The gift will support the formal launch the OU Native Peoples Initiative across the university's three ­campuses....

A first round of grants will support efforts to assist those with emergency food, childcare, and healthcare needs....

Grants awarded include $300,000 over three years to the Uganda-based National Agricultural Research Organisation, which works to develop and promote technologies with the potential to transform agriculture in developing countries....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, D.C....

Guided by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and in partnership with MIT Solve, the competition will award up to $5 million annually to ten "global heroes" who are working to address an urgent problem, including emerging pandemics and health security threats such as COVID-19....

The funding includes grants of $30 million to Indiana United Ways and $3.5 million to United Way of Central Indiana to help meet human service needs across the state....

The initiative will support the purchase of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, expanded testing and screening, and the distribution of  more than fifty million meals to at-risk populations and communities globally....

Foundations announcing commitments in support of COVID-19 response efforts include the Duke Endowment, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Missouri Foundation for Health....

The event will be focused on mobilizing a global network of leaders, private-sector and philanthropic partners, and generous individuals to take action on behalf of first responders and frontline workers, including nonprofits and community-based organizations....

The commitment includes support for the International Medical Corps, Direct Relief, and Feeding America....

The foundation will award grants to community-based emergency response funds, healthcare providers, Catholic Charities affiliates serving all faiths, and other organizations working to assist those most impacted by the spread of the virus, including the elderly and individuals with preexisting medical conditions....

U.S. companies and corporate foundations that have announced commitments in support of efforts to address the impacts of the public health emergency include Bank of America, Cognizant Philanthropies, the Caterpillar Foundation, Augusta National Golf Club, and the Exelon Foundation....

The prize will award $10 million to an innovative, scalable solution that addresses one of three significant challenges that affect quality of life for Texans....

The Association of Fundraising Professionals' Fundraising Effectiveness Project found that charitable giving was down 1.4 percent on a year-over-year basis, with declines in the total number of donors and the numbers of new donors, new donors from 2018 who gave again in 2019, and repeat retained donors....

The grants will support clinical trials led by the University of Washington and University of Oxford of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as preventive therapies for COVID-19....

U.S. foundations that have announced commitments in support of COVID-19 response efforts include Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust....

The gift to the UW Medicine Emergency Response Fund will enable the medical school's virology lab to expand testing capacity for suspected COVID-19 patients....

A report from the Bridgespan Group offers recommendations for funders and nonprofit practitioners seeking to accelerate field-building for social impact.... 

The commitment includes $25 million in emergency grant funding through the Facebook Journalism Project and $75 million in additional marketing spend focused on moving money to news organizations around the world....

Awarded through the LEGO Foundation, the funding will support groups working to provide COVID-affected children with essential supplies so that they can continue learning through play....

The largest cohort of grantees in the fund's history includes groups from every City Council district — 45 percent of them with budgets of less than $150,000....

The commitment includes $250 million in Google ad grants to the World Health Organization, $340 million in ad credits for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), and a $200 million investment fund aimed at helping SMBs access capital....

CZI is providing $20 million, with another $5 million available for future needs, in support of the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, a global initiative aimed at expediting the development of treatments....

The National Football League, Intel, Cedars-Sinai, and others have announced commitments in support of efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19....

Led by the Jewish Federations of North America, the coalition of eight leading Jewish institutions will combine resources and expertise to help the Jewish community respond rapidly and effectively to the COVID-19 outbreak....

An initial round of grants was awarded to nonprofit organizations with the capacity to deploy emergency services to a large number of residents, including those providing emergency food and supplies, mortgage and utility assistance, and direct financial assistance to individuals who have lost their jobs as a result of the virus....

U.S. foundations announcing emergency grants include the Dogwood Health Trust, the California Wellness Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation, and the Houston Endowment....

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