The single largest gift in the college's history will fund scholarships for deserving women artists as part of the college's Visionary Woman Honors Program, which provides financial support and sustained mentorship to talented, motivated, and future-focused students....

The gift will establish the Tej Kohli Cornea Program at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and enable researchers to pursue affordable, non-surgical solutions for corneal blindness....

The grant to Lyndra Therapeutics will support the development of a once-monthly oral combination therapy that would provide women in low- and middle-income countries with a discreet, non-invasive option in support of their family planning....

Made with the support of the Wyss Foundation, the parcel falls within the boundaries of Mendocino National Forest in California and is part of the 11,800-acre Sanhedrin Acquisition Project...

The foundation awarded fifty-five grants totaling $17.5 million in support of physician-scientists working to advance innovative treatments for pediatric cancer....

In terms of total dollars, grants recommended by donor-advised fund account holders in the first half of the year were up 48 percent on a year-over-year basis....

Created in 2018 as part of the foundation's Building Equity Initiative, the Equitable Facilities Fund will issue $100 million in A-rated tax-exempt bonds to finance facilities projects at public charter schools....

Led by professor Paula Hammond, who developed a nanoparticle technology that shows promise in treating glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain tumor, a team of researchers will work with European scientists to determine potential treatment therapies....

The Andrew W. Mellon, Ford, and MacArthur foundations and the J. Paul Getty Trust have acquired the Johnson Publishing Company's photographic archive for $30 million....

The T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion will focus on the neurology of compassion and the development of a compassion-focused training curriculum for the well-being of clinicians and patients....

A final report from the Case Foundation and Achieve's Millennial Impact Project highlights how millennials are not only trying to change the world but are changing the way social change is realized....

The five-year pledge from Pelotonia, an Ohio-based nonprofit that raises money for cancer research through bicycling events, will establish an institute focused on immuno-oncology, an area of research focused on how the body's immune system can be used to fight cancer....

Grants announced by the Cleveland-based foundation include $1.1 million in continuing support for recently opened high schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and $195,000 to In Our Backyards in support of projects that improve local quality of life and the environment....

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

The gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies will help launch the Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary initiative within the Stanford Cyber Policy Center focused on addressing the spread of disinformation, cybersecurity breaches, and terrorist propaganda....

Awarded through the Northern Great Plains Program, the grants will support projects designed to maintain or improve nearly eight hundred thousand acres of native grasslands in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana....

The estate gift from alumnus Byron R. "Chris" Chrisman will bolster four endowed funds at the university....

The grant will support an expansion of the 3DE model in metro Atlanta and the introduction of the 3DE model in Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C....

The commitments from Gary Bryant and his wife, Barbara, will establish endowments at the University of Memphis and the University of Central Florida in support of male and female student athletes....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin....

Investors took advantage of their highly appreciated assets in fiscal year 2019, with 66 percent of contributions to the donor-advised fund provider taking the form of non-cash assets....

Part of a $1 billion commitment by the tech giant in support of affordable housing in the region, the investment will support efforts to provide developers of affordable housing with the flexible financing needed to compete for sites on the open market....

The gift from a family that wishes to remain anonymous will support bench-to-bedside research in seven labs dedicated to transformative therapies for diseases of the eye....

The grants from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research will support seventeen projects aimed at building an evidence base and filling gaps in knowledge around the use of firearms....

A report from the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy found that high-net-worth donors to women's funds and foundations gave more — and gave to more organizations — on average than did high-net-worth donors with donor-advised funds....

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Global Leadership and Learning Institute will focus on the development of experiential learning opportunities, simulations, and research-driven content....

An analysis of foundation grants facilitated through management software company Fluxx's platform in 2018 found that recipient organizations in New York, California, and Washington, D.C., received nearly 45 percent of the grant dollars awarded nationally....

The Equitable and Just National Climate Platform seeks to infuse principles of racial and economic equity into the national discussion around the climate crisis ahead of the 2020 elections....