Based on discussions with a working group of fifteen ICU directors convened virtually in October, the report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security found that healthcare workers in the city were deeply affected by their experiences dealing with the surge of COVID patients from April to June…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Awards include $3 million in support of seventeen biomedical open source software projects and $1.7 million to three organizations working to advance reproducibility practices and open research infrastructure…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

With a $5 million commitment from Walmart, the Equity in Education Initiative will work to increase the number of African-American college graduates who build successful careers in fields that are critical to the nation’s economic future…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded in support of efforts to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other urgent issues, including climate change,  growing inequality, systemic racism, and the continuing erosion of democratic norms and institutions…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The total includes grants of $375,000 to Breaking Ground and the YMCA of Greater New York to address the impact of COVID-19 on the homeless in New York City, $1.25 million in support of food banks in communities where MetLife has a significant presence, and $2 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation in support…

The grants were awarded through the trust’s Annual Funding Opportunity, which supports investments aimed at addressing racial, health, and economic inequities through local and statewide policy reform and systems change efforts…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Foundation will support clinical research programs focused on immunotherapy and precision genomic medicine…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants made through the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund include five awards totaling $900,000 to U.S. organizations and nine grants totaling $1.1 million to international organizations in support of recovery efforts in communities around the globe…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant will support the production and dissemination of the Berggruen Governance Index, which evaluates countries based on the quality of their political and administrative governance…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The record-breaking bequest from a lifelong supporter who wished to remain anonymous will be used to grow the college’s endowment…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The largest gift in FAU history will create the Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Institute for Holocaust and Jewish Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment includes approximately $8 million for national racial justice organizations and $22 million in general operating support for local organizations in Detroit, New Orleans, Memphis, and Fresno…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced in an Instagram post on Monday grants totaling $791 million to sixteen organizations working to address climate change and its impacts on Indigenous and BIPOC communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>