Philanthropy news
Philanthropy News Digest publishes daily abstracts of original articles, press releases, and grantmaker communications about grants, initiatives, reports, and personnel changes.
Open Society Announces $5 Million Challenge Grant to Innocence Project
July 11, 2014Based in New York City, the criminal justice advocacy organization is dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing....
Detroit Institute of Arts Collection Valued at Up to $4.6 Billion
July 11, 2014The report estimates that if the city-owned collection were liquidated to raise cash, it would bring in between $1.1 billion and $1.8 billion....
Sheridan College Receives $25.3 Million Grant
July 10, 2014The grant from Whitney Benefits will enable the Wyoming college to expand enrollment and improve its offerings across multiple disciplines....
Lincoln Center Launches Art Education Certification Program
July 10, 2014The alternative certification program aims to educate and place performing and visual arts teachers in New York City public schools....
Report Finds Atrophy in International Humanitarian Aid System
July 10, 2014The report from Doctors Without Borders argues that inflexible bureaucracy is leading to "the atrophy of the humanitarian system."...
Penn to Lead $22.5 Million BRAIN Initiative Project on Memory Loss
July 10, 2014Launched in support of the public-private BRAIN Initiative, the project aims to create a fully implantable neural monitoring and stimulation system to be used in the treatment of memory loss....
Aspen Valley Hospital Receives Naming Gift for Specialty Care Center
July 9, 2014The gift from the children, nieces, and nephews of Renee and Lester Crown was made as part of a $60 million capital campaign....
Hewlett Foundation Launches Effort to Strengthen U.S. Democracy
July 9, 2014The three-year, $50 million Madison Initiative aims to find ways to alleviate political polarization in the United States, with a special focus on Congress....
Detroit Nonprofits Face Contract Cancellations
July 9, 2014The list of contracts the city seeks to cancel includes many with nonprofit organizations....
Billionaire Mathematician Eager to Probe 'Mysteries of the Universe'
July 9, 2014With his wife, Marilyn, Jim Simons has given more than $1 billion over the years in support of math and science initiatives....
Wayne State Receives $1.3 Million for Structural Racism Initiative
July 8, 2014The grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will support a new initiative in which Detroit nonprofits will address issues of structural racism....
Simons Foundation Awards $50 Million to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
July 8, 2014The gift will establish the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology at the biomedical research institution on Long Island....
Text Giving Increases in Popularity, Study Finds
July 8, 2014Respondents to the latest Text Donation Study from the mGive Foundation ranked text giving as the most preferred method of making a gift....
Drug-Resistant Malaria Poses New Challenges for Gates Foundation
July 8, 2014If a drug-resistant strain of malaria spreads from Myanmar, it could undo significant gains made to contain the disease over the last decade....
Project HOPE Receives $32 Million in Medicines for Bosnia, Herzegovina
July 7, 2014The in-kind contribution from Sanofi Foundation for North America is meant to aid the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the heaviest rainfall in 120 years brought devastating floods to the region in May....
Pittsburgh, County Join Foundations' Bid for August Wilson Center
July 7, 2014Should a tentatively approved deal fall through, the city and county would add $2.2 million to the $5 million committed by three foundations....
Southern Illinois University Receives $1 Million for Scholarships
July 7, 2014The gift will endow a scholarship fund to provide tuition support to students from middle-income families....
Giving Circles Bolster Giving in Diverse Communities, Study Finds
July 7, 2014One in eight American donors has participated in a giving circle, with higher rates among non-white donors and those under the age of 40....
Clinton Giustra Partnership Launches Supply-Chain Initiative in Haiti
July 6, 2014The Acceso Peanut Enterprise Corporation will work to improve the yields and income of peanut farmers in Haiti....
Kresge Foundation Announces 2014 Kresge Artist Fellows
July 6, 2014Seventeen Detroit artists and one artist collective will each receive an unrestricted prize of $25,000....
University at Buffalo Receives $1.5 Million for Materials Development
July 6, 2014The gift from alumnus Erich Bloch will endow a chair to lead the university's effort to accelerate research and education in advanced manufacturing and biotechnology....
People in the News (7/06/14): Appointments and Promotions
July 6, 2014The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....
RWJF Provides $10 Million for 'Dual Eligibles' Healthcare Model
July 5, 2014The loan will enable Commonwealth Care Alliance to expand a program for patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid....
Rasmuson Foundation Announces $13.5 Million in Tier 2 Grants
July 5, 2014The grants will fund capital projects, projects of strategic importance, or the expansion or start-up of programs that address community issues....
KIPP Schools Wins 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools
July 5, 2014The prize recognizes outstanding student performance and improvement and reduction of achievement gaps for poor and minority students....
