Author: Ruomei Yang
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The Role of Mediators in Diffusing the Community Foundation Model of Philanthropy
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. We examine the role of mediators in locally embedding the community foundation model of philanthropy to enable its global diffusion. We hold that mediators, as trusted agents within elite networks, promote and legitimate institutional innovation by tailoring the model to satisfy local requirements. They thereby limit resistance…
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Global Fund, partners announce grants totaling $773 million
Grants will support efforts to expand access to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria prevention services for vulnerable populations in Mozambique…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Mellon Foundation awards grants totaling $4 million for dance
The grants will support “bubble” residencies designed to enable dancers and choreographers — the arts discipline hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic — to safely pursue their work in quarantine…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Populism and Charity Donations: An Australian Case Study
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The reasons why people donate to charities have been extensively researched, but how this behavior relates to political values is less well understood. We also know little about how the rise of populist values among the electorate will influence charitable giving in the future. Using a national…
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Blackstone commits $40 million to expand entrepreneurship program
The foundation will partner with UNCF to expand the LaunchPad entrepreneurship program from thirty to seventy-five campuses over the next five years, with a focus on colleges and universities that have a majority-diverse student body or are serving underresourced communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Gilead commits $3.2 million for LGBTQ education, transgender justice
The grant will fund a public awareness campaign by the HRC Foundation aimed at ensuring access to comprehensive HIV prevention and care, with a focus on communities of color…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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McDonnell Foundation announces $6 million in science initiative grants
The 21st Century Science Initiative funds research in two areas — human cognition and dynamic and multi-scale systems — and also awards grants in support of projects aligned with its programmatic interests but structured so as to allow the foundation flexibility to pursue unusual opportunities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Clinton Foundation launches action network on inclusive recovery
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on an Inclusive Economic Recovery will support recovery efforts in the U.S. aimed at addressing racial and economic disparities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Listening as the Path to Change
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Global Philanthropy: Does Institutional Context Matter for Charitable Giving?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In this article, we examine whether and how the institutional context matters when understanding individuals’ giving to philanthropic organizations. We posit that both the individuals’ propensity to give and the amounts given are higher in countries with a stronger institutional context for philanthropy. We examine key factors…
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PPG commits $20 million to advance racial equity in education
To be fulfilled by 2025, the commitment is focused on addressing systemic racism and advancing racial equity in the United States, with a focus on STEM education; civil rights, criminal justice reform, and BIPOC cultural heritage initiatives; and community beautification projects…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Colby College receives $30 million to establish AI institute
The gift from alumnus Andrew Davis (’85) and his family will support efforts to prepare students and faculty to create and apply AI and machine learning across a range of applications while establishing a precedent for how liberal arts colleges are engaged in shaping the future of AI…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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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 >>