Philanthropy news
Philanthropy News Digest publishes daily abstracts of original articles, press releases, and grantmaker communications about grants, initiatives, reports, and personnel changes.
Douglas Tompkins to Donate Patagonian Land for National Parks
July 17, 2014The billionaire environmentalist plans to donate more than a million acres of land to the Chilean government with the condition that it be converted into several national parks....
$100 Million Fund Launched for Underprivileged Chinese Students
July 17, 2014SOHO China CEO Zhang Xin and her husband have launched the initiative with a $15 million gift to Harvard University....
Eight Cities Receive Grants to Reduce Number of Uninsured Children
July 16, 2014The funds will help support campaigns designed to boost enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program....
JDRF Receives $5 Million From Novo Nordisk
July 16, 2014The grant will address the need for additional education on how people with Type 1 diabetes can pursue physical activity safely....
Dow Foundation Awards $5 Million for STEM Education in Michigan
July 16, 2014The grant will help launch an effort to boost the number of graduates trained in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math....
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellows Announced
July 16, 2014Sixteen postdoctoral scientists were awarded four-year fellowships totaling $3.3 million in support of innovative cancer research projects....
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Cancer Care Initiative in Greece
July 15, 2014The initiative is designed to improve and expand the comprehensive treatment of cancer patients in Greece....
Carlo Scarpa Glass Works Donated to Met Museum
July 15, 2014The gift from David Landau and Marie-Rose Kahane includes works created during Scarpa's fifteen-year collaboration with Venini Glassworks....
IRS to Ease Process of Approving Tax-Exempt Organizations
July 15, 2014Still reeling from the controversy over its scrutiny of nonprofits, the Internal Revenue Service has decided that it will no longer screen approximately 80 percent of the organizations seeking tax-exempt status....
Corporate Cash Donations Rose 2.8 Percent in 2013, Survey Finds
July 15, 2014Among the largest U.S. corporations, Walmart gave the most cash in 2013, while Halliburton gave the most overall in cash and product donations....
University of Pittsburgh School of Education Receives $3 Million
July 14, 2014The endowment gift from alumni Renée K. and Richard M. Goldman will support the activities of the dean of the School of Education....
Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron Receives $5 Million in Funding
July 14, 2014The funds from the Knight Foundation will help support the institute's efforts in the area of product innovation and commercialization....
Kresge Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Health Initiative
July 14, 2014The Moving Health Care Upstream initiative will work to improve community health by addressing upstream determinants of health and sharing innovative practices....
Kellogg Foundation Awards $1 Million for Early Learning in Arkansas
July 14, 2014The grant will be used to redesign the state's birth-to-five early learning standards and identify a new kindergarten-entry assessment tool....
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2 Million for Alzheimer’s Drug Study
July 13, 2014Biotie Therapies will conduct a trial to study the safety and tolerability of an Alzheimer's drug in Parkinson's disease patients with dementia....
SC State University Told Not to Divert Vendor Rebates to Foundations
July 13, 2014Between 2010 and 2013, SCSU diverted $2.3 million of rebates received from contract vendors to two university-affiliated foundations....
Notre Dame of Maryland University Receives $1.5 Million Gift
July 13, 2014The gift from the Pitts Family Foundation will provide funding for scholarships, research, and special projects in the School of Nursing....
People in the News (7/13/14): Appointments and Promotions
July 13, 2014The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....
Arizona Community Foundation Awards $11 Million
July 12, 2014Grants were awarded in support of health innovations, education, arts and culture, environmental sustainability, and community improvement....
Community Foundation Update (7/12/14)
July 12, 2014News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country....
Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation Awards Sonoma State $3 Million
July 12, 2014The grant will support construction of a new building for the university's Wine Business Institute....
Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland Awards $3.2 Million in Grants
July 12, 2014Grants were awarded to fourteen organizations working to advance healthy living, strong communities, and resilient families in Northeast Ohio....
Stanford Receives $61 Million for Engineering Facilities
June 10, 2014The gifts include $57 million in support of the new Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering and $4 million to endow the chair in the Department of Bioengineering....
YMCA of Northwest Louisiana Receives $10.7 Million
July 11, 2014The gift from energy company BHP Billiton will help finance the development of a fitness and natural sciences campus in Shreveport....
Target to Donate Up to $25 Million to Match School Supply Purchases
July 11, 2014For every Target-owned up&up brand school supply item purchased, the company will donate an item through the Kids In Need Foundation....
