Category: Feeds
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Cornell University receives $55 million from alumnus, trustee
The gift from Stephen B. Ashley will combine the department of global development and the department of natural resources and the environment at the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Notre Dame receives $50.8 million from Lilly for faith-based AI
The grant from the Lilly Endowment—the largest foundation grant in Notre Dame history—will help the Notre Dame Institute for Ethics and the Common Good advance development of a shared, faith-based ethical framework that individuals can draw on to discern appropriate uses of AI…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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University of Southern Mississippi receives $2 million from alumnus
Awarded through the USM Foundation, the gift from Paul H. “Bud” Holmes will support the $16.6 million renovation of the building that will house the university’s School of Criminal Justice, Forensic Science and Security…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Giving by high-net-worth individuals
The mega-wealthy continue to exert outsized influence on giving in the United States and around the world…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Virtually Raising the Paddle: Examining the Role of Online Nonprofit Dialogic Stewardship and Identification in the Post-COVID Era
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. COVID-19 lockdowns required charitable nonprofits to virtually engage donors during restrictions on in-person gatherings, yet limited research has examined how online events convey stewardship. This study aims to understand how virtual events impact donor … Goto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Support for the Global South
From education to community and nonprofit development, investments into initiatives in the Global South filled a range of areas…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Multichannel Philanthropists Versus Cash Contributors: Segmenting Charitable Donors in the Digital Age
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Recent years have witnessed a radical shift towards digital charitable giving. Existing studies typically investigate a single donation channel, coming at the expense of a more holistic understanding of donor channel preferences. The current study seeks … Goto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Women’s health
Major funders and collaboratives doubled down on their investments in support of women’s health in 2025…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Podcast Episode 20: Taking Lessons from a Year of Aid Cuts into 2026
Global health programs faced major disruptions to their funding in 2025. Back in March, we published our first podcast episode to share a timely snapshot of the immediate impacts caused by the foreign aid freeze and GiveWell’s initial response strategy. It was unclear whether and when funding would resume, and what the medium and long-term…
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2025 Roundup: Funding for HBCUs and Tribal colleges
Giving to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well as Tribal- and Hispanic-Serving colleges advanced markedly this year with over $1 billion in related awards from MacKenzie Scott alone…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Religion
In 2025, the continued expansion of the Lilly Endowment’s grantmaking has helped maintain a solid foundation of giving to religious organizations around the world, while other individual and institutional funders have also made it a significant focus of their giving…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Medical research and health funding
This year saw a range of super-sized long-term awards for hospitals and health systems as well as targeted funding to expand science-to-treatment pipelines, address health equity gaps in data and research, and leverage AI technologies to accelerate medical breakthroughs…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Help-Seeking Preferences of Participants in Social Enterprises: Does Control Matter?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Research on social enterprises has primarily emphasized organizational performance and social impact, while participants’ experiences remain underexplored. This study first conducted a scoping review of the current social enterprise literature and … Goto full post >>
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Intra-Group and Inter-Group Racial Disparities in Nonprofit Funding: Insights from Stratification Economics
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Recent research has increasingly examined nonprofit funding disparities between White and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, especially after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. However, limited attention has been paid to funding … Goto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Higher education’s response to federal cuts
Higher education institutions spent much of the year on the defensive following changes in federal funding and public policy put billions of dollars in limbo, if not eliminating the payments altogether…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Climate Change
Funding for climate change and environmental resilience saw big gains in 2025, although philanthropic decisions were heavily influenced by the United States government’s decision to pull funding and participation from several global organizations, and the United Nations-led COP 30 climate change conference in Belém, Brazil…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Jeff, Lauren Bezos announce $25 million in Courage & Civility Awards
The 2025 Bezos Courage & Civility Awards, which provide $5 million to each honoree, aim to celebrate those who help challenge the status quo…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Futures Thinking: Building Proactive Resilience in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In an era of heightened uncertainty, nonprofits face complex risks that challenge their mission-driven work, making resilience more essential than ever. Existing research on nonprofit resilience, however, tends to adopt a reactive lens, focusing on post-… Goto full post >>
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December 2025 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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DFG announces 2026 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize recipients
Selected by a committee of the German Research Foundation from a pool of 144 nominees, the 10 prize winners will each receive €2.5 million ($2.9 million) over a period of up to seven years in support of their research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>