The thirtieth edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book found that despite improvements in eleven of the sixteen indicators the study uses to measure child well-being, racial/ethnic disparities remained....

Grants were awarded to four prison-education-and-reentry programs that grant degrees in the liberal arts for currently and formerly incarcerated students....

The gift from the CNL Charitable Foundation will establish a scholarship program and a fund in support of ongoing program, faculty, and student needs....

When completed in late 2020, the renovated Cathedral College of Preachers center will be able to host approximately forty guests for both short-term stays and long-term academic residencies....

Based on performance-based metrics such as average annual earnings, job growth, GDP gains, and the proportion of jobs contributed by young and startup firms, the report measured and ranked 379 metropolitan areas across the United States according to economic performance....

The gift will create an endowed chair within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and support clinical programming and translational research focused on improving treatment options for psychosis....

The change in the Creative Capital Awards program — which provides $50,000 in project funding, supplemented by career development services valued at $50,000 — will result in steadier, more consistent support for artists....

The Gates Policy Initiative, a 501(c)(4) organization independent of the Gates Foundation, will focus on global health, global development, efforts to move people from poverty to employment, and educational outcomes for African-American, Latinx, and rural students....

The foundation will support efforts to expand the pool of effective teachers through enhanced partnerships between teacher preparation providers and school districts and will advocate for innovative staffing models that enable already effective teachers to reach more students directly....

With guidance from patient communities, experts, and advocacy organizations, the Rare As One Project will support the efforts of patient-led organizations to launch collaborative research networks for their specific rare disease area....

A survey by online fundraising software provider Classy found that 84 percent of respondents said they were satisfied in their current roles, while a similar share believed they were aligned with leadership on a vision for the organization....

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

The gift will support a project to expand the institute's iconic Train Factory exhibit into a two-story gallery featuring a new collections-based space for its historic Baldwin 60000 steam locomotive....

Announced at the fourth meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery, the twenty-nine new commitments to action will support initiatives in the areas of health care, food security, renewable energy, small business development, and sustainable tourism....

Foundation Source clients with less than $50 million in assets saw the value of those assets drop 3.5 percent in 2018 but nevertheless awarded nearly as much in grants as in 2017....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Michigan, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin....

The gift will establish the Kendrick B. Melrose Leadership and Excellence Endowment Fund and support the growth of Park Nicollet Health Services' Melrose Center, which provides residential care, family-based therapy, and specialized programs for eating disorders....

For the second consecutive year, key metrics in charitable giving fell in the first quarter of the year, raising concerns about giving for the rest of the year....

A hundred nonprofits will receive grants of $100,000 each through the foundation's $100K for 100 program....

In his annual letter, Michael R. Bloomberg urges communities, cities, states, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropy to take action to address climate change, gun violence, the opioid epidemic, and the higher education affordability crisis in America....

The largest gift in the orchestra's history includes $50 million for its endowment from a donor-advised fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation....

The Digital Lab will advocate for marketplace protections including tougher privacy laws and antirust enforcement, and will examine the broader topics of transparency, fair market competition, and consumer choice....

The funding will support efforts to develop treatment regimens that are safer, shorter, and more effective than the current standard....

A survey by the BDO Institute for Nonprofit Excellence found that the top concerns for nonprofits in 2019 include variable revenue  and funding streams, regulatory and legislative changes, and compensation....

Four grants were awarded for projects designed to support a national strategy for family caregiving, improve serious illness and end-of-life care, and identify ways to measure the impact of the foundation's grantmaking and programs....

The grants will support global efforts to address the final and most urgent challenges in eradicating polio in countries where it remains endemic while keeping vulnerable countries polio-free....

Named in honor of the organization's retiring executive director and CEO, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund will support organizations working to address the challenges of underemployment among immigrants and refugees....

Following an internal investigation of its workplace culture and the departure or resignation of several senior executives, including CEO Mark Tercek, the environmental organization has appointed board member and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell as interim CEO....