The center will use the funds to make capital improvements, increase access to urgent orthopedic trauma care, and buttress support for experts in the care of fractures, orthopedic trauma injuries, and hand and upper-extremity disorders....

With mayors playing a central role in driving the social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, this year's program will focus on the skills needed to respond to emerging challenges, with an emphasis on equity....

Launched by the Rockefeller Foundation, Google.org, and Canada's International Development Research Centre, the Lacuna Fund will support efforts to create, expand, and/or maintain datasets with the goal of addressing gaps and reducing bias in "training" data used in machine learning....

The commitment includes five-year grants totaling $150 million to Black-led justice organizations and $70 million in support of efforts to advance racial justice by reimagining public safety, strengthening civic engagement, promoting racial healing, and improving labor conditions for workers of color....

The grant to Kleo Pharmaceuticals will support efforts to advance development of a COVID-19 hyperimmune globulin mimic therapeutic that could provide a synthetic, homogenous, readily available replacement for convalescent serum, which has shown promise as a treatment for COVID-19....

The survey found that 83 percent of respondents believe young people have the power to change the country, 79 percent say COVID-19 has made them realize that politics impacts their everyday lives, and 60 percent see themselves as part of a youth movement that will turn out vote to make its views known....

The company's Open for Business Fund will support nonprofits working to provide capital and technical assistance to small businesses, with a focus on minority-owned enterprises....

Launched in 2019 as a joint initiative of Gilead Sciences and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, RADIAN awarded grants to six organizations working to provide stigma-free prevention, testing, and healthcare services in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and surrounding areas....

The gift from the estates of Emy and Duane Blair will be used to provide student financial aid and support improvements to campus buildings and infrastructure....

Fifteen organizations received cash prizes totaling $1.55 million in recognition of their innovative ideas aimed at helping student parents succeed in post-secondary education....

The gift from alumna and longtime supporter Lynn Pippenger will create an endowed deanship in the Muma College of Business and help fund academic, research, and public service programs....

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

Grants ranging from $10,000 to $40,000 were awarded to forty-four news organizations in a dozen Latin America countries....

Grants were awarded in support of efforts to prevent a new nuclear arms race and build congressional support for reorienting U.S. national security priorities and nuclear policy....

The Rockefeller Foundation report includes essays by fourteen technologists, philosophers, economists, lawyers, artists, and philanthropists who participated in an October 2019 convening focused on how artificial intelligence can create a better future for humanity....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas....

The report from Oxfam estimates that as many as twelve thousand people a day could die from hunger by the end of the year as a result of pandemic-related shutdowns, unemployment, and disruptions in local food systems....

A report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education examines indicators of support in ten U.S. cities with large numbers of low-income children and children of color....

The Geneva-based International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations has raised nearly $1 billion  from global drug manufacturers in support of the development of innovative antibiotics for use against resistant bacteria and life-threatening infections....

The gift will support Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a coalition of mayors launched in June by Michael Tubbs, the mayor of Stockton, California, which has been running a guaranteed income pilot program since 2019....

A report from Wealth-X found that global billionaires who made a philanthropic commitment in support of COVID-19 response and relief efforts between January and May were more likely than other billionaire philanthropists to be in the tech industry....

Grants were awarded to Native-led and -centered organizations working to advance health and well-being, cultural preservation, and social welfare initiatives in Native communities across the United States....

The sixth grantee perception report commissioned by the foundation since 2004 found significant improvements in its impact on and advancement of knowledge in grantees' fields, overall strength of relationships with grantees, clarity of its communication around its goals and strategies, and overall transparency and openness....

The fifteenth installment of an annual giving plan initiated by Buffett in 2006 includes gifts to the Bill & Melinda Gates, Susan Thompson Buffett, Sherwood, Howard G. Buffett, and NoVo foundations....

Grants were awarded through the Blood Cancer Discoveries Grant Program, a collaboration of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, and the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group....

Grants were awarded in the areas of youth, health, and human services; arts and culture; neighborhood revitalization; environment; workforce and economic development; education; and leadership development....

U.S.-based foundations announcing commitments recently in support of COVID-19 relief and response efforts include the Kenneth Rainin, McKnight, and Richard King Mellon foundations....

RISE (Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality) will use the gift from founder and board co-chair Stephen M. Ross to advance its mission to empower the sports community "to eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice, and improve race relations"....