A recent survey of the twenty largest nonprofits by revenue in the metropolitan area showed that all had at least two women on their boards, and all but one reported some ethnic diversity....

The grant to the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance will support the continuation and expansion of a marketing campaign promoting arts and cultural events in Philadelphia....

The grants, ranging from $60,000 to $125,000, were awarded to support personal finance, homeownership, and credit education training in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington State....

Reeling from cuts in city and state funding, many of the city's community and cultural organizations have become beneficiaries of Michael Bloomberg's personal philanthropy....

The grant, awarded to three New York City medical institutions, will allow the city to stay competitive in the field of embryonic stem cell research....

The gift from alumnus Robert Weissman and his wife, Jan, will support undergraduate financial aid and faculty development....

The largest was awarded to the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute for an analysis of expenses and compensation in large and mid-size foundations....

The joint grant from the Henry L. Hillman and Hillman foundations will establish an endowment for pediatric transplantation research and the Hillman Pediatric Transplantation Institute at the hospital's new campus in Lawrenceville....

The gift from James Wolfensohn, the outgoing president of the World Bank, will support the creation of a $10 million policy center with an emphasis on global development....

The grant will help increase enrollment at St. Coletta of Greater Washington by one hundred children and create better-designed and equipped classrooms, music and art studios, physical-therapy areas, and vocational training stations....

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

The new facility will feature an ion microprobe, an instrument that will help researchers study the origin of the solar system, including the Earth....

Conducted by the Yale Child Study Center, the study finds that rates of expulsion varied widely among the forty states that fund prekindergarten programs but still exceeded those in K-12 classes in all but three states....

The gift from John M. Boler and his wife, Mary Jo, will also establish an endowment fund to ensure that Rush can take full advantage of the rapid evolution of the science and technology of medical imaging over the next decade and beyond....

The grant will allow the United Nations Association of the United States of America's initiative to expand to fourteen countries and develop a new curriculum in global trade, finance, and development....

The initiative is intended to serve as a model for how other African nations can cut malaria deaths dramatically using existing interventions and strategies....

Eight Cleveland-area organizations will receive support to create revenue-generating businesses, including in-depth monthly seminars with peer nonprofit leaders and experts in the fields of social enterprise and business development....

The region is home to three of the nation's one hundred largest grantmakers — the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, and the Hall Family Foundation....

The grant builds upon MSU's People and Land initiative, a public-private partnership that has played a major role in initiating change in Michigan land-use policy....

According to a survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, about 95 million American adults use the Internet to find health information....

The awards address a critical need for physicians, researchers, and medical specialists and academics with expertise in geriatrics, and for further geriatrics research....

Boosted by universal concern for schools, education nonprofits are growing faster than any other philanthropical sector, increasing from 2,450 in 2003 to 2,622 in 2004....

Prominent collectors James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin have pledged to bequeath their collection of American nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond....

According to an analysis conducted by the Baltimore Sun, the state's largest charities are looking for chief executives with corporate experience, and they're offering bonuses and incentives that match the resume....

Grantmaking targeted to children's health totaled $602.8 million in 2003, according to a new report from the New York City-based Foundation Center....