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 >>

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 >>

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…

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 >>

The commitment from the Medtronic Foundation will support national and local partnerships  with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Northside Achievement Zone, and People’s Center Clinics & Services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The fund was established in April to infuse 501(c)(4) funding into national, state, and local advocacy and organizing efforts to address the immediate economic toll of the public health crisis on working people and reshaping the U.S. economy to ensure their families are less vulnerable in the future…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The organization will use the gift from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi  to expand its Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program to Argentina, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Romania, and Rwanda…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment includes $25 million in support of HBCUs in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and South Carolina and a $10 million scholarship fund for African-American and underrepresented minority students…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Sponsored by Marc Benioff and Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, the challenge will award a total of $1 million to a grand-prize winner and two additional teams and will connect them to rapid manufacturing opportunities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The endowment gift will establish the Jean and David W. Wallace Medical Director Neurovascular Surgery Program, with cerebrovascular neurosurgeon Akli Zetchi as the progra m’s inaugural director…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Spring grants awarded by the foundation will help strengthen the safety net for vulnerable populations across the five-county region served by the foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants to the YWCA USA, JFF, and NPower will support the efforts of nonprofits and workforce boards to strengthen job training programs and access to digital skills training for the underserved, including women and veterans…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A survey conducted by Give.org, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, found that nearly two in five  donors who have heard about workplace sexual harassment at a charity say they no longer donate to  or have reduced their support for that organization…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>