The gift from alumnus Andrew Davis ('85) and his family will support efforts to prepare students and faculty to create and apply AI and machine learning across a range of applications while establishing a precedent for how liberal arts colleges are engaged in shaping the future of AI....

A report from Arnold Ventures and the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice found that the aggregate homicide rate across thirty-four cities jumped 30 percent on a year-over-year basis, while rates for burglary, larceny, and drug offenses fell....

Grants were awarded across five areas in the areas of anti-Black racism and systemic injustice; policy and advocacy; strong communities; art, culture, and history; education; and strong families and children....

In collaboration with five prominent law schools as well as social justice organizations and bar associations, the foundation will work to bring difficult and important cases to trial, with a rotating focus on economic justice, housing/homelessness, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant justice, discrimination against Native Americans, voting rights, and criminal justice reform....

Launched in August, the Partnership to Accelerate Covid-19 Testing (PACT) is working to establish global partnerships around the mobilization of technical, material, and financial resources in support of an expansion of COVID testing, tracing, and treatment in member states....

With the goal of accelerating the development of inclusive, ethical AI, the foundation will support efforts to leverage AI and data to help protect the planet, foster economic prosperity, ensure healthier communities, strengthen tech education opportunities, and create a more inclusive, equitable tech workforce....

Awarded through the Kresge Arts in Detroit program, the award recognizes an artist's lifetime achievement and includes a $50,000 prize, production of a short film about the artist, and publication of a monograph....

Even as the organization wrestles with a changed fundraising landscape, its board has met to discuss the possible exit of CEO Brian Gallagher, who, according to some former and current employees, allegedly has fostered a hostile workplace culture....

CHLA will use the gift from an anonymous donor to expand access to behavioral health services, expand proactive screening and interventions, and strengthen training and education for healthcare providers....

The gift from James and Paula Crown and their family — the largest gift ever to a U.S. school of social work — will support increased student financial aid, faculty research and hiring, and community-engagement initiatives focused on the challenge of inequality....

The Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re:Build) initiative will provide employment support to twenty thousand refugees and urban residents in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala, Uganda....

Over the next decade, the foundation will dedicate at least half of its philanthropic investments to ensuring that young people between the ages of 14 and 24 have the family connections, relationships, communities, and educational and employment opportunities they need to succeed....

In honor of the gift from its longtime supporter, NJPAC will name the stage in Prudential Hall, its largest theater, the Betty Wold Johnson stage....

The foundation awarded grants to three community development financial institutions working to support nonprofits serving low-income communities impacted by COVID-19....

The San Francisco-based provider of donor-advised funds saw a 39 percent year-over-year jump in the number of grants recommended, a 35 percent increase in grant dollars awarded, and a 13 percent rise in the number of charities supported....

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

The largest grant ever to the library from a private foundation will fund Of the People: Widening the Path, a multiyear initiative aimed at creating opportunities for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other minority communities to contribute their perspectives to a more inclusive American story....

The gift from retired chair and CEO of Mellon Financial Corporation Martin G. McGuinn will support faculty research, scholarships, and services for student-veterans....

The investment will ensure that high-need Catholic schools in Chicago serving nearly three thousand students remain open....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington....

According to the 2020 Eagle Hill Consulting Nonprofit Survey of nonprofit employees, 58 percent of respondents said their employer took steps to reduce costs in 2020, while 49 percent expect their organizations to implement further cost-cutting measures in 2021....

The gift from an anonymous donor will support research in computational brain science and endow an innovation awards program....

The commitments include a $350 million investment in the Justice Accelerator Fund, a new criminal justice advocacy organization, and $100 million in support of FWD.us, an immigration and criminal justice reform advocacy organization that Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan helped launch in 2013....

Jones is leaving LISC to take the helm at OneTen, a venture launched in December by thirty-seven corporations working to hire and advance a million Black Americans without four-year college degrees over the next ten years ....

The fund will drive more sustainable wealth creation in ten metro areas by increasing the lending capacity of local banks in the areas of homeownership, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood revitalization....

The organization will focus its investments in four areas — diverse leaders, innovative public schools, learning solutions, and racial equity....

In their latest annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates reflect on their foundation's response to COVID-19, the inequities highlighted by the pandemic, and the opportunity that exists to work toward "a healthier, more equal future for all" by prioritizing equity and pandemic preparedness....

More than half of the of the largest gift in the school's 183-year-history will be directed to the college's endowment….