The gift from the Pritzker Foundation to establish the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering follows previous gifts from the foundation totaling $25 million in support of its predecessor, the Institute for Molecular Engineering....

The gift from Frank M. Sands, Sr. will support a new institute of lifelong learning, twelve new faculty chairs, construction of a hotel and conference center, and the renovation of C. Ray Smith Alumni Hall....

With the financing, NFF will support high-impact nonprofits working to provide greater opportunities to residents of neighborhoods that struggle to attract private investors....

NVCF will no longer serve as intermediary on a project to build a shelter for homeless people affected by the November 2018 Camp Fire....

The gifts include $10 million from an anonymous alumni couple, the single largest in the university's history, as well as gifts and pledges from current trustees....

Eleven researchers will each receive $500,000 over five years in support of their approaches to the study of human infectious diseases....

The Reducing Revocations Challenge will support research in up to ten jurisdictions focused on how to reduce parole or probation failures....

In addition to scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, recipients are eligible to participate in summer workshops conducted by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership....

The gift from the university's president, Judy Genshaft, and her husband, Steven Greenbaum, will help fund construction of a five-story building to house the college....

The gift will enable the renamed center to create new research opportunities for faculty and students, expand its efforts to inform public policy, and engage private-sector leaders....

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

The $1.7 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will support the expansion of CANVAS, the NewsHour's arts reporting initiative….

The gift to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation will provide support for student programs, scholarships, conferences, and competitions....

Awarded through the Morgan Stanley Foundation, the grant includes $1 million for food banks in twenty-one cities in fourteen states....

The commitment includes a $2 million gift in support of The Bay, as the park will be called, and matching funds of up to $3 million toward Phase 1 and the park's 2019-22 operating budget....

Led by UK computer science professor Brent Seales, the Digital Restoration Initiative will use innovative technology to non-invasively read the Herculaneum scrolls, a collection of papyri carbonized in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE that are too delicate to unroll....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C....

Slated to open in early 2020 in South Philadelphia, the Hansjörg Wyss Wellness Center will provide culturally competent care to residents of the neighborhood regardless of whether they have health insurance or are U.S. citizens....

The gift from Giving Pledger David G. Booth will support construction of the telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile....

The report from Candid, the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute, New Philanthropy Capital, and Salesforce.org offers insights into the responsible management of data used to measure the impact of nonprofit programs....

The gift, which includes $100 million from the Simons Foundation and $25 million from the Carson Family Charitable Trust, will be used to accelerate research into NYGC's key disease focus areas, including autism, ALS, and dementia....

The gift from Robert and Barbara A. Hillier — the largest in NJIT's history — will name a college designed by their architectural firm in the 1990s....

An Urban Institute report calls on civic leaders, advocates, elected officials, and philanthropists to address the legacy of structural racism in the United States by taking steps to close four large equity gaps between people of color and white people....

The Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe and European Foundation Centre have announced their support for the European Economic and Social Committee's adoption of an opinion promoting the philanthropic sector in Europe....

Kansas Health Science Center, a private nonprofit medical school slated to open in the autumn of 2021, has secured property and degree-granting status from the Kansas Board of Regents as well as a $15 million commitment from the Riverside Health Foundation....

Stand Together, a new "philanthropic community" founded by Charles Koch and like-minded conservatives and libertarians, will work with its partners to "help every person rise"....

A report from Candid, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy found that 31 percent and 29 percent of surveyed households made a disaster-related donation in 2017 and 2018....

The grants are the first awarded through two recently launched initiatives focused on boosting access to and success in the liberal arts for students from disadvantaged backgrounds....