Category: Feeds
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U Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics receives $5 million
The award from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation to the Stone Center at the University of Michigan will bolster research and programs that address the causes and effects of rising wealth inequality in the United States and around the world…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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NCWM mental health nonprofit receives $32 million from MacKenzie Scott
The unrestricted award to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, a national nonprofit that supports more than 3,300 mental health and substance use treatment organizations, is a nearly five-fold increase in funding from Scott…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Little League International awarded $7 million by Easton Foundations
The funds will support facility enhancements to the Little League World Series facility…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Baylor University receives $30 million gift from Moody Foundation
The funds will support scholarships as well as efforts to expand faculty research and rename the Moody School of Education…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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January 2026 Updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
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Notre Dame receives $5 million for Catholic leadership program
The five-year grant from the Lilly Endowment will bolster the training of theological leaders, provide clearer pathways for graduate study, and alleviate financial barriers…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Renewal Is Not Retreat
Greetings, Community. As we enter this new year, many of us are doing so in a season that already carries weight—intensified by a society under strain. Rising uncertainty, deepening inequities, and persistent threats to our collective well-being are shaping this moment. It holds fear, fatigue, anger, and grief—and a kind of low-grade vigilance that never…
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Duke University receives $57 million from Pierre Lamond and his family
Gifts from the venture capitalist and long-time leader in the computer chip industry, his son, and family foundation will fund a professorship at the Pratt School of Engineering focused on advancing research in semiconductors and nanoelectronics…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Binghamton receives $55 million to advance AI for the public good
Commitments of $30 million from alumnus and Bloomberg co-founder Tom Secunda and $25 million from New York State will establish the Center for AI Responsibility and Research at Binghamton University…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Dallas Opera tops challenge grant goal, raises $54.5 million
By raising nearly $30 million as part of the effort to match a $25 million challenge from the O’Donnell Foundation, the organization will see its endowment more than double to approximately $60 million…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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What Remains After Roe: The Crisis Pregnancy Center Empire in Appalachia
This piece is informed by reproductive justice-led work in Appalachia during Hurricane Helene recovery, where community care networks step in as a matter of practice when systems fail. For 53 years, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade has held a mirror to the sector. Too often, what it reflects back is the cost of our own silence,…
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Funders back $80 million global school meal program accelerator
With funds from the Rockefeller and Novo Nordisk foundations, the World Food Programme, and the German government, the initiative will help expand food programs to an additional 100 million children by 2030 and bolster long-term, sustainable financing for efforts to expand in-school food programs worldwide…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Wallace Foundation awards nearly $2 million in arts and culture grants
The Research-Practice Partnership grants support researchers investigating issues ranging from the impact of community-based youth arts programs on individual and community well-being to the creation of tools that uplift cultural practices and histories…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Community Foundation Update (01/24/2026)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Bentonville’s Amazeum receives $3 million to complete new addition
The gift from the foundation of Willard and Pat Walker—early investors in Walmart—will support the Hangout, the interactive children’s museum’s new early-childhood education space, expected to open later this year…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Shield of Purpose: Legitimizing Marketization in Nonprofit Welfare Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Once being independent pioneers, nonprofit welfare organizations now face marketization as they compete with commercial actors in delivering services within the welfare state. This development has been described as “becoming business-like,” which implies … Goto full post >>
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Podcast Episode 22: Evolving Our Research Approach for Greater Impact
GiveWell is often thought of for its Top Charities, but over the last several years, we’ve been substantially broadening our work. We’ve developed new ways to identify potential grantees, funded research to fill gaps in our understanding, and explored new program areas where we believe cost-effective opportunities exist but other funders aren’t investing. This increased…