A report from arts consultancy TRG Arts and arts data specialists Purple Seven found that aggregate revenue to performing arts organizations in the U.S. and Canada in the first nine months of 2020 fell 14 percent on a year-over-year basis, with the average gift size down 24 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment includes an additional $50 million to GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance’s Advance Market Commitment for COVID-19 Vaccines and $20 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations in support of its efforts to jumpstart the development of an additional slate of promising vaccine candidates…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The five-year, $2 million grant from Sempra Energy will support the institute’s Harnessing Plants Initiative, which is working to optimize a plant’s natural ability to capture and sequester carbon in soil…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift will support the a new Master of Science in Innovation and Management program targeted to graduates with a STEM degree…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous will fund scholarships for juniors and seniors struggling to complete their degrees during the pandemic…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Surveys fielded by Fidelity Charitable found that, as of August, 21 percent of respondents had stopped volunteering as a result of the pandemic, 24 percent were volunteering “a lot” less, and 21 percent were volunteering “somewhat” less…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The foundations are partnering with fintech firm Lenox Park Solutions to survey and assess racial and gender diversity at the firms that manage a combined $10.8 billion on their behalf…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in 2019 by the Ford, Hewlett, and New America foundations, the network awarded grants to twenty-five member colleges and universities to help fund critical research, field-building efforts, and  an inclusive career pipeline for public-interest technologists…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Awarded through the foundation’s Youth Program Resilience Fund, grants ranging from $5,000 to $800,000 will help cover COVID-related expenses for nearly three hundred nonprofits in Indiana…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift will be used to create and name a gathering space and student lounge area in the facility, which will house research programs, including those dedicated to data and analytics…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The partnership includes a $10 million commitment to rebuild schools damaged by the Beirut port explosion in August…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

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 >>