Author: Steven Lawrence
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Gates Foundation awards $1.5 million in education grants
Awarded through Balance the Equation: A Grand Challenge for Algebra 1, the foundation’s first ever U.S. education Grand Challenge, the Phase 1 grants will support projects designed to transform Algebra I from a “gatekeeper” into a “gateway” to success…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Contractor Management Specialists Orange Genie Donate £5,000 to Project Stedfast
At the request of their close friend and colleague, Michael Farquhar, contractor management specialists Orange Genie Group will be making a donation of £5,000 to the Boys Brigade Charity Project Stedfast, to go towards their ongoing work to build and support a school in Kenya. The project began in 2006 with the building of St.…
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March 2021 open thread
Our goal with hosting quarterly open threads is to give blog readers an opportunity to publicly raise comments or questions about GiveWell or related topics (in the comments section below). As always, you’re also welcome to email us at info@givewell.org or to request a call with GiveWell staff if you have feedback or questions you’d…
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Conrad Prebys Foundation awards nearly $78 million in grants
The foundation’s first round of competitive grants will support projects in the areas of arts and culture, conservation, education, health care, medical research, and youth development in the San Diego region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Building Trust Through Grantee Feedback
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Book Review: Civil society by Edwards, M.
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T. Denny Sanford commits $300 million for rural healthcare access
The gift will support efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality health care in the rural Midwest, including a significant expansion of graduate medical education, an investment in community health and wellness, and a planned virtual hospital…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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GAVI, Global Fund, USAID partner to improve supply chain efficiency
With the goal of improving health outcomes and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in lower- and middle-income countries, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and USAID will jointly offer a training program designed to increase supply chain efficiency for medicines and healthcare supplies…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full…
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People in the News (03/21/2021): appointments, promotions, obituaries
The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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University of Hawai'i receives $2.3 million for college prep program
The grant from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation will enable the Soar Higher program to provide low-income and first-generation middle and high school students from the Windward O’ahu community with developmentally appropriate support to aid them in graduating from high school and enrolling in and completing college…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Tiffany's star jewelry designer and philanthropist Elsa Peretti dies in Spain
Zurich, March 19, 2021 … It is with great sadness that Elsa Peretti’s death yesterday from natural causes was announced by her family office in Zurich and by the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation. The designer, who was famous for her creations for high-end US jewelers Tiffany, passed away in a village close to Barcelona,…
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The Effect of Bundling Trade Association Monitoring and Female Board Representation on Loan Losses in Community Credit Unions
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Loan book management is important to community credit union survival, particularly in deprived localities. Consistent with agency theory, prior studies of credit unions report an association among individual monitoring mechanisms, trade association monitoring, and female board representation, respectively, and reduced loan losses. This study provides a more…
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Alex's Lemonade Stand awards $18.5 million for cancer research
Awarded through the foundation’s Crazy 8 Initiative, the grants will support four projects involving fifteen different research institutions…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Jesuits pledge to raise $100 million to atone for slave labor, sales
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has pledged to raise $100 million to benefit the descendants of enslaved people it once owned and to promote racial reconciliation initiatives across the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Charitable giving increased 10.6 percent in 2020, report finds
The Effective Fundraising Project’s 2020 Fourth Quarter Report found that year-over-year growth in giving was driven by a 7.3 percent increase in the number of those making a gift, with an 18.5 percent jump in new donors and a 13.7 percent increase in recaptured donors…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nonprofit Entrepreneurship: Gender Differences in Strategy and Practice
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There is evidence of meaningful gender differences in behaviors, resources, and outcomes for traditional and social entrepreneurs. We examine if these differences exist among nonprofit entrepreneurs—those who found organizations in a sector where women outnumber men and the activities of many nonprofits are perceived as feminine. Using…
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Dorsey awards $3.5 million to NYU to study universal basic income
The grant from Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey will support New York University’s Cash Transfer Lab, which will use the funds to study the impact of cash-transfer policies such as a universal basic income on American families, communities, and the economy…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Re-Purposing Foundation Boards
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