Hailing from nineteen high schools in the Phoenix metro area, this year's cohort will receive scholarships valued at more than $120,000 to attend Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, or the University of Arizona....

Sixty grants were awarded by the foundation for work in the arts, environment, education, and informed communities....

The commitment will support programs at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City, Marian University in Indianapolis, and New York University focused on the recruitment and training of new teachers....

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

The gift will provide continued support for the Rubenstein Scholars Program, which was established in 2010 and awards three-year, full-tuition to twenty law students per class....

The Kansas Community Investment Fund will assist community foundations and other organizations with loans for projects focused on improving the health of communities....

The gift includes $7 million in support of continuing research at the Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research and $3 million to endow a distinguished professorship at the institute....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas....

The Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity initiative will work to create a DNA database of some ten thousand individuals from around the world spanning the past fifty thousand years....

Ninety-five grants were awarded in support of journalism, civic engagement, and inclusion and access efforts around the globe....

The cities of Chicago, Louisville, Miami, San Diego, and Syracuse will each receive $3 million over three years to pursue innovative, sustainable solutions for addressing their most persistent challenges....

Gifts of $5 million and $2 million from Ballmer Group co-founder Connie Ballmer and the Portland-based Ann and Bill Swindells Charitable Trust will support a project to create public access to the Willamette Falls for the first time in a century....

The gift in support of the outdoor theater's endowment includes $5 million designated specifically for its ongoing educational efforts and mentorship opportunities for youth interested in careers in musical theater....

The philanthropic collaborative awarded grants to eight nonprofits, including the Center for Policing Equity, the Nature Conservancy, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies....

Donors who made new contributions of at least $1 million between January 1 and March 31, 2019, include the W.K. Kellogg, Irving Harris, Colleen & Bradley Bell Charitable, and Schlosstein Hartley foundations, Dropbox CEO Andrew Houston, and Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes....

The gift from the Ellen & Ronald Block Family and Hassenfeld Family foundations will be used to integrate and expand clinical and community services designed to help children and their families recover from the immediate and long-term effects of trauma....

In recognition of the latest gift and decades of support from the foundation, the school will be renamed the Grainger College of Engineering....

Pledges toward the restoration of the 800-year-old cathedral have poured in from individual and corporate donors, including a number of French luxury and cosmetics companies and the families that own them....

With the goal of advancing scientific research and accelerating the development of novel therapies and diagnostics, the Myeloma Investment Fund will invest in the most promising companies, immunotherapy clinical assets, and technologies....

The Herb Alpert Foundation will fund the transformation of the building's façade and main public space, enabling the school to better engage the community and expand its arts education programming.... 

The bequest from longtime FHSU supporters Earl and Nonie Fields will support student scholarships in the arts, athletics, and music....

The ninety scholars in this year's cohort will pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in areas of study ranging from human trafficking and cybersecurity to the genetics of TB resistance….

A report from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University found that each additional work-related word in an update increased donations on average by $65.27 a month, while being tagged as a "certified charity" raised funds by $22.02 a month....

Grants to UC San Diego and UC Berkeley will expand the successful Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and help diversify the STEM field, particularly in Silicon Valley....

The funding for a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will support clinical trials and related studies that could help accelerate the elimination of lymphatic filariasis and river blindness....

The gift from alumni Sidney and Lois Eskenazi will support two new funds, including a scholarship for students interested in painting, and name the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design....

The second cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows will be placed in research environments that pivots from their previous work to expose them to new ideas and techniques....

The Vision Restoration Initiative will bring together a team of ophthalmology, neuroscience, and NF1 researchers focused on reversing vision loss caused by the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1....