Young Investigator Grants were awarded to a hundred and fifty early-career scientists engaged in groundbreaking neurobiological research on the causes of and treatments and prevention strategies for psychiatric disorders…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Established in September by Oregon Governor Kate Brown to assist communities impacted by a devastating wildfire season, the fund was seeded with contributions totaling $3 million from the Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, and Oregon Community Foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Awarded through the endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, the grants will support the work of individual congregations as well as colleges and universities, theological schools, denominational agencies, and other faith-based organizations working to strengthen ministries across the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Based on a survey of leaders and staff at grantmaking institutions, as well as individual donors, donor-advised fund account holders, and wealth advisors, the report from Community Works Consulting found that nearly two-thirds of institutional grantmakers said they planned to redirect some, most, or all of their grant dollars to COVID-19 response efforts…. Philanthropy News Digest…

The grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will establish the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice and buttress the scholarship of humanities researchers in the areas of policy reform, social justice, K-12 education, and incarceration…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The CornerSquare Community Capital fund will support community development financial institutions through the purchase of 25 percent loan participations, enabling the CDFIs to increase their lending and expand support for BIPOC- and women-owned small businesses…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The report from the ClimateWorks Foundation estimates that only 2 percent of global philanthropic giving was designated for efforts to address climate change in 2019, including about $1.6 billion from foundations…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The sixth cohort of Berggruen Fellows will research transformative ideas with the potential to reshape human society while promoting academic and cultural exchange in the United States and China…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Over the next decade, the Friends of Israel MBA Fund will provide fellowships covering tuition for the two-year Wharton MBA program to more than sixty students from Israel…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from local philanthropists Anne and Sheldon Vogel will support development of the Vogel Medical Campus in Tinton Falls…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Kwanza Jones (’93) and José E. Feliciano (’94) — the largest in the university’s history from Black and Latinx donors — will support construction of two adjoining dormitories in one of two residential colleges being built to accommodate an expansion of the student body by about 10 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto…

Eight performing artists will each receive an unrestricted grant of $250,000 and an additional $25,000 to encourage savings for retirement…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>