Author: Shuyi Deng
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Intra-Group and Inter-Group Racial Disparities in Nonprofit Funding: Insights from Stratification Economics
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Recent research has increasingly examined nonprofit funding disparities between White and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, especially after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. However, limited attention has been paid to funding … Goto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Higher education’s response to federal cuts
Higher education institutions spent much of the year on the defensive following changes in federal funding and public policy put billions of dollars in limbo, if not eliminating the payments altogether…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Climate Change
Funding for climate change and environmental resilience saw big gains in 2025, although philanthropic decisions were heavily influenced by the United States government’s decision to pull funding and participation from several global organizations, and the United Nations-led COP 30 climate change conference in Belém, Brazil…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Jeff, Lauren Bezos announce $25 million in Courage & Civility Awards
The 2025 Bezos Courage & Civility Awards, which provide $5 million to each honoree, aim to celebrate those who help challenge the status quo…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Futures Thinking: Building Proactive Resilience in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In an era of heightened uncertainty, nonprofits face complex risks that challenge their mission-driven work, making resilience more essential than ever. Existing research on nonprofit resilience, however, tends to adopt a reactive lens, focusing on post-… Goto full post >>
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December 2025 Updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
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DFG announces 2026 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize recipients
Selected by a committee of the German Research Foundation from a pool of 144 nominees, the 10 prize winners will each receive €2.5 million ($2.9 million) over a period of up to seven years in support of their research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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What Is a Just Transition and How Can We Pursue It?
By Sam Walby, April Doner, Jack Becher, Tchiyiwe Chihana, Sam Gregory, and Peter Pula This story was originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly on September 22, 2025: nonprofitquarterly.org/what-is-a-just-transition-and-how-can-we-pursue-it/ State of the Movements is a recurring NPQ column dedicated to tracking the pulse of social movements and the solidarity economy in 2025. In our movements, we often focus on actions—the…
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Funders award Detroit-area arts, cultural organizations $11.2 million
The 107 multiyear general operating grants from the Kresge, Erb, and Hudson-Webber foundations will help strengthen the sector regionally with consistent support to a diverse range of organizations, including the Motown Museum and the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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University of Cincinnati receives $3.4 million bequest for nursing
The gift from the estate of alumnus Stephen J. Helman will support nursing scholarships and mental health services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Salt Lake City’s Shelter the Homeless receives $10 million
The matching funds from board member Gail Miller will help the nonprofit—which provides 90 percent of the area’s shelter beds—to enhance programs, improve security, and expand support services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Georgia State University receives $4.6 million from Gates Foundation
The grant will enable the university to scale degree-completion pathways for associate-degree students…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Coefficient Giving Commits $175 Million to GiveWell Opportunities
We are excited to share that Coefficient Giving, formerly Open Philanthropy, has decided to renew and increase their funding for GiveWell, committing to set aside $175 million in 2026 for opportunities we recommend. This is great news for the people our grants help, and it comes at a critical moment. Following 2025’s aid cuts, we…
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Having Less But Giving More: Evidence From China
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The impact of income placement on the percentage of income given has been widely studied in developed countries, but little attention has been given to the issue in developing countries. We investigate the variance in the giving/income share among … Goto full post >>
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Jackie Robinson Foundation, Museum receive $20 million gift
The two-year award from the Dodgers’ principal owner Mark Walter and Thomas Tull, his co-chair at TWG Global, will support college scholarships and fund the Jackie Robinson Museum, celebrating the life of the baseball great…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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No Gifts, No Strings: How a Good Cause Stands on Its Own
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Volunteers are vital for nonprofit organizations, yet recruiting them remains a challenge. This study evaluates two common strategies – Gift-Exchange and the Foot-in-the-Door (FITD) technique – in recruiting episodic volunteers. In a field experiment with … Goto full post >>
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Aliko Dangote Foundation pledges $688 million for education in Nigeria
The Lagos-based foundation aims to focus on students in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math) and well as on teacher training and the education of girls…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Built Different: A Prayer for Endurance
A Poem by S. Gray This affirmation is something I wrote for myself first — a personal grounding, a quiet prayer borne out of an ongoing season of grief. In a world that keeps demanding more than any one person should have to hold, I needed language that could meet me where I actually was:…
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Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2025
For this post, a number of GiveWell staff members volunteered to share the thinking behind their personal donations for the year. We’ve published similar posts in previous years.1See our staff giving posts from 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013. jQuery(‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_16165_1_1’).tooltip({ tip: ‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_16165_1_1’, tipClass: ‘footnote_tooltip’, effect: ‘fade’, predelay: 0,…