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WRI, UChicago receive $100 million for global energy transition

WRI, UChicago receive $100 million for global energy transition

February 13, 2025

The $100 million commitment from Michael and Tanya Polsky through the Polsky Foundation to World Resources Institute and the University of Chicago will support efforts to accelerate pragmatic, scalable solutions for the global energy transition....

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France, funders launch $400 million public interest AI initiative

February 12, 2025

Current AI, announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, will use $400 million in initial support from governments, tech leaders, and philanthropy—including the Omidyar Group and the Ford, MacArthur, and McGovern foundations—to reshape the AI landscape with projects that serve the public interest....

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Phoenix Children’s 1 Darn Cool School receives $2.25 million

February 12, 2025

The grant to the in-hospital K-12 school from Arizona’s Desert Financial Credit Union and its foundation will fund education programs for hospitalized children to ensure they stay on track, while facing illness or life-changing injury....

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Goldman Fund awards grants totaling $14.3 million in 2024

February 8, 2025

The San Francisco-based foundation of Lisa and Douglas Goldman awarded grants to 209 nonprofits nationwide including the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, iCivics, and the Center for Countering Digital Hate....

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Mabee Foundation awards nearly $3 million in challenge grants

February 8, 2025

Missouri Baptist University has raised more than $2 million in the past year to secure a $1.6 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation, and Kansas-based Tabor College was awarded a $1.3 million challenge grant from the foundation....