Author: Hilary Pennington
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Parsons Foundation helps Semper Fi Fund raise $20 million for veterans
With the help of a $10 million matching challenge from the Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, the Semper Fi & America’s Fund raised more than $20 million in support of wounded, critically ill, and injured post-9/11 service members and their families in 2020…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Governance Effectiveness: The Interaction of Ethno-Racial Diversity and Social Capital
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research examines the relationship among Board Diversity, Social Capital, and Governance Effectiveness by asking, “does board ethno-racial diversity moderate the relationship between Social Capital and Governance Effectiveness, and if so, how?” Exploring the direct and interacting effects of demographic diversity and Social Capital, and their relation…
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Johns Hopkins Medicine receives $15 million from trustee
The gift to the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery will establish the David M. Rubenstein Precision Medicine Center of Excellence and support basic research focused on the development of therapeutic approaches to the preservation and restoration of hearing…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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TAWANI Foundation commits $2 million to Tulane University
The commitment includes a $1 million gift to establish the Audrey G. Ratner Excellence Endowed Fund for American Jewry and Jewish Culture in the School of Liberal Arts and a $1 million matching challenge…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Community Foundation Update (01/09/2021)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Philanthropy’s Role in a Better Future
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Greenham Trust launches ‘Laptops for Lockdown Learning’ fund to support underprivileged children’s home-schooling
Hosted on The Good Exchange platform, donations will be match-funded up to £250,000 to provide £500,000 for learning equipment across West Berkshire and beyond 8th January 2021 – Greenham Trust has today launched the ‘Laptops for Lockdown Learning’ appeal to give every child a laptop to learn under lockdown. Hosted on The Good Exchange, Greenham…
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Mark Foundation awards $8 million for collaborative research
Inaugural grants awarded by the Endeavor Award program will support research projects focused on preventing and overcoming metastasis, decoding the whole-body response to cancer, and understanding the molecular mechanisms of tumor plasticity and progression…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Motivations for Peer-Support Volunteering: Social Identities and Role-Identities as Sources of Motivation
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Motivations for volunteering described by functional theory are loosely related to the types and duration of these activities. The motivating effects of individuals’ social- and role-based identities may need inclusion. Identity theories suggest that entering a specific service activity depends on whether the service benefits a social…
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University Hospitals receives $7.5 million for maternal, neonatal unit
The commitment from board member Steve Potash and his wife, Loree, will establish the Steve and Loree Potash Women & Newborn Center at UH Ahuja Medical Center and launch a literacy program for infants and their families…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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National Gallery of Art acquires artworks from Souls Grown Deep
The forty works by twenty-one African-American artists include nine quilts by the artists of Gee’s Bend, Alabama; three paintings, three drawings, and a sculpture by Thornton Dial; works on paper by Nellie Mae Rowe, Henry Speller, Georgia Speller, and Royal Robertson; and four sculpted heads by James “Son Ford” Thomas…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post…
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Lilly Endowment awards $17 million for COVID-19 relief
The grants will support organizations and ministries working to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana’s Marion County…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Bisciotti Foundation, Ravens commit $5 million to Catholic Charities
The donation from the NFL’s Baltimore franchise and the family foundation established its majority owner will support Catholic Charities programs and services at more than two hundred locations in Baltimore and nine Maryland counties…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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New York Jets award $1 million to social justice organizations
The team awarded grants of $250,000 to four national nonprofit organizations and will also provide volunteer support from Jets players, coaches, and staff…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Lehigh Carbon Community College receives $1 million bequest
The gift from the estate of former professor Clifford F. Miller will provide scholarships for both part- and full-time students, with preference given to those studying in a technology-related field…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Stand Up To Cancer awarded $10 million for cancer initiative
The initiative will fund a ‘Dream Team’ of researchers and a comprehensive public awareness campaign focused on increasing colorectal cancer screenings in medically underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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In Search of Civil Society: Disentangling Associational Practices and Civil Society Conceptions in Germany
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The historical case study of German associations during World War I highlights the limits of sociability in times of political polarization. At the war’s beginning, German elites supported political associations that welcomed the entire political spectrum, thus radically breaking with associations that had developed along political, social,…
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Joyce Foundation awards grants totaling nearly $15 million
Grants were awarded by the Chicago-based foundation in the areas of culture, democracy, education and economic mobility, the environment, and gun violence prevention…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>