Author: John Esterle
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Individual giving to performing arts organizations continues to fall
A report from arts consultancy TRG Arts and arts data specialists Purple Seven found that aggregate revenue to performing arts organizations in the U.S. and Canada in the first nine months of 2020 fell 14 percent on a year-over-year basis, with the average gift size down 24 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Dynamics of International Giving: How Heuristics Shape Individual Donor Preferences
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. State restrictions on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly pervasive across the globe. Although this crackdown has been shown to have a negative impact on public funding flows, we know little about how it affects private philanthropy. How does information about crackdown abroad, as well as organizational…
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Gates Foundation commits $70 million for COVID-19 vaccines
The commitment includes an additional $50 million to GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance’s Advance Market Commitment for COVID-19 Vaccines and $20 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations in support of its efforts to jumpstart the development of an additional slate of promising vaccine candidates…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Salk Institute receives grant to accelerate plant-based carbon capture
The five-year, $2 million grant from Sempra Energy will support the institute’s Harnessing Plants Initiative, which is working to optimize a plant’s natural ability to capture and sequester carbon in soil…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Montana State receives $3 million gift to launch master's program
The gift will support the a new Master of Science in Innovation and Management program targeted to graduates with a STEM degree…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Prairie View A&M University receives $10 million for scholarships
The gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous will fund scholarships for juniors and seniors struggling to complete their degrees during the pandemic…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2020: A Moment of Transformation for Philanthropy?
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Two in three volunteers stopped or cut back due to COVID, survey finds
Surveys fielded by Fidelity Charitable found that, as of August, 21 percent of respondents had stopped volunteering as a result of the pandemic, 24 percent were volunteering “a lot” less, and 21 percent were volunteering “somewhat” less…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Kresge, MacArthur partnering to diversify investment industry
The foundations are partnering with fintech firm Lenox Park Solutions to survey and assess racial and gender diversity at the firms that manage a combined $10.8 billion on their behalf…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Public Interest Technology University Network awards nearly $4 million
Launched in 2019 by the Ford, Hewlett, and New America foundations, the network awarded grants to twenty-five member colleges and universities to help fund critical research, field-building efforts, and an inclusive career pipeline for public-interest technologists…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Atlas of the Stateless
The Geneva office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is today publishing the Atlas of the Stateless (French, English). It will be presented in an online conference, in which the authors of the atlas and members of the UN refugee agency will participate. The Atlas of the Stateless, which is now published in three languages (French, English and…
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Lilly Endowment awards nearly $25 million to youth-serving nonprofits
Awarded through the foundation’s Youth Program Resilience Fund, grants ranging from $5,000 to $800,000 will help cover COVID-related expenses for nearly three hundred nonprofits in Indiana…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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People in the News (11/8/2020): 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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Wharton School receives $5 million for academic building, scholarships
The gift will be used to create and name a gathering space and student lounge area in the facility, which will house research programs, including those dedicated to data and analytics…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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UNESCO, Education Above All to rebuild schools in Lebanon
The partnership includes a $10 million commitment to rebuild schools damaged by the Beirut port explosion in August…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Homeless Link selects Conga to streamline its COVID-19 Homelessness Response Fund
Membership charity organisation for homelessness services in England uses Conga to award more than £6 million of funding to frontline homelessness charities affected during the pandemic London, UK – Conga, a leader in revenue operations management, today announced that Homeless Link, a national membership charity for organisations working directly with people who become homeless in…
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Report calls for transparency in supply chains to reduce plastic waste
The report from the Minderoo Foundation and SYSTEMIQ details how a lack of transparency is hampering well-intentioned efforts to reduce plastic waste…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>