The grant from the Greenspun Family Foundation will help the organization deliver on its effort to develop a comprehensive cancer research institute staffed by scientists, clinicians, and caregivers....

Experts say it is almost certain that the United States' charitable response will set a national record for donations in the wake of an international disaster....

The grant to the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and the Veterinary Medical Association of New York City will help create programs to end the killing of healthy and treatable homeless animals....

The donation exceeds by about a third the basic annual operating budget of Community of Christ church in Independence....

The grants from the Annenberg, Hewlett, and Newhouse foundations will aid the relief work of the American Red Cross, CARE, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities....

Making notable contributions are actress Sandra Bullock, who gave $1 million to the American Red Cross, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who has made a "sizable" gift to UNICEF for its work in Thailand, where his 2000 movie The Beach was filmed....

Charities have long prized the unrestricted gift, but since 9/11 donors have increasingly insisted on restricting their gifts....

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said the plan to transform the board posed a potential conflict of interest because the new trustees would be overseeing annual awards for which they would be eligible....

In addition, many companies supporting relief efforts are not publicizing their actions, or are discussing them only in response to questions, despite the increasing popularity of cause-related marketing....

Federal agencies gave $1.17 billion in grants to organizations dubbed "faith-based" in 2003; an additional $40 billion in federal money given out by states may also be used to fund religious groups....

The Web site of the international relief organization requests contributions be directed to its general emergency relief fund to be used for work in Darfur, Sudan, and other locations, in addition to tsunami relief....

If it continues at its current pace, corporate donations for victims of the unprecedented disaster could eventually surpass the $450 million corporations gave for 9/11 relief and recovery....

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Starr Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York are among the private foundations that have pledged more than $1 million to relief efforts....

Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush will travel the country urging Americans to donate directly to charities and humanitarian organizations working to help victims of the disaster....

The grants are the latest in a series of long-term investments in Lexington organizations working to ensure that all of the community's children get a quality education....

Internet fundraising is speeding the route for individuals seeking to respond to the Indian Ocean disaster....

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

In addition, the foundation's assets grew 19 percent, to $6.8 billion, up from $5.7 billion in 2003....

The Decision Theater for the New Arizona will feature an 'immersive environment' (a 270-degree screen) where researchers will literally see the effects of public policy decisions played out before them....

Grants from designated funds, which benefit specific organizations or projects, totaled $1.1 million and were awarded to 118 nonprofits....

Trusts president and CEO Rebecca Rimel urged U.S. cities to meet the $1 million mark and the Philadelphia region to raise an additional $500,000 in support of victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis....

The gift from Howard Gittis, vice chairman and chief administrative officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, will support the school's endowment....

The funding will support work on the analysis of terabytes of data from telescopes, particle detectors, and gene sequencers....

The gift from the Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust is the largest in the fifty-year history of the Jacksonville-based Wolfson Children's Hospital....

The foundation announced fourth-quarter grants to fifty-nine King County nonprofit organizations....