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Report calls for climate funding with an equity and justice lens
The report from the ClimateWorks Foundation highlights opportunities for intersectional funding in support of efforts to build climate change resilience, advance environmental and economic equity, and improve the lives of people around the globe....

Lilly Endowment launches initiatives to boost theological schools
The Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative will support efforts to enhance the effectiveness and long-term sustainability of theological schools in North America....

Kenyon College receives $100 million gift from anonymous donor
The largest gift in the school's history will fund construction of three apartment-style residence halls for juniors and seniors....

Citi Impact Fund announces second round of investments
Launched in 2020, the $200 million fund makes equity investments in companies working to deliver solutions in the areas of workforce development, financial capability, physical and social infrastructure, sustainability, and access to capital and economic opportunity....

TD Bank awards $2.8 million to support equitable COVID recovery
Through the third annual TD Ready Challenge, the bank awarded grants to six U.S. nonprofits working to develop innovative solutions to inequities exacerbated by the pandemic in communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic....

American Heart Association to raise $230 million for health equity
Commitments announced by the organization include $100 million for new scientific research programs and grants focused on evidence-based solutions to health inequities, and $100 million in support of hyper-local community-led solutions designed to eliminate barriers to health equity....

Google commits $150 million for COVID vaccine education, distribution
The commitment includes $100 million in ad inventory awarded through the company's Ad Grants Crisis Relief program and $50 million in support of efforts by public health agencies to reach underserved communities with vaccine-related content and information....

COVID-19 exacerbating global inequality, report finds
According to the report from Oxfam International, 87 percent of surveyed economists expect the pandemic to result in an "increase" or a "major increase" in income inequality in their country, while 56 percent said it would "likely" or "very likely" lead to an increase in gender inequality....

LEGO, Scratch foundations announce $10 million initiative
The partnership will allow the Scratch Foundation to develop and disseminate free digital tools, activities, and educational materials based on the Scratch programming platform....

First Nations awards grants to Native language immersion programs
Through its Native Language Immersion Initiative, the organization awarded grants of $90,000 to nine Native-led organizations and tribes working to stem the loss of Indigenous languages and cultures....

3M commits $5 million to UNCF for STEM scholarships at HBCUs
The commitment will fund need-based scholarships for high school seniors and first-year college students from St. Paul majoring pursuing STEM-related studies at an HBCU or Florida International University....

FirstEnergy Foundation awards $3.4 million to community organizations
Grants were awarded in the areas of COVID relief, health and safety, workforce development, education, and social justice....

Arcus Foundation awards grants for social justice, conservation
The foundation awarded grants through its Social Justice Program in support of LGBTQ leadership, movements, networks, and coalitions that are creating safer, more inclusive societies, and grants through its Great Apes & Gibbons Program in support of efforts to protect forest habitats....

University of North Alabama receives $3.2 million for scholarships
The endowment gift from the family of Charles Anderson will fund scholarships for both graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions....

People in the News (01/24/2021): appointments, promotions, obituaries
The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

Loyola University Chicago awarded $6 million for Rule of Law Institute
The gift will establish the Rule of Law Institute, which will engage in research and analyze rule of law issues, develop approaches to those problems, and, together with university and external partners, aid in implementing and tracking those solutions....

North Carolina A&T receives $5.5 million from Corning
The gift will support student scholarships, efforts to help students become classroom teachers, and initiatives designed to boost the number of graduates in fields critical to the nation's economic future....

Elon Musk commits $5 million to COVID-19, medical research
Awarded through the Musk Foundation, the funding will support research aimed at engineering the immune system to prevent or cure COVID-19 and two other diseases....

Kaufman, Pittsburgh Foundations award $2.1 million in research grants
The awards include grants totaling $1.9 million in support of innovative and interdisciplinary research by early-career and established scientists in the areas of biology, physics, and chemistry....

Community Foundation Update (01/23/2021)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island....

The Black Seed announces grants to a hundred Black theater groups
The national initiative awarded grants ranging from $10,000 to $150,000 to a hundred Black-led theater groups....

Wichita State University awarded $3.5 million for student scholarships
The gift will endow a general scholarship fund for students with demonstrated financial need....

Report urges governments, social entrepreneurs to collaborate on SDGs
The report from Ashoka, Catalyst 2030, Echoing Green, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and the Skoll Foundation outlines how governments can work with social entrepreneurs to accelerate structural change and achieve the SDGs....

Lehigh University receives $5 million for university art galleries
Structured as part of a planned bequest, the gift is the largest ever to the Lehigh University Art Galleries and will endow the Woodcock Director's Fund....

Winners of $10 million inclusive growth challenge announced
Eight projects were selected based on their potential for impact, replicability, scalability, and practicality in using data science to address society's most urgent challenges....

Metropolitan Museum of Art receives endowment for directorship
In recognition of the gift, the position will be renamed the Marina Kellen French Director....

Open Society Foundations undergoing organizational 'rethink'
According to an internal memo obtained by Inside Philanthropy, the New York City-based foundation has suspended new initiatives in its thematic, advocacy, and geographic program areas and has allocated 25 percent of each program's pre-COVID budget for wrapping up work already scheduled to end this year or supporting work already under way....

Georgetown University Receives $4 million for Kalmanovitz Initiative
The grant from the Ford Foundation will support efforts by the university's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor to broaden and deepen its work....