Grants were awarded to fifty-one nonprofits working to improve opportunities and quality of life for all New Yorkers....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin....

The largest one-year allocation in the trust's history provided support to nearly six hundred organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota, and western Wisconsin....

Inspired by the diversity of the FIU student body, the chapel will serve as an interfaith space for worship, contemplation, spiritual strengthening, and mutual understanding....

The gift from Jerry Hodge and his wife, Margaret, will support development and construction of the future School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo....

The gift from John and Marcy McCall MacBain will establish a scholarship program for students pursing a master's or professional degree that will include mentoring and immersive learning experiences....

Fidelity Charitable donors recommended nearly 1.3 million grants to 142,000 charities, up from 840,000 grants to 120,000 charities in 2017....

The gift will fund the renovation and expansion of two cardiac catheterization surgical suites at the Straub Medical Center in Honolulu....

The gift will be used to reimagine and revitalize the outdoor space at the Blanton Museum complex in Austin....

A report from the Aspen Institute' Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative found that assets owned by artist-endowed foundations grew to $7.66 billion in 2015, from $3.48 billion in 2011....

The two-month campaign raised 58 percent more from individuals and a coalition of funders in 2018 than was raised in 2017....

The gift will support construction of a new building for the Rollins School of Public Health and will provide additional space for classrooms, conferencing, and distance learning....

For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the program, all the award recipients were women....

In their 2019 annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates describe nine "surprises" they have encountered in their philanthropic work that have inspired them to take action.... 

Topping the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50 list for 2018 are Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Pierre and Pam Omidyar, Stephen Schwarzman, and Steve and Connie Balmer....

With a career that spans public service, business, politics, finance, and technology, the former ambassador to South Africa brings decades of experience that will be useful in sustaining and elevating the foundation's efforts to support and advance social entrepreneurship globally....

The unrestricted funding from Giving Pledgers Melanie and Richard Lundquist will enable the institute to recruit and retain top researchers and provide needed support and infrastructure with maximum flexibility....

The Voluntary Support of Education survey of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education found that total contributions to institutions of higher education in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, increased 4.6 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis....

Working at the intersection of development economics, crop science, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence, Atlas AI will generate detailed insights on crop yields, poverty, and economic activity across sub-Saharan Africa....

Larson joined the foundation in 1989 and became president and CEO in 2004, presiding over a period of significant growth and expanded engagement with global issues....

Based on an assessment by the Center for Effective Philanthropy, the report found that grantees’ perceptions of the foundation remained positive across most measures but that there were areas where it could improve, including doing a better job of incorporating grantee feedback into evaluation design....

The gift from alumnus Richard P. Cole will endow a chair, a professorship, scholarships, and an annual symposium in health law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law....

The grants from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation recognize the recipients' existing bodies of work and potential to have continued impact in their respective fields....

The awards to the Columbia Journalism School and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies will be used to strengthen journalism ethics and leadership....

The UK-based research charity has entered a three-year partnership with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative aimed at developing treatments for leishmaniasis, one of the world's most devastating parasitic diseases....

Each of the organizations will receive $250,000 over two years, along with network-building opportunities and help with broad-spectrum action plans focused on long-term community impact....

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

The commitment will support the Crazy 8 Initiative, which will work to address eight critical areas in pediatric cancer research....