Ten organizations — four in the U.S. and six in Canada — will receive $750,000 each in support of programs and interventions aimed at reducing the onset, development, and severity of chronic disease and illness in underserved communities....

With the latest awards, the aerospace giant is on track to surpass $230 million in corporate giving in 2019 — an amount that includes charitable gifts, company contributions, and employee giving and matches totaling almost $40 million....

The gift will support the creation of three endowments focused on supporting entrepreneurial leadership, increasing the number of businesses created by students and alumni, and supporting research, student participation, and community outreach....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont....

According to a study from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, three in four women's foundations and funds report success in achieving their short-term objectives....

The Kao Autoimmunity Institute will bring together clinicians, investigators, and allied health professionals from a variety of disciplines to advance research on and treatment of rheumatologic diseases....

The gift from Herbert and Nicole Wertheim will support music and theater programs in the School of Music, part of FIU's College of Communications, Architecture, and the Arts....

In the fiscal year ending in June 2019, United Way Worldwide received total donations of $3.3 billion, down 5.7 percent from 2018 and down 20 percent from its 2007 peak....

The gift will launch the All On Hub, a facility aimed at building a pipeline of scalable, investable, and sustainable off-grid energy businesses in Nigeria....

UNDP's Human Development Report 2019 finds that inequalities in areas such as education, access to technology, and climate impacts are widening....

The gift will provide continued support for the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and strengthen the university's undergraduate scholarship programs....

The grants will fund teacher-led instructional improvements designed to strengthen support for African-American, Latinx, and low-income students and ensure they are on track to graduate on time....

With $12.5 million in initial funding, the Tipping Point Fund will support the creation and development of critical infrastructure needed to ensure the integrity and continued growth of the impact investing market....

As a leader of the Soviet dissident movement in the 1970s, Sharansky was incarcerated for nine years as a prisoner of conscience before being released in 1986 and moving to Israel, where he has continued to fight for freedom, democracy, and human rights....

The commitments include $13.8 million from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, $1 million from the Ruth Mott Foundation, and $50,000 from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint....

Led by the International Rescue Committee, the PlayMatters initiative will provide early learning solutions for pre-primary and primary school-age children affected by humanitarian crises in three East African countries....

Initial grants of $100,000 over eighteen months were awarded to twenty-nine researchers in twelve countries....

The Low Income Investment Fund, the National Affordable Housing Trust, Calvert Impact Capital, and Mercy Loan Fund will provide $28 million in loans to help nonprofit developers acquire and preserve affordable housing projects for low-income families....

Charting the Future for Indiana's Colleges and Universities will address key challenges faced by colleges and universities in the state, including a decline in enrollments, competition from job-training programs and the expansion of online learning opportunities, and changes in federal funding policies....

The Anti-Semitism Accountability Project (ASAP) will call out both Democrats and Republicans who traffic in anti-Semitic language and tropes....

A $10 million gift from former U.S. representative and New Jersey state senator Frank J. Guarini and a $5 million match from LSC board co-chair David Barry will support a planned regional campus for science and tech startups....

The largest gift in the hundred-year history of the business school will support the creation of a virtual classroom, the use of holograms to facilitate "pop-up" campuses at remote locations, and further investments in programming focused on the social responsibility and impact of business on communities....

A five-county survey commissioned by the San Francisco Foundation's Bay Area Leads Fund found that 74 percent of respondents said ensuring opportunity regardless of race should be a priority....

The gift from Giving Pledge signatory Sidney Kimmel and his wife, Caroline, will support construction of a new biomedical research facility and bolster the university's research capacity....

The gift from Calgary philanthropist David Bissett will establish a new school dedicated to providing the latest in digital education for students, enabling the institution to advance change in Alberta and Canada through technology….

The gift from Richard E. and Cornelia Thornburgh includes $5.5 million in support of two programs at the Lindner College of Business dedicated to advancing diversity in business….

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

The twenty grantees will work to accelerate practices that connect the housing and health sectors, with a focus on patient needs, children's health, the prevention of chronic diseases, and social determinants of health....