By raising nearly $30 million as part of the effort to match a $25 million challenge from the O’Donnell Foundation, the organization will see its endowment more than double to approximately $60 million…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

With funds from the Rockefeller and Novo Nordisk foundations, the World Food Programme, and the German government, the initiative will help expand food programs to an additional 100 million children by 2030 and bolster long-term, sustainable financing for efforts to expand in-school food programs worldwide…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Research-Practice Partnership grants support researchers investigating issues ranging from the impact of community-based youth arts programs on individual and community well-being to the creation of tools that uplift cultural practices and histories….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the foundation of Willard and Pat Walker—early investors in Walmart—will support the Hangout, the interactive children’s museum’s new early-childhood education space, expected to open later this year…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The award from Charlotte-based Coca-Cola Consolidated will back the development of facilities that will provide comprehensive care to address the medical, emotional, and psychological needs and social well-being of children and their families across North Carolina…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Helena Theurer will fund four annual $100,000 scholarships for medical students at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in New Jersey to help address the ongoing national physician shortage…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Seattle-based foundation plans to spend $9 billion in 2026, allocating 70 percent of its budget to advance efforts focused on global health, and plans to cut as many as 500 staff positions over the next five years…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

In the coming decade, the foundation plans to award up to $370 million to boost education in its hometown of Flint, Michigan—including $100 million for school facilities—and $200 million in support of national youth engagement…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment from the Indian real estate developer and his wife, Paola—both longtime Rotarians—follows a $14.7 million gift in 2018 to the global humanitarian and philanthropic network…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Awards to the Holdsworth Center include $2.1 million from the Scharbauer Foundation, $100,000 from the Still Water Foundation, and $2.7 million from the Permian Strategic Partnership to help train 100 principals in 42 school districts across Texas and southeast New Mexico…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The 32 grants of up to $500,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta will help wrap up projects to create or preserve more than 1,900 affordable housing units across the American southeast…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in early October, the matching effort received 154 gifts from 142 individuals, families, and organizations…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The payment, part of the $12.5 billion agreement in the divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, boosts Pivotal Philanthropies among the country’s largest private foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>