The online program is designed to address the challenges students are facing as emerging technologies transform the workplace....

The $12 million global grant competition is the first in a series of competitions emerging from Lever for Change's partnership with ICONIQ Impact, a privately held investment firm....

The commitment, which includes a $10 million pledge announced by the foundation in January, will support efforts to protect at-risk populations in Africa and South Asia and accelerate the development of a vaccine, drugs, and diagnostics....

The Housing Impact Fund of the the Central Florida Regional Housing Trust, a partnership of the Central Florida Foundation and local business leaders, will work to raise and allocate $100 million to address the affordable housing crisis in the Orlando area....

Grants were awarded to municipalities and local nonprofits working to advance innovative housing policies, including providing renters and communities with the right to purchase affordable homes before they are sold to outside investors, ensuring countywide protections for renters, and exploring new approaches to building community wealth....

The gift from the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation will establish an endowment in support of the hospital's Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Vision Center, and Inpatient Rehabilitation Services unit....

The one-to-one matching grant will help Arkansas State Parks raise the funds needed to complete an 84.5-mile biking and pedestrian trail and celebrate the legacy of John Harold Johnson, an Arkansas City native who overcame poverty and racial discrimination to build the largest African American-owned and -operated publishing company in the world....

The funding includes more than $1 million to procure and send critical medical supplies to Hubei Xinhua Hospital in Wuhan, while a portion of the remaining funds will go toward supporting two humanitarian aid organizations working to assist families displaced by the public health crisis....

The grants will support efforts to improve access to capital, launch mentoring programs, expand geographic reach, and help sustain more than fifty thousand jobs across the country....

Building on the foundation's Dell Scholars program, the university and foundation will team up to provide incoming freshmen from families with the greatest need with $20,000 over their college careers as well as personalized coaching and counseling....

The investment includes a combination of long-term, low-cost loans and grants to the Housing for Health Fund, the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, and the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation....

An annual study by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA found that the endowments of nearly eight hundred U.S. colleges and universities returned an average of 5.3 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2019, net of fees.... 

The gift from the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation will support renovations to the renamed Pritzker Hall and establish an endowment in support of ongoing infrastructure needs at the university....

Fifteen grants were awarded in support of efforts to improve how foster care, healthcare, immigration, housing, law enforcement, and other systems respond to survivors of commercial sexual exploitation....

In recognition of its largest gift to date, the Catholic college preparatory school for students from underserved communities in East San Jose will name its Center for Student Success after donors Judy and George Marcus....

The gift to the $650 million Building LACMA campaign will support construction of a new building to house the museum's permanent collection....

The funding, which includes $47.5 million from the Big Shoulders Fund and $44.9 million from the archdiocese over ten years, will support thirty Catholic schools in Chicago, with a focus on the city's South and West Sides....

Made as part of the foundation's $70 million Future Focus Campaign, the gift will be placed in a restricted endowment, with the yearly income generated set aside for the foundation's efforts....

The largest gift ever to the university will be used to increase the number of underrepresented minority students earning a PhD or combined MD/PhD in a STEM discipline....

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

The gift from the Mary Alice Fortin Foundation will support the Duke Bass Connections program, which provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to work with faculty in research teams to explore issues such as ensuring fair elections and reducing health inequities....

Funded through a $6.5 million commitment from the Amgen Foundation, the platform provides users with access to personalized instruction, virtual lab experiences, and networking opportunities....

In partnership with the Hold On To Your Music Foundation, the USC Shoah Foundation – Institute for Visual History and Education will work to develop and implement a global Holocaust education curriculum for primary and secondary school-age children....

The Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics program provides a platform for African-American high school students to engage in competitions and discover opportunities in STEM fields, the humanities, business, and the arts....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Washington, D.C., Washington, and Wisconsin....

The report from McKinsey and Ashoka finds that current funding practices don't support the evolving collaborative approaches needed to create lasting change....

Part of the company's AI for Good initiative, the new program will focus on ensuring that nonprofits, academia, and research organizations have access to the technology, resources, and technical experts they need to implement AI and data science in their work....

The multiyear initiative will fund scholarships and internships for students at HBCUs in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia....