The foundations awarded eighty-one grants to organizations in twenty-seven states working in the areas of education, health, social services, and cultural activities....

The gift from a family that has chosen to remain anonymous is in addition to an eight-year, $10 million commitment from Brevard County in support of the project, which would be developed on a fourteen-acre site at Port Canaveral....

Based on an analysis of giving by Fidelity Charitable donor-advised fund account holders in thirty metropolitan areas, the report, 2019 Geography of Giving, ranked the top ten cities for giving in eight issue areas....

Awarded to the Educate for Opportunity project, the funding will support teams in Minnesota, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Wyoming working to align postsecondary institutions in those states with local workforce needs....

The naming gift from Jugal and Manju Taneja will help fund the move of the USF Health Taneja College of Pharmacy to the new USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute facility currently under construction in downtown Tampa....

Awarded to incoming first-year students majoring in interactive media studies, with a preference to those with demonstrated financial need, the scholarships will be renewal for up to four years....

Founded in Athens, Greece, in 2009 to address critical gaps in the reception and integration of migrants, refugees, and unaccompanied children, METAdrasi has provided more than 1.4 million interpreting sessions and helped support more than twelve thousand unaccompanied migrant children....

A report from the Vera Institute of Justice and the MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge calls for shifting policing practices, which have become "an expressway to jail," away from an overreliance on punitive enforcement for low-level offenses....

According to the 2018 Council on Foundations – Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations, private foundations reported an average return of -3.5 percent for 2018, down from 15 percent in 2017, while community foundations reported an average return of -5.3 percent, down from 15.1 percent....

A report from the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Groundswell Fund found that the historically high voter turnout in 2018 was driven by a 37 percent increase in turnout among women of color....

The gift from the Amgen Foundation will endow graduate fellowships in the university's combined biochemistry and molecular biophysics degree program....

The grant to the Indianapolis-based Mind Trust will support efforts to ensure that new schools in the city are launched with high-quality teachers and leaders....

The funds will enable GiveDirectly to provide cash transfers to more than twenty-four hundred families after a natural disaster hits and better identify and support the people most in need during each phase of the recovery process....

Five organizations committed to person-centered, outcomes-based work will receive grants of $250,000 to advance racial equity using a two-generation, whole family approach....

 The gift from an anonymous donor will support multidisciplinary research, engagement initiatives, the hiring of faculty, and an expansion of an interdisciplinary training program....

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

A report funded by the MacArthur Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies calls for drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate ecosystem stressors to save tropical coral reefs and avert ecosystem collapse....

The grants will support projects in the areas of investigative reporting, Oklahoma journalism, professional development, and special opportunities....

The Lifelong Investment in Future Transformation (LIFT) program will assist NKU students with academic potential who are at risk of not completing their degree....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Ohio.... 

A survey conducted by Oracle NetSuite found that while 76 percent of nonprofit executives said outcomes measurement was a priority in 2019, most say their organizations are unable to effectively measure and demonstrate the impact of their work....

To be allocated over three years, the gift includes $1.5 million for capital plan projects, $900,000 for park operations, and $600,000 for capacity-building initiatives, a fundraising feasibility study, a facilities and revenue-generation study, and a business modeling study....

The gift from Terri and Jerry Kohl will support an expansion of the hospital's Heart and Vascular Center....

The gift from the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation will support programming, an expansion of Bloch Heritage Hall, and efforts to boost student retention and graduation rates at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management....

Funded by gifts from the estates of Roy H. and Dorothy D. Park and the Park Foundation, the endowment will support the Park Scholar Program, which awards scholarships to incoming students who aspire to become conscientious communications professionals....

A report from the Chicago Foundation for Women found that while rates of labor force participation, higher education attainment, corporate leadership, and political representation for women improved in 2017, disparities for women of color remained....

Awarded through the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, the gift will be used to build housing for low-income community members and support construction of an on-site track facility and football field to be named after the McNairs....

Grant dollars awarded from NPT's donor-advised funds jumped 39 percent on a year-over-year basis, while the number of grants awarded increased 28 percent....