel Z. Freedman, and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen were recognized for their 1976 theory that integrated gravity into a particular kind of quantum field theory....

The Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies is focused on preserving and honoring the work of Bayer, the Bauhaus artist who designed the institute's campus in Aspen, Colorado....

A report from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation found that engaging families in equity-based school activities and processes can improve educational quality and relevance and strengthen communities....

The OpenTEAM (Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management) is a connected, interoperable platform that allows farmers and farms of any size and in any country to access field-level carbon measurement, digital management records, remote sensing tools, predictive analytics, and input and economic management decision support....

With the aim of improving health care in rural communities in eastern Washington state, grants were awarded to the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University and the Empire Health Foundation in Spokane....

The $100 million Sustainability Bond offering received more than $1 billion in orders from institutional investors and will be used to finance community development efforts around the country....

The contributions from Aetna, The Hartford, and Travelers Cos. represent the second installment of a $50 million commitment announced in 2017 to help the city address a looming budget crisis....

As the second participant in Rockefeller Foundation's Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative, Atlanta will receive $920,000 in grants and supportive services, including a $400,000 grant to establish and fund a chief opportunity zone officer....

Established in 2004, the annual program matches mentors to postdoctoral students in the sciences and provides $50,000 annually for up to three years to the doctoral advisor-student pairs....

The grant to the University of Glasgow will support efforts to further develop a practical alternative to the commonly used liquid-only diet treatment for the chronic, debilitating condition....

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

Aimed at improving facilities on both the Volker and Health Sciences UMKC campuses, the gift includes $5 million for renovations to Bloch Heritage Hall and $2 million for equipment upgrades and renovations in the School of Dentistry....

The bulk of the funding, $2 million, was awarded to the Mayo Clinic, which will use it to establish a Center for Women's Health....

The bequest from Jenny and Bruce Pryor, who both passed away in 2017, will establish the Jenny and Bruce Pryor Research Fellowship at the ANU Centre for Personalised Immunology and support research focused on dermatomyositis....

Grants were awarded to nurture the development of young artists in film and television, advance the preservation of culturally important films, promote cultural exchange, and support special educational and cultural projects....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina....

As part of the Aim High initiative, twenty-six programs were awarded initial grants, and sixteen will receive continuing grants in support of programs focused on serving middle-school youth during out-of-school time hours....

A report from the New York State Health Foundation and Health Care Cost Institute found that between 2013 and 2017 per-person spending for New York State residents with employer-sponsored health insurance increased 27 percent....

Part of the foundation's recently announced $50 million commitment to study how technology is transforming U.S. society, the grants include $3 million to the Center for Democracy & Technology, $2 million to the Open Markets Institute – Center for Liberty and Journalism, and $1 million to the R Street Institute....

This year's list features fourteen newcomers, including Ana Marie Argilagos of Hispanics in Philanthropy and Lisa Hamilton of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, while three executives are returning to the list after an absence of at least a year....

Established with up to $30 million over five years from USAID, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk, and Resilience initiative will study the root causes of poverty and food insecurity, with an emphasis on risks from natural and man-made disasters such as drought, flood, and conflict....

Selected through a national competition, six mid-career health and behavioral/social science professionals with an interest in health policy at the federal level will spend a year working on an assignment in either a congressional office or the executive branch while participating in health policy leadership development activities....

Grants of $2 million each over four years will support the design and launch of four university-based research centers focused on Parkinson's disease....

A pilot study by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and SMU DataArts found that Latinx, African Americans, and Asian Americans, who account for 29 percent, 22 percent, and 14 percent, respectively, of the city's population, made up only 10 percent, 11 percent, and 6 percent of the arts and cultural workforce....

The gift from the family of longtime supporters Marion and John E. Anderson will support the hospital's mission to provide family-centered pediatric care for the critically ill....