Category: Feeds
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Mellon Foundation commits $250 million to reimagine monuments
With the aim of transforming the way U.S. histories are told in public spaces, the Monuments Project will focus on three areas: funding new monuments, memorials, and storytelling spaces; contextualizing existing monuments and memorials through installations, research, and education; and relocating existing monuments and memorials…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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No Global Crisis of Trust: A Longitudinal and Multinational Examination of Public Trust in Nonprofits
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Recent high-profile scandals suggest the potential for a crisis of trust in charities, which could have negative consequences for the nonprofit sector as a whole. Although widespread, this crisis narrative has not yet been subjected to empirical examination. To assess the extent to which public trust has…
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Cleveland Foundation awards $27.5 million in third-quarter grants
Grants were awarded to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties in the areas of economic and workforce development, education, the environment, leadership development, neighborhood revitalization, and youth, health, and social services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards $10.3 million in grants
Young Investigator Grants were awarded to a hundred and fifty early-career scientists engaged in groundbreaking neurobiological research on the causes of and treatments and prevention strategies for psychiatric disorders…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Oregon rebuilding fund receives $5 million for wildfire recovery
Established in September by Oregon Governor Kate Brown to assist communities impacted by a devastating wildfire season, the fund was seeded with contributions totaling $3 million from the Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, and Oregon Community Foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Lilly Endowment awards nearly $93 million for congregations
Awarded through the endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, the grants will support the work of individual congregations as well as colleges and universities, theological schools, denominational agencies, and other faith-based organizations working to strengthen ministries across the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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SoCal grantmakers make changes to address COVID-19 crisis
Based on a survey of leaders and staff at grantmaking institutions, as well as individual donors, donor-advised fund account holders, and wealth advisors, the report from Community Works Consulting found that nearly two-thirds of institutional grantmakers said they planned to redirect some, most, or all of their grant dollars to COVID-19 response efforts…. Philanthropy News Digest…
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Panasonic Donates Equipment to Aid E-Learning
Easily cleaned, semi-rugged devices to benefit several families: Panasonic donated 100 refurbished laptops and handhelds to charities in the UK, France and Germany. CARDIFF, UK. 30th September 2020 – Panasonic has today announced partnerships with three major charities in Europe to provide refurbished laptops and tablets to socially disadvantaged families. The programme is focused on…
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Rutgers receives $15 million for global racial justice institute
The grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will establish the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice and buttress the scholarship of humanities researchers in the areas of policy reform, social justice, K-12 education, and incarceration…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Truist launches $40 million fund for small business owners
The CornerSquare Community Capital fund will support community development financial institutions through the purchase of 25 percent loan participations, enabling the CDFIs to increase their lending and expand support for BIPOC- and women-owned small businesses…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Report highlights insufficient funding for climate change mitigation
The report from the ClimateWorks Foundation estimates that only 2 percent of global philanthropic giving was designated for efforts to address climate change in 2019, including about $1.6 billion from foundations…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Berggruen Institute announces 2020-21 fellows
The sixth cohort of Berggruen Fellows will research transformative ideas with the potential to reshape human society while promoting academic and cultural exchange in the United States and China…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Testing Social Enterprise Models Across the World: Evidence From the “International Comparative Social Enterprise Models (ICSEM) Project”
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In response to the large number of definitions of social enterprise (SE), various works have sought to cope with such diversity through SE typologies. Many of them are however country-specific and only very few of them are built upon solid theoretical foundations. To overcome these weaknesses, Defourny…
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Yuri Milner establishes scholarship for Israeli students at Wharton
Over the next decade, the Friends of Israel MBA Fund will provide fellowships covering tuition for the two-year Wharton MBA program to more than sixty students from Israel…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Former Atlantic Records Executive Gives $50 Million for a New Medical Campus (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, four universities received big gifts, and a Johnson & Johnson heir left $5 million to a science center. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Park Foundation Hires New Executive Director (Transitions)
Also, the Blues Foundation chooses the CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia as its next leader, and the longtime CEO of American Public Media Group is departing. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Monmouth Medical Center receives $50 million for new medical campus
The gift from local philanthropists Anne and Sheldon Vogel will support development of the Vogel Medical Campus in Tinton Falls…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Planning and Decision Making in Uncertain Times: Watch Our Online Briefing
Two experts share insights and advice on how to create a roadmap to navigate your nonprofit’s future in a time of ‘hyper-uncertainty.’ (Note: The link to this briefing in Thursday’s newsletter was incorrect. We apologize for the inconvenience.) Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>