Philanthropy news
Philanthropy News Digest publishes daily abstracts of original articles, press releases, and grantmaker communications about grants, initiatives, reports, and personnel changes.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces $32 Million in Gifts
June 16, 2014The gifts include $17 million from the Zell Family Foundation to endow the position of music director and $15 million from the Negaunee Foundation for the Institute for Learning, Access and Training....
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows Named in Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey
June 16, 2014The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows program is designed to bring new skills and leadership to the highest-need urban and rural schools....
Central Connecticut State University Receives $6.5 Million Bequest
June 15, 2014The bequest from local philanthropist Huang Chang-Jen will bolster a scholarship fund that supports international student exchanges....
Washington State University Receives Collection of Jim Dine Prints
June 15, 2014The collection spans Dine's printmaking career and illustrates a range of techniques within the medium....
Study Identifies Factors in Lack of Fathers' Involvement With Children
June 15, 2014Men who showed signs of psychological distress were at greatest risk of becoming low-contact non-resident dads....
People in the News (6/15/14): Appointments and Promotions
June 15, 2014The latest appointments and promotions in the philanthropic sector....
Jewish New Teacher Project Receives $1.8 Million in Grants
June 14, 2014Grants from the Jim Joseph Foundation and the AVI CHAI Foundation will fund the Jewish New Teacher Project....
UPS Gives $5 Million to Boost Reading Skills Among Low-Income Children
June 14, 2014The funds will support local United Way affiliates working with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading to double the number of low-income third-graders reading at grade level by 2020....
Tom Steyer, Wife Create $2 Million Climate Disaster Relief Fund
June 14, 2014To be managed by the San Francisco Foundation, the Climate Disaster Relief Fund will provide grants to organizations serving the victims of climate-related disasters....
Community Foundation Update (6/14/14)
June 14, 2014News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country....
IKEA Foundation Awards €7 Million to Stop Child Labor in India
June 13, 2014The funds will support the second phase of an initiative launched in 2009 to keep children in India's cotton-growing regions out of cotton fields and in classrooms....
Mellon Foundation, Getty Trust Pledge $13 Million to 'Grand Bargain'
June 13, 2014The pledges include $3 million from Getty and $10 million from Mellon, $5 million of which is contingent on the museum raising matching funds....
USC Receives $15 Million for International Business Education
June 13, 2014The gift will be used to renovate the interior of Bridge Hall, signifying the beginning of a new era for the facility....
HHMI, Moore Foundation Partner on Advanced Imaging Center
June 13, 2014The new center will make cutting-edge imaging technologies available to the scientific community before they are available commercially....
Study Finds African Americans See Barriers to Philanthropic Leadership
June 12, 2014The report found that while African Americans are making progress, leadership roles are scarce....
Duke Endowment Awards More Than $63 Million in Grants
June 12, 2014The grants will support organizations in the Carolinas working in the areas of child care, health care, and higher education....
Autism Speaks, Google Partner to Transform Autism Research
June 12, 2014Data to be collected through the AUT10K program will be stored on the Google Cloud platform and be made available as an open resource to the autism research community....
President to Leave Nathan Cummings Foundation
June 12, 2014The foundation's board chair said the board remains committed to a grantmaking strategy focused on income inequality and climate change....
Pew Trusts Awards More Than $7 Million to Philadelphia-Area Groups
June 11, 2014Grants ranging from $95,000 $324,000 were awarded to agencies serving low-income and vulnerable adults....
Gruber Foundation Announces 2014 Cosmology Prize Recipients
June 11, 2014Jaan Einasto, Kenneth Freeman, R. Brent Tully, and Sidney van den Bergh won the prize for their roles in developing Near Field Cosmology....
Chevron Commits Additional $40 Million to Niger Delta Partnership
June 11, 2014The funds will enable NDPI to scale its efforts to promote economic development, build the capacity of civil society institutions, and help reduce conflict in the region....
Automakers Pledge $26 Million to 'Grand Bargain'
June 11, 2014The pledges from the Ford Motor Company Fund, Chrysler, and GM and its foundation will count toward DIA's commitment to raise $100 million....
Cleveland State Receives $3.6 Million From Mandel Foundations
June 10, 2014The gift will create the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Honors College and fund a chair in the humanities....
Koch Brothers' $25 Million Gift to UNCF Sparks Controversy
June 10, 2014Critics of the gift to fund scholarships at historically black colleges and universities argue that the Kochs have worked to undermine the interests of African Americans....
Nature Conservancy Receives $2.5 Million for Marine Priorities
June 10, 2014The grant from the Carnival Foundation will help TNC identify where industry and communities are most dependent on marine and coastal resources....