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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey receives $25 million gift
The gift from an anonymous donor will support faculty recruitment, shared resource development, and research at Rutger's Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence....

Whitworth University receives $10 million for graduate health programs
The largest single gift in the university's history will name the Dana and David Dornsife Health Sciences Building....

EU, DiCaprio, GWC commit $40 million to protect biodiversity
The commitment will support two initiatives — Rapid Response for Ecosystems, Species and Communities Undergoing Emergencies (Rapid RESCUE) and an effort to safeguard one of Africa's most biodiverse protected areas, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

Charitable giving increased in third quarter, report finds
The Association of Fundraising Professionals' Fundraising Effectiveness Project found that total giving in the first nine months of the year increased nearly 7.6 percent on a year-over-year basis....

Pritzker Foundation awards $10 million for tech workforce diversity
The funding will establish the Pritzker Tech Talent Labs at the Discovery Partners Institute and support efforts to create a high school-to-career pathway program designed to help workers in Illinois secure high-paying tech jobs, with a focus on women, African Americans, and Latinx workers and professionals....

St. David's Foundation awards $31 million for safety net, health care
To help ensure timely access to care and strengthen the central Texas region's healthcare infrastructure, the foundation awarded grants to fifty-six nonprofits, including safety-net clinics and those providing palliative care, home visiting services, and food security....

University of Kentucky receives $6 million for student scholarships
The gift will establish the Dr. Rebecca Burchett Liebert Dean's Fund in support of scholarships to undergraduate students from eastern Kentucky....

Larson Family Foundation commits $90 million to three nonprofits
Feeding America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and Habitat for Humanity will receive $30 million each in support of their efforts to address food insecurity, provide safe places and mentors for youth, and help house families in need....

Joffrey Ballet receives $3 million to endow academy director position
The gift from the Abbott Fund will endow the Abbott Academy Director position at the Joffrey Academy of Dance, which has grown from a hundred to more than a thousand enrolled students since 2009....

Visa Foundation commits $4.8 million for minority-led small businesses
The commitments include $3 million to Black Ambition, a new racial equity and entrepreneurship initiative launched by Pharrell Williams; $1.5 million to LISC to help boost small business resiliency for women entrepreneurs of color; and $300,000 to VC Include, which provides education and training to venture capital funds led by Black, Latinx, Indigenous, people of color, and women....

Walmart Foundation commits $12 million to Feeding America
The funding will support efforts to reduce barriers and increase access to food assistance for individuals facing hunger across the United States....

People in the News (12/27/2020): appointments, promotions, obituaries
The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

Cleveland Foundation awards $34 million in fourth-quarter grants
Grants were awarded in the areas of the arts, digital excellence, economic development, education, the environment, leadership development, neighborhood revitalization, racial equity, and health and human services....

Bradley Foundation announces $10 million in grants
Grants were awarded to more than a hundred organizations in Wisconsin working to strengthen the arts, communities and families, and education....

Tuskegee University receives $5 million for student scholarships
The gift from the charitable foundation established by Cerberus Capital Management co‐founder and co‐CEO Stephen Feinberg will fund a program that provides need‐based scholarships to students with financial challenges....

Community Foundation Update (12/26/2020)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and the U.S. Virgin Islands....

Bezos pledges $25 million to 'All In Washington' COVID-19 fund
The pledge follows a commitment of $25 million by Bezos in May, bringing his total support for the effort to $50 million....

Blavatnik Foundation commits $13.5 million to Courtauld Institute
The gift will name the Blavatnik Fine Rooms, which are scheduled to open in late 2021 as part of the renovated Courtauld Gallery and will showcase many of the highlights of the institute's collection....

Windgate Foundation awards $10 million to Wharton Esherick Museum
The gift will support annual operating costs and enhancements to the museum's twelve-acre campus....

LLS announces collaborative grants totaling $17 million
Funded in collaboration with several foundations, biotechnology companies, and other organizations, grants were awarded in support of blood cancer research at cancer centers and research institutes in the United States and Australia....

Trinity Church awards $11 million for housing, racial justice
Grants ranging from $74,000 to $2 million were awarded to thirty-one organizations working to address housing insecurity and advance racial justice across New York City....

Cal Wellness awards $10.7 million for health equity, racial justice
The grants will support organizations working to address barriers to health and wellness in historically marginalized communities, Black leaders and Black-led solutions, and policy advocacy organizations working to advance the movement for health equity and racial justice in California....

CZI commits $7 million for racial equity, youth well-being
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awarded grants to five organizations in support of efforts to advance racial equity, strengthen tribal identity, and improve mental wellness for youth in marginalized communities impacted by COVID-19....

Mellon Foundation awards record $228.4 million in quarterly grants
The foundation awarded a hundred and eighty-six grants in support of the arts and humanities, higher education, and cultural organizations impacted by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic....

Tsai Foundation Social Justice Fund announces inaugural recipients
Funding was awarded to Brooklyn-based Black leaders tackling the root causes of racial disparities in health care, climate policy, education, journalism, and the criminal justice system....

LISC economic development fund closes with $175 million in commitments
The Black Economic Development Fund was established to support Black-led financial institutions, anchor institutions, and businesses working to strengthen rural and urban Black communities....

Barr Foundation to boost grantmaking by 25 percent in 2021
An increase in the foundation's 2021 grantmaking to between $115 million and $120 million will support work that makes tangible the organization's deepened commitment to racial equity....

Gilead Sciences launches $10 million racial equity effort
The biopharmaceutical company's Racial Equity Community Impact Fund will provide $10 million in grants over three years to twenty organizations working to advance community advocacy and mobilization, educational innovations, and social innovations....