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Rockefeller awards $12 million for COVID-19 testing, tracing in Africa
Launched in August, the Partnership to Accelerate Covid-19 Testing (PACT) is working to establish global partnerships around the mobilization of technical, material, and financial resources in support of an expansion of COVID testing, tracing, and treatment in member states…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Children's Hospital LA receives $25 million for behavioral health
CHLA will use the gift from an anonymous donor to expand access to behavioral health services, expand proactive screening and interventions, and strengthen training and education for healthcare providers…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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NJ Performing Arts Center receives $20 million bequest
In honor of the gift from its longtime supporter, NJPAC will name the stage in Prudential Hall, its largest theater, the Betty Wold Johnson stage…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Mellon Foundation awards $15 million to Library of Congress
The largest grant ever to the library from a private foundation will fund Of the People: Widening the Path, a multiyear initiative aimed at creating opportunities for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other minority communities to contribute their perspectives to a more inclusive American story…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nearly half of nonprofit staff employees expect cost cutting in 2021
According to the 2020 Eagle Hill Consulting Nonprofit Survey of nonprofit employees, 58 percent of respondents said their employer took steps to reduce costs in 2020, while 49 percent expect their organizations to implement further cost-cutting measures in 2021…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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ServiceNow launches $100 million Racial Equity Fund
The fund will drive more sustainable wealth creation in ten metro areas by increasing the lending capacity of local banks in the areas of homeownership, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood revitalization…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Report calls for climate funding with an equity and justice lens
The report from the ClimateWorks Foundation highlights opportunities for intersectional funding in support of efforts to build climate change resilience, advance environmental and economic equity, and improve the lives of people around the globe…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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TD Bank awards $2.8 million to support equitable COVID recovery
Through the third annual TD Ready Challenge, the bank awarded grants to six U.S. nonprofits working to develop innovative solutions to inequities exacerbated by the pandemic in communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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LEGO, Scratch Foundations announce $10 million tech play initiative
The partnership will allow the Scratch Foundation to develop and disseminate free digital tools, activities, and educational materials based on the Scratch programming platform…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Arcus Foundation awards grants for social justice, conservation
The foundation awarded grants through its Social Justice Program in support of LGBTQ leadership, movements, networks, and coalitions that are creating safer, more inclusive societies, and grants through its Great Apes & Gibbons Program in support of efforts to protect forest habitats…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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North Carolina A&T receives $5.5 million from Corning
The gift will support student scholarships, efforts to help students become classroom teachers, and initiatives designed to boost the number of graduates in fields critical to the nation’s economic future…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Black Seed announces grants to a hundred Black theater groups
The national initiative awarded grants ranging from $10,000 to $150,000 to a hundred Black-led theater groups…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Lehigh University receives $5 million for university art galleries
Structured as part of a planned bequest, the gift is the largest ever to the Lehigh University Art Galleries and will endow the Woodcock Director’s Fund…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Donors in the Netherlands can now make tax-deductible gifts through GiveWell
We’re excited to announce that donations to GiveWell are now tax-deductible in the Netherlands! Dutch donors can make donations on the GiveWell donate page. Our top recommendation for all donors is to give to GiveWell’s Maximum Impact Fund, which we grant regularly to our recommended charities according to where we believe donations can do the…
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Georgetown University Receives $4 million for Kalmanovitz Initiative
The grant from the Ford Foundation will support efforts by the university’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor to broaden and deepen its work…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Imperative of Foundation Board Diversity
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Bank of America invested $13 million in Native communities in 2020
The financial services company made a $10 million investment in Native American Bank and awarded grants totaling $3.1 million to nonprofits working in Native American communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

