Author: Tiana Marrese, Femida Handy
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From Service to Sector: Early-Adulthood Volunteering as a Pathway into Nonprofit and Public Employment
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofit, public, and private employees display theoretically and empirically distinct characteristics. An important branch of this research investigates differences in prosocial behaviors given a sector of employment, but findings often model prosocial … Goto full post >>
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TCU receives $3 million from Bezos Family Foundation
The gift to Texas Christian University will help expand the college’s research initiatives, fueling the science of learning while bolstering faculty-led research and community-engaged projects that address critical education issues…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Kavli Instrumentation for Astrophysics program awards $4.8 million
The funding from the Kavli Foundation, WoodNext Foundation, and philanthropist Kevin Wells will support university-led projects to develop tools for the Lick and McDonald Observatories to deepen humanity’s understanding of how planets and stars form…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Pepperdine University receives $4.8 million to launch nursing school
The gift from HCA Healthcare will support development of the university’s 30,000-square-foot facility on Pepperdine’s Calabasas campus, which includes clinical simulation labs, high-fidelity patient manikins, and immersive learning environments designed to prepare students in lifelike scenarios…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Mutual aid in motion: One participant’s story
Editor’s Note: In February 2025, Shareable launched Mutual Aid 101, a free learning series to introduce new organizers to mutual aid. Over 3,000 people from across the US participated in the series over six weeks. During an Offers & Needs Marketfor participants, a Shareable staff member shared a need for participants to tell their story.…
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SMU receives $60 million for interdisciplinary energy-sector program
The award from the Dallas-based O’Donnell Foundation will help launch Southern Methodist University’s Energy Science, Innovation, and Enterprise program designed to fuel the current energy boom across the North Texas region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Podcast Episode 18: Behind the Planet Money ALIMA Grant Story
This episode follows up on the November 26, 2025 episode of Planet Money, “Saving lives with fewer dollars,” which covered GiveWell’s evaluation of a grant to the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) to maintain primary healthcare, hospital services, and malnutrition treatment in two subdistricts of North Cameroon following unexpected aid cuts earlier this year.…
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To Be Experienced or to Be Innovative? Signals Influencing Nonprofit Start-Ups’ Philanthropic Funding Acquisition
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Prior research has illuminated how emerging and new nonprofit organizations struggle to garner financial resources, including philanthropic funding. Yet, few studies have examined how nonprofit start-ups are able to overcome this “liability of newness” … Goto full post >>
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Borealis Philanthropy awards $4.3 million to BIPOC newsrooms
Awarded to 56 organizations through the organization’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, the grants are aimed at building and nourishing the capacity and sustainability of news organizations and journalism ecosystem partners…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Working towards energy affordability in rural America
If you live in the United States, there is a one-in-eight chance that you own your electric utility. That is to say that there’s a one-in-eight chance that your electric utility has a similar structure to a credit union or food cooperative. And if you are one of the many millions of residents who pay…
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Tow Foundation awards $10 million for youth mental health care
Awarded through its Innovation Fund, the grants serve youth in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York, or Pennsylvania…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Sergey Brin donates more than $1.1 billion worth of Alphabet shares
The gift of more than 3.5 million shares of Alphabet stock is worth more than $1.1 billion, with a majority directed to Catalyst4, which Brin co-founded in 2021…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Federal funding cuts threaten New York City nonprofits, report finds
The report from the Center for an Urban Future found that many groups already have experienced significant financial impacts and have had to scale back or eliminate programs, lay off staff, and reduce services for clients…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Wellcome awards $13.2 million to boost African genomics, health equity
The £10 million investment will launch GEN-IMPACT, an Africa-led initiative that aims to advance African genomics and health equity…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Lilly Endowment awards $460 million to Marion County K-12 schools
Thirty-four grants totaling more than $460 million will support efforts to help local schools strengthen students’ academic achievement and post-secondary success…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves. This article was originally published by Truthout In Kent, Ohio, older white women and immigrant families are forging unexpected connections through a time exchange network. Through time exchanges — sometimes called time banking — members earn time…
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Tom Golisano awards $25 million to Mary Cariola Foundation
The commitment will enable the Mary Cariola Center to expand and modernize its services and build a new facility in Rochester, New York, to address the needs of its nearly 450 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Rise of Regressive Philanthropy in the 21st Century
New research from the National Committee of Responsive Philanthropy explores the increased investment of regressive private and public foundations in recent years. All figures in this reporting have been converted to 2025 dollars* Over the past decade, we have seen the fruition of a well-financed 60-year campaign to roll back major movement-won advances made on…