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Astellas Health Foundation awards $2 million for COVID-19 response
Grants were awarded to four organizations working to prevent the spread and combat the long-term effects of COVID-19 in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities in five low-income countries…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Are the Wages Paid by Non-Profits Sensitive to Volunteering? Evidence From France
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Volunteers and paid staff frequently work alongside each other in nonprofit organizations. Nevertheless, the possible impact of volunteering on the wages of the paid staff has hardly ever been investigated due to the scarcity of data suited to such research. Based on the matching of two French…
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Huntington Bank announces $20 billion plan to help Midwest communities
The bank’s new community plan reflects increased investments in small businesses, with an emphasis on those owned by minorities, women, and veterans; affordable housing and home ownership; and community lending and investment across its seven-state footprint…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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James Graham Brown Foundation commits $10 million for COVID relief
The Louisville-based foundation will provide an additional $10 million in grants and zero-interest loans to nonprofits working in its focus areas — education and workforce, community and economic prosperity, and quality of life…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Chronicle Failure on Immigration Interview Hurts All Nonprofits (Letter to the Editor)
All of us should expect nonprofits, philanthropists, and the media that covers them to rely on accurate data, provide complicated context, and invite public scrutiny, writes a philanthropy scholar. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Majority of Americans skeptical of news media, study finds
A survey by the Pew Research Center found that 54 percent of respondents viewed the public’s confidence in news organizations as “not too much” (43 percent) or “none at all” (11 percent), while smaller percentages said they had little (33 percent) or no (19 percent) confidence that journalists act in the public interest…. Philanthropy News…
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Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Commits $50 Million for Social Justice (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Koret Foundation has granted $10 million to continue scholarships for underrepresented college students in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is giving $1 million to neighborhood-revitalization projects in Flint, Mich. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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UJA-Federation awards additional $6.67 million in COVID funding
The grants include nearly $4.6 million to strengthen and expand safety-net services for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-related job loss, food insecurity, economic hardship, and mental health challenges and $2.1 million in support of Jewish day schools…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Power in Processes: Insights from a Top-Performing Global Funder
The post Power in Processes: Insights from a Top-Performing Global Funder appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
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Single Women Were More Likely Than Others to Reduce Giving Early in Pandemic, Says New Report
Nearly 40 percent of those who did said they had done so because they were uncertain how the public-health crisis would affect the economy. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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LISC receives $25 million for economic development fund
Established earlier this summer, the Black Economic Development Fund will make investments designed to improve economic opportunity for African Americans, including deposits in Black-owned banks and financing for minority businesses, charter schools, affordable housing projects, and athletic facilities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nonprofit Leaders: Here’s How to Recruit Board Members — Even in a Crisis
How to make a better pitch to candidates for board service and six ways to improve recruitment overall. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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UC Berkeley receives $10 million to study deep learning
With funding from the Simons Foundation and National Science Foundation, the five-year effort seeks to develop a better theoretical understanding of deep learning, a widely used AI approach for teaching computers that is gaining traction in industry, commerce, science, and society…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Third cohort of Obama Foundation Scholars at Columbia announced
The year-long program aims to empower emerging leaders with a proven commitment to service with the tools needed to make their efforts more effective upon their return home…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Good-looking Giver Effect: The Relationship Between Doing Good and Looking Good
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Evidence exists that beautiful is seen as good: the halo effect wherein more physically attractive people are perceived to be good, and the reverse halo that good is seen as beautiful. Yet research has rarely examined the evidence linking the beautiful with the good, or the reverse,…
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Michael J. Fox Foundation announces grants totaling $8.8 million
Grants were awarded support of studies to better define the biology and experience of Parkinson’s; measure disease risk, onset, and progression; treat the underlying disease and its symptoms; and develop tools and resources that enable progress across the field…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Donors Step Up Giving to Influence 2020 Voting
Donors are pouring money into efforts they say are designed to fix the democratic process. Critics see a thinly disguised effort to use philanthropy to defeat Donald Trump and his policies. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Philanthropists Step Up Giving to Influence 2020 Voting
Donors are pouring money into efforts to protect the security of voting by mail, getting people out to vote, and taking other steps to bolster democracy. Some philanthropists are combining their charitable work with contributions to organizations that can get involved directly in politics.   Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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SFARI selects Bridge to Independence fellowships
Launched in 2015, the program provides early-career scientists with funding of $495,000 over three years to help them transition from a mentored training position to an independent career in autism research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Jesuit Dallas receives $17 million gift for natatorium
The gift from Rachel Segal supports construction of a 29,000-square-foot facility that will include an eight-lane, 25-yard competition pool for the school’s swimming and diving teams and water polo program; a four-lane warmup/teaching pool; a climate-controlled gallery with seating for two hundred and fifty guests; and space for injury rehabilitation and water-based trainings…. Philanthropy News…