The largest portion of the grant will be directed to the recruitment and retention of faculty from underrepresented groups, while the remaining $5.5 million will be used to create a more inclusive environment for faculty, students, and the broader university community....

The gift from South Carolina philanthropists Ann and Wilbur O. "Billy" Powers includes support for endowed professorships, merit- and need-based financial aid, and existing programs at the college....

The London-based foundation will support discovery research in three areas — mental health, climate change, and infectious disease — in partnership with the people whose health is most at risk....

Early lessons learned from a multiyear initiative focused on exploring whether and how children benefit from partnerships between schools and out-of-school-time (OST) programs include the importance of a shared understanding of terminology and a mutual commitment of time....

Building on the achievements of and lessons learned from Building Healthy Communities, the foundation's previous ten-year strategy, the new ten-year plan will target funding to communities of color and grassroots leaders....

The funding will advance efforts to build a network of resilient Latinx-owned companies, increase access to higher education for Latinx students, and boost Latinx representation among the company's executives and managers....

The gift will launch the Hord Scholarship Challenge, which is aimed at encouraging the broader Baylor community to match the gift by the conclusion of the university's Give Light Campaign in 2022....

Ten global changemakers will receive $300,000 in prize funding, as well as professional development services and access to a network of partners, executives, and potential mentors....

Twenty innovative early-career scientists and engineers in fields such as astrophysics, biomedical engineering, chemistry, computer and informational science, neuroscience, and plant biology will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research....

The largest gift in the center's history will support efforts to enhance access to free and low-cost arts experiences in Los Angeles County....

The 2021 JUST 100 list ranks the hundred most "just" companies in the United States based indicators of how companies treat their workers, community, customers, shareholders, and the environment....

The new commitments will augment the $10 million in planned grantmaking previously announced by the organization as part of a revised strategy aimed at advancing racial equity in the New England region....

The gift from Richard M. McVey ('81) will underwrite construction of a facility for the Emerging Technology in Business and Design department, as well as the departments of statistics and mathematics, the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, and the Center for Analytics and Data Science....

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Allen Institute, awarded $1.5 million each over five years in support of five projects, including three new investigations focused on discoveries about the nucleus and two projects that are continuations of the 2019 awards....

Grants were awarded in support of research projects led by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the University of California, Davis, and Michigan State University in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health....

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

The commitment will establish the Walther Cancer Foundation Bioinformatics Fund in support of bioinformatics personnel, technology, and tools at Purdue's center for Cancer Research and the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center....

The mixed-income center will serve a hundred and forty-four students, with priority given to those living in the surrounding neighborhoods....

Grants were awarded in the areas of arts and culture, community development, the environment, education, jobs, health, human justice, youth development, technical assistance, and to advance young artists....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington....

The gift from Warner and Debbie Lusardi, the largest in the hospital's history, will fund construction of a three-story, 224,000-square-foot facility and support a broad range of patient care services....

With the aim of helping close gaps in education and job training, employment, and income for communities of color and low-income military communities, the commitment will support efforts to advance racial equality and support the financial security of the military community....

Recipient organizations will receive access to management assistance, community partner networks, and capacity building support, while organization leaders will receive funding for leadership development support....

The commitment over three years is in addition to the foundation's annual grantmaking of $41.5 million and will help existing grantee partners meet the critical needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities....

Administered by United States Artists, the only national multidisciplinary award program honoring disabled artists and creative practitioners will support twenty fellows with grants of $50,000 to advance their practice....

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others, the public-private partnership will build a disease surveillance and laboratory network based on pathogen genomic sequencing....

The Council on Foundations' 2020 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report found that the diversity of foundation staff in terms of race, age, and disability has changed little over the last five years, especially at the leadership level, and that women continue to be underrepresented and paid less than men in leadership positions....

The five winners of the David Prize, a new annual award launched by the Walentas Family Foundation, will receive $200,000 in unrestricted funding in support of their progressive visions for "a better, brighter New York City"....