John G. Rangos, Sr., John R. McGinley, Jr., and Rhodora Donahue, widow of the late John F. Donahue, each made a seven-figure pledge toward a proposed $50 million  College of Osteopathic Medicine, which is now scheduled to open in fall 2024....

The gift from alumnus and former Publix CEO William E. (Ed) Crenshaw and his wife, Denise, will endow new faculty chairs and scholarships at the Hankamer School of Business....

The commitments include $25 million for jobs initiatives in Black and Latinx communities, $25 million for community outreach initiatives, $50 million in direct equity investments to minority depository institutions, and $200 million in proprietary equity investments in minority entrepreneurs, businesses, and funds....

In recognition of the contributions of immigrants in the and arts sciences, the foundation announced the winners of Vilcek Prizes in Biomedical Science, Filmmaking, and Creative Promise, as well as a Prize for Excellence honoring an individual who has made a significant impact on both American society and world culture and/or is a dedicated champion of immigrant causes....

Part of a five-year, $100 million global commitment announced by Yum! in June, the commitments will support local initiatives in the areas of entrepreneurship, education, and equity and inclusion....

The grant from the Duke Endowment will establish the Purpose Project, a campus-wide initiative focused on making matters of character, questions of purpose, and explorations of one's life work a signature feature of the Duke student experience....

The report from the World Resources Institute, the Pacific Institute, and the Water, Peace and Security partnership suggests that intensifying levels of water insecurity globally can and should be addressed with solutions that take into account the multiple interconnected drivers of water-related conflict....

The Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center will focus on the discussion of and scholarship around the First Amendment and will feature a Law and Religion Clinic dedicated to representing clients in cases involving challenges to their religious liberty....

The gift from Kenneth and Andréa Frazier will support a partnership between the two universities and their health systems aimed at addressing social determinants of health and racial/ethnic disparities that lead to increased risk of stroke among residents of North Philadelphia....

The initiative includes $2.25 million in direct grants of $3,000 each and $4 million in enhanced services and programming for caregivers in WWP's Independence Program....

The unrestricted gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous will support efforts at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to accelerate advances in cures for cancer and expand innovative treatment options for cancer patients....

Provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the funds were regranted by Arts Midwest and the Mid-America Arts Alliance to small and midsize arts and cultural groups struggling with the economic fallout of COVID-19....

Grants were awarded to four organizations working to prevent the spread and combat the long-term effects of COVID-19 in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities in five low-income countries....

The gift from the Benderson family will accelerate research in triple-negative breast cancer and strengthen the organization's capabilities to treat the disease, which accounts for approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of all breast cancers....

The donation from the IKEA U.S. Community Foundation will be matched with $2 million from Virginia's COVID-19 Relief Fund and will support twenty Legal Aid attorneys working to help Virginians stay in their homes....

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

The bank's new community plan reflects increased investments in small businesses, with an emphasis on those owned by minorities, women, and veterans; affordable housing and home ownership; and community lending and investment across its seven-state footprint....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio....

The estate gift from Sandra Aley, who died in January, will cover tuition, room and board, and fees for up to six years for students who graduate from Flowing Wells High School in northeast Tucson, where 75 percent of students live in poverty....

The loan from the foundation's Bay Area Community Impact Fund will support efforts to preserve and create affordable housing across the region....

The Louisville-based foundation will provide an additional $10 million in grants and zero-interest loans to nonprofits working in its focus areas — education and workforce, community and economic prosperity, and quality of life....

The billionaire co-founder of global computer software company Oracle has decided to close the London office out of which his relaunched private foundation had operated and will refocus his philanthropic efforts on combating COVID-19 through a yet-to-be-identified medical philanthropy....

Launched in 2016, the Koret Scholars program helps first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minority college students across the Bay Area overcome barriers to college persistence and completion — barriers that have been exacerbated by the impacts of COVID-19....

With the goal of reducing the debt burden of about eight hundred African-American medical students, many of whom face increased financial pressure due to COVID-19, the foundation awarded four-year grants to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science....

A survey by the Pew Research Center found that 54 percent of respondents viewed the public’s confidence in news organizations as "not too much" (43 percent) or "none at all" (11 percent), while 52 percent said they had little (33 percent) or no (19 percent) confidence that journalists act in the public interest....

Since May, the number of signatories to a letter calling on Congress to temporarily double the mandatory 5 percent payout rate for foundations and impose the same rate on donor-advised funds has grown from nearly three hundred to five hundred and fifty....

The gift will establish the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials and bring together researchers from across the Rice community and around the world to accelerate the discovery, design, and manufacture of next-generation materials....

The investment — which boosts the foundation's total giving in 2020 to more than 30 percent of the value of its endowment at the beginning of the year — will be disbursed to six organizations and funder collaboratives working to ensure that underrepresented communities have the information and access they need to vote in a safe, healthy manner....