The Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund will focus on generating private-sector investment in small and midsize enterprises, farmers' organizations, and smallholder farmers' groups, which have had limited access to finance because traditional institutions view them as too risky....

When completed, the 20,000-square-foot facility will be home to modern technology labs, spaces for individual and group study, tutorial areas, and office space for university staff....

Funding will be used to expand the First Year Student Enrichment Program, which provides resources and mentoring and resources to first-year students who are the first in their families to attend college....

Donor-advised funds administered by the organization recommended 46,452 grants — up 28 percent from 2017 — totaling more than $1 billion, a year-over-year increase of 12 percent....

The gift from Ted and Harriette Perlman will launch the Anita M. Perlman Women's Leadership Initiative, which will work to mobilize young BBYO alumnae to assume leadership positions in the organization and create new leadership development opportunities....

According to a nationwide survey of forty-one thousand adults, only a majority of adults in Vermont earned a passing grade on a multiple-choice test adapted from a U.S. citizenship exam....

The gift from the estate of alumna Lois Mottonen will help support a new College of Business Student Success Center, scholarships, and the university's American Heritage Center....

The gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support a detailed inventory of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology's holdings and the initial steps involved in moving the collection closer to the university's campus in Providence....

The gift from alumna Kathelen V. Amos ('82) and the Daniel P. Amos Family Foundation will fund partial-tuition scholarships as well as a professional development stipend for law school students who are the first in their families to graduate from college....

The Mecklenburg County Health Department in North Carolina and the Coalition United to Reach Equity (CURE) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, were recognized for their efforts to make measurable, scalable progress on a local public health issue....

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

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....