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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 >>
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Foundation returns Maine acreage to Penobscots
Owned by Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby and her family, the acreage includes the headwaters of the Pleasant River, a tributary of the Penobscot River, which is sacred to the Penobscot Nation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Activating Community Resilience: The Emergence of COVID-19 Funds Across the United States
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article draws upon concepts of community resilience to explore the antecedents of community philanthropic organizations’ response to COVID-19. Although the pandemic is a global threat, responses have been local. We test a model of community resilience activation in the context of the emergence of local COVID-19…
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Nonprofit jobs slow to recover from COVID-19
Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the analysis found that the total number of nonprofit jobs rose 1.9 percent between August and September but was still down 7.6 percent (973,352 jobs) from pre-pandemic February levels…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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George Washington University receives $22.5 million for scholarships
The gifts include bequests of more than $15 million from the estates of alumnae Mary H. Shepard (’64) and her sister, Josephine R. Shepard (’65), and $6 million from the estate of Mildred Bland Miller, wife of the late Woodrow W. Miller (’47)…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Merrillville community center receives $10 million gift
The naming gift from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation will be used to offset shortfalls in the Indiana town’s operating budget for the $24 million facility…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>