The commitment from alumnus Richard N. Weeks is the largest single gift the university has received for scholarships and the largest-ever to the School of Engineering....

Donors who have given a total of at least $1 million as of the third quarter include the Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation, the John & Marcia Goldman Foundation, the Jewish Communal Fund, and former Microsoft president John Shirley and his wife, Kimberly....

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

Through the Guarantee-Investment-Values Strategies fund, Good Returns and Inverdale Capital Management will provide a guarantee for investors participating in Good Returns' no-interest loan program....

The three-year grant to Avera eCARE will support an on-call round-the-clock virtual team able to provide timely, cost-effective behavioral health services....

The commitment from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will support  operations of the Complex Joint Reconstruction Center  and the expansion of its clinical, research, and educational programs....

Grants were awarded to organizations working in the areas of the arts, civil and human rights, education, the environment, health, human services, and workforce and youth development....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin....

The joint investment by the European Union and the coalition of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists will help European companies develop and bring innovative clean-energy technologies to market....

Established in 2015, Blue Meridian works to address the problems that trap youth and families in poverty....

Four U.S. cities — Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and Portland, Oregon — will receive resources in support of their efforts to address climate change and promote a more sustainable future for their residents....

The national initiative is aimed at helping millions of youth build social and emotional learning skills like resilience, self-awareness, and conflict resolution....

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has announced a total of $22 million in cash awards through its annual prize competition, including the recipients of the 2019 Breakthrough Prizes in fundamental physics, life sciences, and mathematics....

The third-quarter grants were awarded to organizations working in the areas of homelessness, foster youth, hospitality, substance use prevention, Catholic sisters and education, safe water, and young children....

To be split evenly between Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.'s hometown of Detroit and his adopted home of Buffalo, the investment will support the efforts of each city to develop a signature legacy park, advance its vision for a regional trail system, and support the sustainability of those public spaces....

A report from Foundation Center, Hispanics in Philanthropy, and Seattle International Foundation found that grantmaking by large U.S. foundations in support of projects in Latin America increased from $358.8 million in 2006 to $489.5 million in 2015....

The New York City-based NoVo Foundation and Southern Black Girls & Women's Consortium, a collective of funders, activists, and community leaders, will work to advance the movements for African-American girls and women in the Southeast....

The commitment includes $4 million in support of the organization's Heading Home campaign, a $30 million public-private initiative aimed at scaling supportive services to meet critical demand, and $7 million as part of a matching grant campaign....

The new Global Commission on Adaptation will work to catalyze a global movement aimed at bringing scale and speed to the development of climate adaptation solutions....

Through Vulcan, Inc. and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Allen leaves a legacy of giving to an impressive variety of philanthropic causes, including artificial intelligence and brain research, wildlife and marine conservation, the arts and higher education, and emergency responses to Ebola and Zika outbreaks....

The gift from the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust will endow a fund in support of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, which works to advance knowledge and identify solutions to key challenges facing Arkansas, the region, and the world....

Berkshire Hathaway chair Warren Buffett tops the Forbes America's Top 50 Givers list for the third consecutive year, with $2.8 billion in contributions paid out in 2017....

The gift will establish the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing as part of a new $1 billion university-wide effort to address global opportunities and challenges presented by computer technology and AI....

The expanded campaign follows the release of a study which found that the initiative's Talking Is Teaching campaign helps boost quality interactions between parents and infants....

An evaluation commissioned by the foundation found that grants awarded through its Affordable Housing Initiative have elevated and amplified the voices of low-income Oregonians most affected by housing issues....

The initiative will provide both Matching Fund Grants and Community Leadership Grants to help Indiana community foundations strengthen the towns, cities, and counties they serve....

The gift from an anonymous alumnus and his wife will support the university's Science Center enhance mathematics scholarship and provide unrestricted resources for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences....

Funded by the Mozilla Foundation, Omidyar Network, Schmidt Futures, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the $3.5 million Responsible Computer Science Challenge aims to better integrate ethics into undergraduate computer science education....