With the goal of eventually preventing six million deaths by 2030, the Precision Public Health initiative will empower community health systems and frontline health workers in India and Uganda with the latest data science technologies and innovations....

The funds will jump-start a $50 million capital campaign in support of construction on a 70,000-square-foot space in Manhattan as well as programmatic initiatives focused on African culture, business, and public policy....

Launched with $50 million in initial funding, the Clean Air Fund aims to raise an additional $50 million in support of efforts to address the global outdoor air pollution crisis....

A KIDS COUNT data snapshot from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that the percentage of children who lived in high-poverty areas between 2013 and 2017 was up from 2008-12 levels in ten states and Puerto Rico....

The gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous will provide a stipend for the academic year to more than two hundred graduate students who teach or mentor undergraduate students in the classroom or a research setting....

The 2019 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report found that the median year-over-year increase in compensation for male CEOs ranged from 0.1 percent at organizations with annual budgets of more than $25 million to 2.1 percent at those with budgets of between $5 million and $10 million....

The Duke Endowment, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, and the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation will fund efforts to improve access to oral health care in the Carolinas....

A report from the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the IUPUI Lilly School of Philanthropy found that 48 percent of congregations saw an increase in total revenue between 2014 and 2017, while 39 percent saw an increase in participation....

Each of the eighteen fellows selected for this year's cohort will receive $100,000 over eighteen months as well as leadership training, networking opportunities, and additional professional development support....

Commitments totaling $790 million from Gates, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the governments of the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Germany were announced in support of the Global Commission on Adaptation's "action track" for agriculture and food security....

The gift from Elizabeth Elting will fund fellowships for female MBA students and provide seed capital for women-led startups....

In response to a report that found a net loss of nearly three billion birds since 1970, the National Audubon Society is calling on Congress to take urgent action in priority conservation areas....

Voices for Economic Opportunity, the Gates Foundation's first Grand Challenge focused on the U.S., will fund projects that help correct misconceptions and improve understanding of poverty through the stories of those who have experienced it....

Pledges made to the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and Disaster Responder Program have been used by the Red Cross to strengthen its infrastructure, train volunteers, develop innovative technology, and provide critical resources in response to urgent needs during the disaster-recovery process....

The gift will establish the Edward P. Evans Center for Myelodysplastic Syndromes at the cancer institute, which has longstanding research and clinical expertise spanning the spectrum of MDS onset and progression....

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

The investment in Democracy Works will jump-start a $20 million fundraising campaign in support of TurboVote, a registration and information platform designed to make it easier for U.S. citizens to register, request an absentee ballot, and find their polling location....

In addition to Minnesota, North Dakota, and western Wisconsin, the St. Paul-based grantmaker will expand to Montana and the rest of Wisconsin....

The gift will enable Comp-U-Dopt to provide lightly used and refurbished computers to underserved youth in Galveston and deliver afterschool enrichment programs to schools in the district....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, Texas, and Washington, D.C....

Hilton, who chaired the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the private foundation established by his father, bequeathed nearly all his multibillion-dollar fortune to the foundation....

The largest gift ever made by the Peach Bowl will support clinical drug trials designed to advance promising new drugs and treatments for childhood cancers....

The gift from the ISU alumna and her husband will endow three professorships and fund strategic initiatives at the College of Fine Arts and School of Art, both of which will be renamed in her honor....

Grants were awarded in support of teacher training programs, leadership development initiatives, and strategies designed to advance diversity in the teaching ranks....

The report from the National Council of Nonprofits features data on public charities and their impact and calls on the sector to protect the public trust, amplify the power of nonprofits and nonprofit networks, and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion....

The commitment from Marc and Lynne Benioff will support collaborative research on the basic biology and genetics of the disease as well as the development of personalized treatment options....

A new website and report developed by Native Americans in Philanthropy and Candid  finds that large U.S. foundations allocated just 0.4 percent of their total annual grantmaking to Native American communities and causes between 2002 and 2016....

The initiative will support scholarship, exhibitions, conservation, and education programs, with the aim of  promoting greater understanding of the world's cultural heritage....