Awarded through Amazon Future Engineer, the online retailer’s computer science education program, the funding will support initiatives designed to increase students’ awareness of academic and career pathways in computer science and prepare them for success in college-level CS courses and beyond, with a focus on students from underrepresented groups….
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American Academy of Arts & Sciences receives $10 million gift
The gift from David M. Rubenstein, the largest in the 240-year history of the institution, will support efforts to strengthen and advance democracy and justice in the United States….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsUC Davis receives $1.5 million for African American, African studies
The gift from alumni Lois (’85) and Darryl Goss (’83) will establish the Austin and Arutha Goss Presidential Chair in African American and African Studies, which is named for Darryl Goss’s parents, whom the couple credit with teaching them the value of education and lifelong learning….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsBristol Myers Squibb awards $11 million for health equity
Part of a $150 million commitment to advance diversity, inclusion, and health equity announced by the company in August, the grants were awarded in support of efforts to boost diversity among clinical researchers, improve access to high-quality care, and increase disease awareness and education in racially diverse and medically underserved communities….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsMarriott Foundation awards $20 million to Howard University
The gift will create the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership in honor of Marriott International president and CEO Arne Sorenson, who passed away earlier this month after battling pancreatic cancer….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsCognizant announces $250 million global CSR initiative
The five-year commitment includes support for efforts to advance economic mobility, educational opportunity, health and well-being, and diversity and inclusion….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsFrancis Marion University receives $12.5 million for medical education
The gift from the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation will support a new medical education consortium focused on increasing the number of third- and fourth-year medical school students who come to the Pee Dee region to complete their education….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsThree couples sign on to Giving Pledge
The new signatories include Bongjin Kim and Bomi Sul, Ben and Divya Silbermann, and Byron and Tina Trott….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsKiphart Family Foundation awards $25 million for global health center
The gift will establish the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development and support global health and development research and initiatives….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsRuth Mott Foundation extends Flint-based strategy through 2025
Launched in 2016, the strategy addresses the top four priorities of North Flint residents — youth, public safety, economic opportunity, and neighborhoods….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsReport highlights impact of effective principals on student outcomes
An update to a 2004 report, the research review commissioned by the Wallace Foundation draws on more than two hundred studies over twenty years and argues that school leaders are even more important to student success than previously believed and that investments in successful strategies to better prepare and support them often lead to large payoffs….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsSloan Foundation announces 2021 Research Fellowships
A hundred and twenty-eight early-career scientists and scholars in eight disciplines — chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, earth systems science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics — will each receive a grant of $75,000 over two years….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsHoward Hughes Medical Institute announces 2020 Hanna Gray Fellows
Twenty-one early-career scientists will receive up to $1.4 million over eight years to pursue research into some of the greatest challenges in the life sciences….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsYeshiva University receives $10 million for career center
The center, to be renamed the Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development, offers programs in career development as well as mentorship, internships, and job search assistance….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsJustice, accountability are key to peace in Yemen, report finds
Based on dozens of interviews, the report from the Open Society Foundations found that civil society leaders in Yemen agree that the transitional justice process must be focused on the concerns and needs of victims and include mechanisms for truth telling, redress, and mental health support….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsMacArthur Awards $18 million through Safety and Justice Challenge
To drive reform, participating sites incorporate data from, and work with, diverse groups of community members, individuals who work in the justice system, and people with lived experience of the system….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsPeople in the News (02/14/2021): appointments, promotions, obituaries
The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsOregon State receives $50 million gift for stadium renovation
Slated to be completed by 2023, the project includes the renovation of the west side of Reser Stadium and construction of university facilities, including an interactive welcome center, new health center facilities, healthcare facilities for OSU faculty and staff, and additional meeting space….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsNewmark Philanthropies commits $15 million to address food insecurity
The commitment will support a three-pronged approach to the issue: ensuring that people have access to food today, tackling the issues that drive hunger so people can feed themselves tomorrow, and working to create a new economic normal in which all Americans are food secure….
Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsWalton Family Foundation launches $2 billion strategic plan
The foundation has pledged more than $2 billion in philanthropic support over the next five years to achieve goals across three longstanding programmatic areas….
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