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PayPal to invest $50 million in Black- and Latinx-led VC firms

Oct 29, 2020

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The company will invest $50 million in eight Black- and Latinx-owned venture capital firms as part of a $530 million commitment in support of efforts to advance racial equity in the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Jewish Communal Fund awards $536 million in FY2020

Oct 28, 2020

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In the fiscal year that ended June 30, grant dollars awarded by the largest Jewish donor-advised fund in the United States increased 17.5 percent, while the number of grants jumped 18 percent and the average grant amount rose 16 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Shifting Power Through General Operating Support

Oct 27, 2020

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Rockefeller commits $1 billion for inclusive green recovery

Oct 27, 2020

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The single largest commitment in the foundation’s history will focus on catalyzing private and concessional investments in efforts to scale distributed renewable energy across developing countries and ensuring more equitable access to COVID-19 data, tests and vaccines, and science-based tools…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Harvard receives $25 million gift for life sciences, business school

Oct 26, 2020

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With the aim of bridging the worlds of business and science, the gift will fund curriculum development, faculty research, and programming, including the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree program…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Clinton Foundation forum highlights commitments for equitable recovery

Oct 25, 2020

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Partnerships announced in conjunction with the launch of Building an Inclusive Recovery, a series of virtual convenings focused on racial, ethnic, tribal, economic, and health disparities pre- and post-pandemic, will support small businesses, invest in digital technology, and work to improve financial systems in underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Rockefeller awards $5.5 million for COVID-19 testing, tracing in India

Oct 24, 2020

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Grants will support the India-based manufacture of testing materials, scalable testing programs, and data-driven efforts to strengthen pandemic surveillance…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Cummings Foundation awards grants totaling $10 million

Oct 23, 2020

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Through the Cummings $20 Million Grant Program, the foundation awarded grants ranging between $200,000 and $500,000 over ten years to thirty nonprofits in the greater Boston area…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Are You Ready: Financial Management, Operating Reserves, and the Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits

Oct 22, 2020

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Scholars and practitioners have argued that effective financial management, particularly the development of operating reserves, can help nonprofits survive economic shocks. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector, provides an opportunity to test whether nonprofits have followed that recommendation, and if…

Businesses Venturing Into the Social Domain During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Motivation and Ability Perspective

Oct 22, 2020

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Many businesses have joined governments and nonprofit organizations to serve the social needs under the tremendous pressure of Covid-19. We propose that businesses that expanded into the social domain during the Covid-19 crisis differ significantly from each other and vary extensively in value creation. We extend the…

Centene Charitable Foundation awards $22.1 million to Mayo Clinic

Oct 22, 2020

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The gift will support the development of AI-driven patient-centered solutions focused on the early detection of pancreatic cancer…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Multiyear General Operating Support: What Gives?

Oct 21, 2020

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Civil Society and COVID in China: Responses in an Authoritarian Society

Oct 21, 2020

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Can civil society play a useful role in response to a pandemic like COVID-19 in a one-party state? We explore that issue based on the role of civil society and philanthropy in responding to COVID in China, where a large and innovative—and restricted—civil society and philanthropy sector…

Duke receives $16 million to increase faculty diversity, inclusion

Oct 21, 2020

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The largest portion of the grant will be directed to the recruitment and retention of faculty from underrepresented groups, while the remaining $5.5 million will be used to create a more inclusive environment for faculty, students, and the broader university community…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

California Endowment to focus on 'people, power, health'

Oct 20, 2020

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Building on the achievements of and lessons learned from Building Healthy Communities, the foundation’s previous ten-year strategy, the new ten-year plan will target funding to communities of color and grassroots leaders…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Building Nonprofit Capacity and Resiliency During COVID-19

Oct 19, 2020

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2020 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering announced

Oct 19, 2020

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Twenty innovative early-career scientists and engineers in fields such as astrophysics, biomedical engineering, chemistry, computer and informational science, neuroscience, and plant biology will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Miami University receives $20 million from alumnus

Oct 18, 2020

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The gift from Richard M. McVey (’81) will underwrite construction of a facility for the Emerging Technology in Business and Design department, as well as the departments of statistics and mathematics, the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, and the Center for Analytics and Data Science…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

From the Editors’ Desk

Oct 17, 2020

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Walther Cancer Foundation commits $11 million to expand research

Oct 17, 2020

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The commitment will establish the Walther Cancer Foundation Bioinformatics Fund in support of bioinformatics personnel, technology, and tools at Purdue’s center for Cancer Research and the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

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