Awarded through Balance the Equation: A Grand Challenge for Algebra 1, the foundation’s first ever U.S. education Grand Challenge, the Phase 1 grants will support projects designed to transform Algebra I from a “gatekeeper” into a “gateway” to success…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The foundation’s first round of competitive grants will support projects in the areas of arts and culture, conservation, education, health care, medical research, and youth development in the San Diego region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift will support efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality health care in the rural Midwest, including a significant expansion of graduate medical education, an investment in community health and wellness, and a planned virtual hospital…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

With the goal of improving health outcomes and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in lower- and middle-income countries, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and USAID will jointly offer a training program designed to increase supply chain efficiency for medicines and healthcare supplies…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full…

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation will enable the Soar Higher program to provide low-income and first-generation middle and high school students from the Windward O’ahu community with developmentally appropriate support to aid them in graduating from high school and enrolling in and completing college…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Awarded through the foundation’s Crazy 8 Initiative, the grants will support four projects involving fifteen different research institutions…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has pledged to raise $100 million to benefit the descendants of enslaved people it once owned and to promote racial reconciliation initiatives across the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Effective Fundraising Project’s 2020 Fourth Quarter Report found that year-over-year growth in giving was driven by a 7.3 percent increase in the number of those making a gift, with an 18.5 percent jump in new donors and a 13.7 percent increase in recaptured donors…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant from Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey will support New York University’s Cash Transfer Lab, which will use the funds to study the impact of cash-transfer policies such as a universal basic income on American families, communities, and the economy…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The USC Titus Center for Medication Safety and Population Health will work to reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits resulting from dangerous drug interactions or wrong dosages…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Richard and Lynne Pasculano will support a new adult learning center focused on technology training, career counseling, and ESOL classes that will be located in NYPL’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, the newly renovated central circulating branch on Fifth Avenue and Fortieth Street…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The estate gift in support of the College of Veterinary Medicine will establish the Dr. Glenn R. and Nancy A. Linnerson Imaging Center, which will advance comparative and translational medicine research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Funded by the Shanahan Family Foundation and the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the program will enroll up to three early-career data scientists per year in three-year fellowships, including PhD researchers with a background in statistics, computer science, physics, engineering, mathematics, or similar fields and provide mentors from the institute and the University of Washington….…

The gift from Arnold and Ellen Zetcher will establish and endow a program open to students with financial need entering any of the university’s four undergraduate schools…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>