This week's roundup includes news from the Arcus Foundation, Arnold Ventures, the Duke Endowment, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Kennedy Center, the Marshall Project, and the Opportunity Finance Network....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania....

Grants were awarded to eight arts organizations across Massachusetts working to transform their business models....

The gift to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts from the two-time Tony Award-winning director is the largest ever from a drama school alumnus and will establish endowed funds for scholarships and student productions....

Half the gift will support the University of South Florida’s stadium project in Tampa while the other half is dedicated to training craft-beer entrepreneurs through a brewing arts program on the St. Petersburg campus….

The gift from the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation will support the renovation of the NADA Hotel and Conference Center at the Midland, Michigan school….

The foundation awarded grants to 61 nonprofits, including $3 million to Doctors Without Borders as well as grants for California wildfire relief and hurricane recovery efforts in Florida and North Carolina....

The administration’s decision to retract its memo, which jeopardized more than $3 trillion in funding commitments, came on the heels of a lawsuit filed by Democracy Forward, National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, the Main Street Alliance, and SAGE, with a second lawsuit following closely behind filed by 23 state attorneys general....

Launched in 2006, the program provides $50,000 unrestricted cash awards as well as financial planning and other professional services to artists working in the disciplines of architecture and design, craft, dance, film, media, music, theater and performance, traditional arts, visual art, and writing....

As the foundation prepares to wind down its climate solutions strategy after more than a decade of grantmaking, it is making these one-time strategic grants to elevate a field needing more investment….

Through strategic investments and partnerships, Project HBCU Capacity Building will address infrastructure needs and accelerate innovation across TMCF member schools, including enhancing administrative systems and processes....

As of the end of 2023, the foundation, run by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penelope, holds $5 billion in assets—a year-over-year increase of more than $1 billion....

The funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support thirty colleges and universities across the nation….

The gift from the estate of alumnus John Mitchell (’56) is the largest ever made to Northfield Mount Hermon and will support student financial aid and provide faculty support....

The gift from the Ben Taub and Henry J.N. Taub Foundation will support research and clinical trials for neurological and oncological diseases....

The latest commitment to Intuitive's philanthropic arm will support grants for medical research, STEM educational programs, training, surgical fellowships, and healthcare training programs and facilities....

Three former Echoing Green fellows were recognized by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship as the 2025 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year….

The grant to the United Nations Development Program will support a three-year, multi-country program focused on adopting and disseminating best practices across Asia….

The gift to the Nashville school from alumnus and trustee Milton Johnson—a former HCA Healthcare CEO—and his wife, Denice, aims to endow 20 professorships with a total investment of $60 million in combined giving....

The commitment marks the second time Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies has stepped in to help uphold the United States’ funding and reporting commitments under the Paris Agreement....

According to the Rockefeller Foundation-funded report, while financial commitments for climate and health increased 10-fold from less than $1 billion in 2018 to $7.1 billion in 2022, financing is not sufficiently reaching countries most impacted by climate change....

The Anna Trust is a Rome-based nonprofit dedicated to providing a healthy, dignified aging process for Catholic sisters worldwide….

Announced at the World Economic Forum, the collaboration will provide a €10 million ($10.4 million) grant from the Bayer Foundation to assist 10 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, and the Pula Foundation will help farmers receive financial compensation for yield losses....

Grants totaling $1 million each will be distributed to four organizations working to improve healthcare access and resources for aging community members with brain, heart, and behavioral health conditions as well as their caregivers....

The $7.7 million grant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the White Earth Nation will help create tribally endorsed educational materials for use across the state....