The report from the Minderoo Foundation and SYSTEMIQ details how a lack of transparency is hampering well-intentioned efforts to  reduce plastic waste…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Owned by Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby and her family, the acreage includes the headwaters of the Pleasant River, a tributary of the Penobscot River, which is sacred to the Penobscot Nation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the analysis found that the total number of nonprofit jobs rose 1.9 percent between August and September but was still down 7.6 percent (973,352 jobs) from pre-pandemic February levels…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gifts include bequests of more than $15 million from the estates of alumnae Mary H. Shepard (’64) and her sister, Josephine R. Shepard (’65), and $6 million from the estate of Mildred Bland Miller, wife of the late Woodrow W. Miller (’47)…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The naming gift from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation will be used to offset shortfalls in the Indiana town’s operating budget for the $24 million facility…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The awards include nearly $1.6 million in single- and multiyear discretionary grants to nineteen organizations, $11.3 million in between-cycle discretionary grants, and $200,000 in grants through the Free for All Fund, which supports classical and orchestral music events…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Announced by the foundation in conjunction with the opening of its first European office, in The Hague, the fund will support social enterprises working to advance a sustainable, more just society…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>