The foundation established the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative in 2003 with an initial commitment of $200 million to support world-class research on the diseases that disproportionately affect people in the developing world....

The gift will establish an endowment for the Arkansas Center for Oral and Visual History....

The grant from TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. will support an initiative to encourage academic research careers in gastroenterology....

The Triple-A Memphis Redbirds franchise has donated thousands of dollars to inner-city charities while helping to breathe new life into a once-crumbling downtown neighborhood....

Wal-Mart heiress Alice L. Walton has purchased Kindred Spirits for the museum the Walton Family Foundation is building in Bentonville, Arkansas....

According to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey, a majority of respondents rated pay-for-performance as an extremely or very effective way to reduce healthcare costs....

The gift, awarded in honor of founding trustee Dick Trammel, will be used to provide furnishings, technology, and enhancements to the college's new student center....

Most of the Sudanese returning to their homes after nearly two decades of war have limited, if any, resources to fall back on....

Schools are eligible to apply for Oregon Small Schools Initiative grants if they have an enrollment of at least seven hundred and a high percentage of low-income or minority students, and are willing to commit to breaking into smaller schools....

Through its Community Fellowship Program, OSI has invested over $7 million to support the work of individuals working in marginalized communities....

Through its Community Fellowship Program, OSI has invested over seven million dollars to support the work of individuals working in marginalized communities....

Howard County, a suburb between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, boasts the state's highest median income, yet ranks in the bottom half of counties in the state for giving....

The gift will enable the university to offer more opportunities for students to apply classroom theory to real business situations, incorporate liberal arts into the business curriculum, and develop their leadership skills....

According to a survey conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, a majority of physicians are not actively engaged in quality improvement practices....

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

Planned for completion in 2009, the project is part of the university's plan to create a vibrant district for the visual and performing arts surrounding the museum....

The initiative is designed to build the fundraising capacity of local nonprofit groups working to fight domestic violence....

Since the eradication campaign began in 1985, fighting the disease has cost nearly $4 billion, but Persian Gulf states have given less than $3 million....

The new five-year effort was designed to spur the creation and distribution of public affairs programming, particularly programs dealing with international affairs....

The Healthy Returns Initiative was launched to strengthen the capacity of probation departments to improve access to mental health and health services for adolescents in detention facilities, and to ensure continuity of care upon their release....

Charitable giving by the state's private foundations has more than tripled in nine years, funneling about $100 million more to social services, health care, the arts, and many other important areas....

The Clinton Global Initiative will focus on issues that promote the "integrity and capacity" of developing-nation governments, address global energy and environmental problems, and attack global health crises, such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS....

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

Paul and Lila Lorusso have closed out their memorial fund with the Cape Cod Foundation, distributing $7.4 million in grants among twenty-one organizations....

Joe Weston has donated his majority interest in the company that owns and operates the exclusive Broken Top Golf Club, valued at more than $6.9 million, to the Weston Public Foundation Charitable Trust....