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 >>

In the fiscal year that ended June 30, grant dollars awarded by the largest Jewish donor-advised fund in the United States increased 17.5 percent, while the number of grants jumped 18 percent and the average grant amount rose 16 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The single largest commitment in the foundation’s history will focus on catalyzing private and concessional investments in efforts to scale distributed renewable energy across developing countries and ensuring more equitable access to COVID-19 data, tests and vaccines, and science-based tools…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

With the aim of bridging the worlds of business and science, the gift will fund curriculum development, faculty research, and programming, including the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree program…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Partnerships announced in conjunction with the launch of Building an Inclusive Recovery, a series of virtual convenings focused on racial, ethnic, tribal, economic, and health disparities pre- and post-pandemic, will support small businesses, invest in digital technology, and work to improve financial systems in underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants will support the India-based manufacture of testing materials, scalable testing programs, and data-driven efforts to strengthen pandemic surveillance…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Through the Cummings $20 Million Grant Program, the foundation awarded grants ranging between $200,000 and $500,000 over ten years to thirty nonprofits in the greater Boston area…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift will support the development of AI-driven patient-centered solutions focused on the early detection of pancreatic cancer…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The largest portion of the grant will be directed to the recruitment and retention of faculty from underrepresented groups, while the remaining $5.5 million will be used to create a more inclusive environment for faculty, students, and the broader university community…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Building on the achievements of and lessons learned from Building Healthy Communities, the foundation’s previous ten-year strategy, the new ten-year plan will target funding to communities of color and grassroots leaders…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Twenty innovative early-career scientists and engineers in fields such as astrophysics, biomedical engineering, chemistry, computer and informational science, neuroscience, and plant biology will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Richard M. McVey (’81) will underwrite construction of a facility for the Emerging Technology in Business and Design department, as well as the departments of statistics and mathematics, the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, and the Center for Analytics and Data Science…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment will establish the Walther Cancer Foundation Bioinformatics Fund in support of bioinformatics personnel, technology, and tools  at Purdue’s center for Cancer Research and the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Warner and Debbie Lusardi, the largest in the hospital’s history, will fund construction of a three-story, 224,000-square-foot facility and support a broad range of patient care services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Administered by United States Artists, the only national multidisciplinary award program honoring disabled artists and creative practitioners will support twenty fellows with grants of $50,000 to advance their practice…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift — the largest in the history of Missouri higher education — will establish a new not-for-profit foundation, the Kummer Institute Foundation, and support several new initiatives, including the Kummer School of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

To be managed by Lever for Change, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Equity 2030 challenge will seek solutions aimed at creating transformative change in the systems and institutions that perpetuate inequity…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding will support work by foundation partners in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa and is in addition to the more than $130 million Open Society pledged in April to address the impacts of the coronavirus…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>