The funds from Google.org will support the efforts of governments, multilateral organizations, and relief organizations to respond to the virus, with a focus on health and science initiatives, access to educational resources, and small business support....

Gates has not worked full-time at the company since 2008 and stepped down as chair six years ago....

Launched with $15 million from the Lilly Endowment and $500,000 each from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, and United Way of Central Indiana, the fund will support Indianapolis-area human service organizations serving those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic....

Commitments totaling up to $10 million from the Pittsburgh Foundation, Heinz Endowments, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and Hillman Family Foundation will support coronavirus response efforts in southwestern Pennsylvania....  

The grant from the National Philanthropic Trust will launch efforts to address "vaccine hesitancy" — the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines....

The pop-up webpage includes real-time information about the global philanthropic response to the novel coronavirus pandemic....

Launched last Monday with $2.5 million in pledges, the public-private fund had received $9.2 million as of Thursday, including $3 million from Steve and Connie Ballmer....

Facebook will match donations to the CDC Foundation's Emergency Response Fund and the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which was launched by the UN Foundation, the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, and the World Health Organization....

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

The foundation's 21st Century Science Initiative provides support for multidisciplinary research focused on improving understanding of how teachers learn to communicate in the classroom and the JSMF Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards....

The awards include $41 million in grants to nonprofit organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as $17.8 million in scholarships....

The initiative, Opportunity Challenge: $1 Million to Uplift Immigrant Communities, will address challenges faced by many immigrants in low-wage jobs including affordable childcare, stable housing, reliable transportation, and food security....

Awards were made in support of Idaho organizations working in the areas of education, community development, and veterans' services for residents of Idaho....

Split equally between the Minderoo Fire Fund and the New South Wales government, the AU$5 million ($3.25 million) in funding will support delivery and installation of up to a hundred recovery pods for Australians who lost their homes to the devastating bushfires that torched the country earlier this year....

The largest gift in the college's history will support renovations of the Marieb Building, the college's main science facility, as part of a multiphase expansion of the recently opened Center for Life Sciences….

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Michigan, and Ohio....

The grant from the Stupski Foundation will support the university's efforts to provide a more tailored, holistic, and proactive approach to academic advising....

Through the foundation's new Culture, Equity, and the Arts grantmaking portfolio, multiyear general support grants were awarded to ten nonprofits in support of efforts to address racial segregation and inequities in access to artistic and cultural experiences for historically underrepresented groups in Chicago....

With a first cohort to be announced in 2021, the Medically Trained Scientists program will offer up to eight years of support for as many as ten early-career scientists who are committed to conducting basic research....

Amazon Care, the company's virtual medical clinic for employees, has offered to assist a Gates Foundation-funded effort to create and distribute test kits to Seattle residents who suspect they may have COVID-19....

The gift from developer Chris Jeffries and his wife, Lisa, will support the growth and expansion of the health system's Precision Medicine program....

The gift from the collection of Joseph P. and Nancy F. Keithley includes more than a hundred Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern European and American paintings, drawings, and prints....

The task force, which includes teams from CZI, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, the University of California, San Francisco, and Stanford University, aims to quadruple the region's testing and diagnostics capacity by funding the acquisition of two state-of-the-art FDA-approved clinical diagnostic machines....

The Charter Students with Disabilities Pilot Community will support a cohort of ten charter management organizations that collaborate to improve systems, learning experiences, and outcomes for middle and high school students with disabilities....

Commitments of $2.5 million each from the Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation will support efforts to build and improve parks at thirty Houston-area schools and address the "park desert" phenomenon across the greater Houston area....

The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation will be consolidated into the Inasmuch Foundation, which has recommitted to issuing general operating support grants....

A survey of forty thousand alumni of thirty-six colleges who graduated between 2002 and 2017 suggests that they would give to their alma mater if they felt more connected to it and were clearer about  the impact of their gifts....

Seeded with up to $50 million each from the Gates Foundation and Wellcome and $25 million from Mastercard, the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will coordinate R&D efforts and work to remove barriers to scaling therapeutic treatments....