Philanthropy news
Philanthropy News Digest publishes daily abstracts of original articles, press releases, and grantmaker communications about grants, initiatives, reports, and personnel changes.
Helen Bader Foundation Receives $2 Million for Healthy Aging Program
June 22, 2014The grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation will support an initiative to keep older adults in rural Wisconsin healthy and engaged....
Borlaug Contemporary Wins 2014 World Food Prize
June 22, 2014The winner of this year’s prize is Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, who worked with Norman Borlaug to develop hundreds of new varieties of wheat....
People in the News (6/22/14): Appointments, Promotions, and Obituaries
June 22, 2014The latest appointments and promotions in the philanthropic sector....
New Balance Launches Youth Physical Health Initiative
June 21, 2014Through grants, volunteerism, and donations, the NB SparkStart program aims to improve the health, well-being, and self-esteem of children....
Point Foundation Awards Scholarships for LGBTQ Students
June 21, 2014Each Point Scholar will receive $25,000 a year over four years, as well as programmatic assistance....
Medicaid Expansion Could Cut Number of Uninsured by Half, Study Finds
June 21, 2014The uninsured population in major cities in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act could decrease 57 percent by 2016....
Community Foundation Update (6/21/14)
June 21, 2014News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country....
Blandin Foundation Commits $21 Million to Early Childhood Education
June 20, 2014The ten-year commitment will extend the foundation's Invest Early initiative, which it launched in 2005....
University of Calgary Receives $200 Million in Funding Commitments
June 20, 2014A $100 million gift from businessman and alumnus Geoffrey Cumming will be matched by an additional $100 million from the province of Alberta to support medical research at the university....
Grainger Foundation Awards $25 Million for Engineering Institute
June 20, 2014The grant will establish a multidisciplinary research institute in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
Google Launches $50 Million Initiative to Empower Girls to Code
June 20, 2014The initiative aims to increase the number of women in the tech industry by helping girls see coding as a means to pursue their passions....
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Awards Grants Totaling $9.3 Million
June 19, 2014Grants were awarded to forty-nine artists and cultural organizations in the Philadelphia area....
Kimmel Foundation Awards $110 Million to Jefferson Medical College
June 19, 2014The gift from Sidney Kimmel and his wife, Caroline, will create funds for scholarships, facilities, research, and faculty recruitment and support....
Millennials Seek Workplace Volunteer Opportunities, Survey Finds
June 19, 2014The report examined how the desire of millennials to "do good" is reflected in their employment choices and workplace activities....
University of Hawai'i Receives $40 Million for Oceanography Research
June 19, 2014The grant from the Simons Foundation will be used to launch the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology at U-H Manoa....
Hartford Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Aging Report, Fellowships
June 18, 2014The grants aim to improve health for older adults through changes in healthcare policy and practices....
Irvine Foundation Awards $9.1 Million in Grants
June 18, 2014The grants were awarded through the foundation's California Democracy and Youth programs....
Donor-Advised Funds Have Strategic Plans, Vanguard Charitable Reports
June 18, 2014Based on a decade worth of data and a survey of donors and charities, the report found that 61 percent of DAF donors have a strategic plan....
Gruber Foundation Announces 2014 Gruber Genetics Prize Recipients
June 18, 2014Victor Ambros, David Baulcombe, and Gary Ruvkun were recognized for their pioneering discoveries of the existence and function of microRNAs and small interfering RNAs, molecules that are now known to play a critical role in gene expression....
New York Community Trust Announces $7.3 Million in Grants
June 17, 2014Grants were awarded in support of the arts, civic affairs, community development, education, the environment, and legal assistance....
Charitable Giving Rose 4.4 Percent in 2013, 'Giving USA' Finds
June 17, 2014Charitable contributions totaled an estimated $335.17 billion in 2013, up 4.4 percent, or 3 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars, from 2012....
Lawsuit Aims to Force IRS to Release Digital Nonprofit Tax Forms
June 17, 2014Public.Resource.Org seeks to end the agency's practice of converting 990s into PDF images, which renders them useless for sophisticated data analyses....
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Awards $21 Million to Biomedical Researchers
June 17, 2014Forty-eight grants were awarded to career scientists engaged in basic biomedical research....
Cummings Foundation Awards $10 Million to Massachusetts Nonprofits
June 16, 2014Awarded through the foundation's $100K for 100 initiative, the grants will support local nonprofits in a range of areas....
Father Martin's Ashley Receives $13 Million Gift
June 16, 2014The gift from the Skip Viragh Foundation will support construction of a new alcoholism and addiction treatment center outside of Baltimore....