The awards include two urgent response grants to address impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and six in the foundation's priority areas of age-friendly health systems, family caregiving, and serious illness and end-of-life care....

The thirty-first edition of KIDS COUNT found that eleven of the sixteen indicators of child well-being improved in 2018 from benchmark levels, including all four indicators of economic well-being....

With the goal of rapidly reskilling displaced workers and equipping them to thrive in the new economy, the Future of Work Grand Challenge will feature two related prize competitions administered by XPRIZE and MIT Solve....

Grants from Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation  and Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall initiative will support efforts to address mental health issues, food insecurity, income loss, and basic needs, with a focus on Chicago and Newark, New Jersey....

Established by entertainer Rihanna, the foundation, in partnership with Square CEO Jack Dorsey's #startsmall initiative, has announced grants to a dozen nonprofits working to advance criminal justice and policing reform....

The Community Recovery Program will focus on building economic stability in communities where the bank operates, with a particular focus on marginalized communities....

A survey by the Institute for Nonprofit News found that the nonprofit journalism sector ended 2019 with more diverse revenue streams and newsrooms better able to connect directly with audiences....

The commitments over five years include $25 million to fund scholarships and support community colleges, $6.5 million in community impact grants aimed at addressing systemic issues, $5 million to launch a Community Leader Fellowship program for Black nonprofit CEOs, $50 million to strengthen local Black-owned businesses, and an additional $350 million in spending with Black-owned suppliers....

Grants were awarded to twenty-six Israeli organizations working to promote narratives that counteract efforts to delegitimize Israel....

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector.

Established through planned legacy gifts to the foundation during the donors' lifetimes, the bequests will support LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties....

The gift from Joy Chambers-Grundy will support efforts to advance research on how a healthy brain functions, track the successes and failures of Alzheimer's disease clinical trials around the world, and improve trials and accelerate drug development and treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's....

A report commissioned by the London-based Creative Industries Federation suggests that the United Kingdom's creative industries may see a 30 percent year-over-year decline in revenues and a 20 percent drop in employment due to the global health emergency....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina....

The grants include more than $2 million in emergency relief funding over the next three months to eighty arts organizations....

The commitments include $100 million in cash grants and ad credits for African American-owned businesses, Black content creators, and nonprofits that serve the African-American community and $100 million in spending directed to Black-owned suppliers....

The commitment will support efforts to develop and support solutions to racial inequity and advance social justice in Indianapolis, regionally, and nationally....

Ahead of the 2020 elections, Way to Rise, a 501(c)(3) partner of progressive funder collaborative Way to Win, is mounting a campaign to raise philanthropic funds in support of voter mobilization and protection in communities of color....

The commitments include $50 million in financing and grants for African-American-owned small businesses; $100 million for Black-led capital firms, startups, and support organizations; $15 million for job skills training; and $10 million for education initiatives....

A report from the Building Movement Project finds that despite the growing attention paid to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), entrenched disparities driven by white privilege continue to dominate the nonprofit sector....

With the aim of advancing U-M faculty-led research with the potential for rapid clinical application, the gift from Ronald N. and Eileen L. Weiser will establish the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute....

Eleven leaders working in communities impacted by Chicago's history of structural racism, discrimination, and disinvestment will each receive a $25,000 cash award and an additional $25,000 general operating grant for their  organization....

The commitment from the Netflix co-founder, chair, and CEO and his wife includes $40 million each to Morehouse College, Spelman College, and UNCF....

A survey by Independent Sector found that 67 percent of respondents reported that they had furloughed staff, while 51 percent had laid off employees....

U.S.-based foundations announcing commitments in recent days in support of COVID-19 relief and response efforts include the Daniels Fund, the Kresge Foundation, and St. David's Foundation....

The Equality Can't Wait Challenge will award $30 million to the most compelling proposals for expanding women's power and influence in the United States....

The foundation is committing an initial $10 million to government, business, faith-based, and nonprofit partners in ten cities across the country in support of efforts to protect workers from displacement and to eliminate barriers to their ability to access capital and credit….

The NACUBO-TIAA survey found that college endowments saw negative returns averaging -13.4 percent (net of fees) in the first three months of 2020, with the smallest endowments seeing the largest losses....