Category: Feeds
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5 Easy Ways Board Members Can Help During This Crisis
How trustees can support executives and lead by example without spending a lot of time or money. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Michael J. Fox Foundation awards $8.5 million for Parkinson's research
Grants totaling $8.5 million were awarded through the Ken Griffin Alpha-Synuclein Imaging Competition to teams from AC Immune, Mass General Brigham, and Merck working to develop an imaging tracer that can help clinicians visualize the protein in the living brain…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Snuggling Together or Exploring Options? A Multilevel Analysis of Nonprofit Partnership Formation and Evolution in an Unstable Institutional Context
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. What predicts the formation and evolution of partnerships in unstable institutional contexts? We answer this question by examining the partnership field of environmental nonprofit organizations based in Lebanon. Employing descriptive and inferential network methods, we find organizational attributes such as scope, operations, and age to be significant…
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Northwestern University receives $10 million for family enterprises
Made in honor of clinical professor emeritus John L. Ward, the gift from the Tanoto Foundation will rename the Center for Family Enterprises at the Kellogg School of Management the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Aspen Institute Selects New Executive Director of Latinos and Society Program (Transitions)
Also, the Open Society Foundations will have a new leader of its education program, and a large Jewish foundationâs CEO has died. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Xavier University of Louisiana receives $20 million gift
The largest gift in Xavier’s 95-year-history will enable the university to expand scholarships, endow new faculty positions, and make much-needed investments in sustaining its mission as the nation’s only Catholic and historically black university…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Giving to Faith-Based Nonprofits Likely to Hold Steady or Increase, Survey Says
Eighty-five percent of people who gave at least $1,000 in 2018 or 2019 to a faith-based group say they expect to give the same or more this year as last year. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Edward Jones commits $25 million to Alzheimer's Association
The grant, which builds on a five-year, $25 million partnership launched in 2016, will fund efforts to enhance care and support programs, provide educational materials to the financial services firm’s clients and associates, and advance critical research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nonprofits Respond to Blackbaud Data Breach
A ransomware attack at fundraising technology provider Blackbaud is raising questions for a wide range of nonprofits that were affected. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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NYC COVID-19 response fund awarded more than $110 million
Launched in March, the fund was administered by the New York Community Trust, which managed more than $73 million in grant funding, with the Nonprofit Finance Fund issuing and managing another $37 million in no-interest loans…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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enVie Supplies Vulnerable People with Food During Covid-19
Belgian social enterprise fights back against food waste while feeding the vulnerable quickly and cost effectively, supported by OKI Europe Ltd’s Five Colour Label Printer Egham, 29th July 2020 – Belgian social enterprise enVie, has been fighting back against food waste by making delicious healthy soups from fresh surplus vegetables supplied by Belgian farmers, to…
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MacKenzie Scott Showers $1.7 Billion on Nonprofits, Mostly Groups Fighting for Equity
The ex-wife of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos said the money was distributed to 116 nonprofits, mostly to organization devoted to equity that are led by women, minorities, and LGBTQ people. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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LISC announces $50 million in New Markets Tax Credits
The national community development financial institution will use the credits to promote quality jobs, better health, and local economic growth, with a focus on underserved urban and rural communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Bruce and Martha Karsh Give Cedars-Sinai $25 Million (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Financier Robert Smith gave $1.9 million for prostate cancer research aimed at developing a new noninvasive test. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>
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Mastercard commits $200 million for youth job opportunities
With a goal by 2030 of enabling more than three million young people to secure dignified and fulfilling work, the commitment will support the launch of the foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy in Uganda…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Neilsen Foundation awards $10 million for COVID-19 relief
Grants include $6.1 million in support of spinal cord injury research projects that have been halted or delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and $3.5 million in support of emergency response services for individuals with SCI…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Bonfils-Stanton Foundation launches racial justice grant programs
The new programs will provide $10,000 general operating grants annually to organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color; $180,000 over three years to integrate the arts into holistic community development efforts in two BIPOC neighborhoods; and grants of $25,000 each to five artists to create public works that imagine what a “Just Denver” would…
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Seven in ten U.S. corporate funders increased giving during COVID-19
A survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America of U.S. corporations and corporate foundations found that 71.8 percent had increased their giving over the last three months, including 12.7 percent reporting a year-over-year increase for the period of more than 50 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Neighborhood Development Organizations and Neighborhood Disadvantage: Race, Resources, and Inequality in Chicago
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article analyzes the relationship between neighborhood development organizations (NDOs) and neighborhood disadvantage in Chicago between 1990 and 2010. NDOs are often seen as interdependent partners with local and state governments in the co-production of social welfare, but not all have equally beneficial effects. Instead, NDOs are…
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How a Small Nonprofit Came Back From the Brink in the Great Recession
A group that serves disadvantaged youths in New York City was on the verge of expanding when its revenue suddenly dried up in the economic collapse. It’s now a $34 million organization. Chronicle of Philanthropy | https://www.philanthropy.com/rss/allGoto full post >>