Philanthropy news
Philanthropy News Digest publishes daily abstracts of original articles, press releases, and grantmaker communications about grants, initiatives, reports, and personnel changes.
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million for Stem Cell Research
February 13, 2005The foundation awards grants to researchers investigating the therapeutic potential of cell placement....
People in the News (2/13/05): Appointments and Promotions
February 13, 2005The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....
Huntington Library Receives $1 Million From Steve Martin
February 12, 2005The gift will be used to support new acquisitions for the Hungtington's American art collection, which many feel is often overshadowed by the library's European collection....
Kress Foundation Awards $1 Million to Wisconsin Medical Center
February 12, 2005The grant will support the construction of a $13.5 million addition that will house an expanded emergency services department and provide the opportunity for an enhanced inpatient and outpatient surgery care....
University of Virginia Receives $1 Million for Civic Education Program
February 12, 2005The gift from professor and author Larry Sabato, the largest ever given to the school by a faculty member, will support youth and adult civic participation activities through the school's Center for Politics....
Open Society Institute Names 2005 Soros Justice Fellows
February 11, 2005This year's recipients include a filmmaker, a clergyman, a lawyer, a journalist, an economic planner, and an immigrant who was held in custody for more than five years....
Knight Foundation Funds Public Policy Advocacy Training for Nonprofits
February 11, 2005The $1.2 million grant will support the efforts of Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest to improve the advocacy activities of nonprofit organizations in twenty-six Knight communities....
U.S. Nearly Triples Tsunami Relief Pledge to $950 Million
February 11, 2005The additional $600 million places the United States atop the list of donor countries to the relief effort....
Most Young Adults Value Higher Education, Report Finds
February 10, 2005A national survey of young adults aged eighteen to twenty-five finds that the majority of today's young adults strongly believe in the value of higher education....
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Launches Phase II of African American Giving Initiative
February 10, 2005The two-phase study focuses on charitable giving patterns in Atlanta's African-American community....
Berrie Foundation Awards $26 Million for Nanotechnology Institute
February 10, 2005The grant will enable the Technion-Israel Institute in Haifa to consolidate fifty groups already working in some fashion on the nano-scale....
Notre Dame Receives $40 Million Gift
February 9, 2005The as-yet-undesignated gift is the second-largest ever received by the university....
Bradley Foundation Announces 2005 Award Recipients
February 9, 2005Now in its second year, the Bradley Prize program honors individuals whose work demonstrates outstanding achievement consistent with the foundation's mission....
'Giving Circles' Boost Philanthropy on a Grassroots Level, Report Finds
February 9, 2005The report by New Ventures in Philanthropy reveals that small groups of philanthropically minded friends, neighbors, families, or acquaintances have invested more than $44 million in communities nationwide since 2000....
First Electronically Traded Community Investment Note for Nonprofits Launched
February 8, 2005The new trading platform is expected to boost the number of investors that want to get involved in community investing but might have been deterred by the difficulties in entering the marketplace....
Paper Questions Direction, Future of Environmental Movement
February 8, 2005Based on interviews with twenty-five environmental leaders, The Death of Environmentalism asserts that the environmental movement was blinded by its early successes and has become "just another special interest"....
Tides Center Awarded $4.5 Million to Expand Nonprofit Services
February 8, 2005The funds will support a scalable technology platform that is expected to increase the availability of affordable, quality administrative infrastructure and reduce duplication in the nonprofit sector....
People in the News (2/06/05): Appointments and Promotions
February 6, 2005The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....
MacArthur Foundation Awards $5 Million to Support Russian Universities
February 6, 2005Through its Initiative in the Russian Federation, the Chicago-based foundation supports universities and scholarly infrastructure....
Dickinson College Receives $10 Million Bequest for New Science Center
February 5, 2005The bequest is the initial installment in what the college is calling the "largest outright gift" in its history....
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million for Stem Cell Research
February 5, 2005The foundation awards grants to researchers investigating the therapeutic potential of cell placement....
McCain Proposes New Limits on 527 Groups
February 7, 2005In his push to limit political spending, Senator John McCain has proposed new restrictions that include capping donations at $25,000 for independent political groups known as 527s to stop their making unlimited campaign contributions....
Childhood Poverty Is Growing Epidemic, Policy Organization Warns
February 7, 2005According to new data released by the National Center for Children in Poverty, more than half of the 70 million children in the United States live in poor or low-income families and millions of those children live without basic necessities....
University of Maryland Receives Two Gifts Totaling $60 Million
February 7, 2005The gifts come at a time when the university is looking to private donors to help offset state funding shortfalls....
Nonprofits Search for Ways to Raise Funds and Woo New Donors
February 4, 2005Solicitations to individuals, foundations, and corporations are likely to increase in the year ahead, in part to make up for cuts in government aid....