Philanthropy News Digest publishes daily abstracts of original articles, press releases, and grantmaker communications about grants, initiatives, reports, and personnel changes.

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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....

A directional sign blown over by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

DICK’S Sporting Goods commits $10 million to disaster relief efforts

February 8, 2025

The commitment includes in-kind donations, a $1 million donation to the American Red Cross, a matching campaign at retail stores up to $1 million, and an ‘LA Strong’ apparel collection with all proceeds donated directly to the American Red Cross and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation….

Report summarizes effects of K-12 homelessness, systems involvement

Report summarizes effects of K-12 homelessness, systems involvement

February 7, 2025

Based on a comprehensive review of research published between 2010 and 2024, a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzes the factors that impact K-12 student success while experiencing foster care, the juvenile justice system, or homelessness....

Recent gifts, commitments toward fire relief aid top $200 million

Recent gifts, commitments toward fire relief aid top $200 million

February 6, 2025

Proceeds raised from the FireAid benefit concert are expected to exceed $100 million, and Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, the Walter Family Foundation, and the Dodgers Foundation have committed $100 million to launch LA Rises, a private-sector initiative to support wildfire recovery in Los Angeles....

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Central Florida Foundation facilitates local journalism collaborative

February 6, 2025

The six-month collaboration will enable news organizations in and around Orlando to share and cross-publish their reporting, with its first effort to focus on the local impact of Florida’s House Bill 1365, the Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping....

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Novo Nordisk Foundation awarded grants totaling $1.39 billion in 2024

February 4, 2025

The Danish foundation, which controls its namesake pharmaceutical giant, provided funding to nearly 1,800 projects focused on global efforts to accelerate the green transition in agriculture and workforce development, engage with new technologies, and advance the treatment of heart disease in low- and middle-income countries....

Clooney Foundation announces 2025 Waging Justice for Women fellows

Clooney Foundation announces 2025 Waging Justice for Women fellows

February 4, 2025

In partnership with the Fund for Global Human Rights’ Legal Empowerment Fund, the Waging Justice for Women Fellowship will support and mentor 10 early-career African women lawyers to work at women’s rights and gender justice organizations across Africa....

An African American woman wearing orange holds an upright bass—a photo of Marion Hayden.

Jazz bassist Marion Hayden named 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist

February 4, 2025

The award to the 68-year-old Detroit-area musician, educator, and mentor—the youngest ever to receive the award—includes a $100,000 prize, the production of a short film, and publication of a monograph about her life....

Collaborations help overcome polarizing differences, report finds

Collaborations help overcome polarizing differences, report finds

February 3, 2025

The report from the Council on Foundations, Coming Together, Not Apart: Inside the Work of Turning Conflict Into Collaboration, is the second in a three-part series exploring philanthropy’s investment in helping Americans connect and collaborate across differences....