The gift will establish the Anne W. Marion Endowment in support of students, faculty, and programming at the medical school, which welcomed its inaugural class of sixty students in 2019…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A collaboration of the STEM Next Opportunity Fund and the Intel, Gordon and Betty Moore, and Charles Stewart Mott foundations, the Million Girls Moonshot initiative will work to increase diversity and equity in STEM fields by engaging a million school-age girls in engineering and computer science learning opportunities over the next five years…. Philanthropy News Digest…

The K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience will work to develop innovative molecular tools for the treatment of brain disorders that precisely target dysfunctional genetic, molecular, and circuit pathways…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

To be housed at the Sandler Foundation, a private foundation established in 1991 by Giving Pledgers Herb and Marion Sandler, the Susan Sandler Fund will focus its grants on organizations led by people of color and efforts to boost the power and influence of historically marginalized communities of color…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post…

The grants to thirty-one organizations will support efforts to monitor and forecast disease spread, improve health equity and minimize secondary impacts of the virus, slow transmission by advancing the science of contact tracing and environmental sensing, and support healthcare workers…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant from the Alfred Landecker Foundation in Berlin will support initiatives focused on the causes and consequences of the Holocaust and  the study of human rights, minority protection, the rule of law, and reparations for historical wrongs and injustices…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The planned gift from alumnus and trustee Matthew W. Wilson will support the university’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in 2017, the fellowship program helps incubate innovators and risk-takers who are focused on advancing racial justice and equality in the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment will support the Boston Celtics’ and Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation’s efforts in six areas: equity in education, economic opportunity and empowerment, equity in health care, criminal justice and law enforcement, breaking down barriers and building bridges between communities, and voting and civic engagement…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

John G. Rangos, Sr., John R. McGinley, Jr., and Rhodora Donahue, widow of the late John F. Donahue, each made a seven-figure pledge toward a proposed $50 million  College of Osteopathic Medicine, which is now scheduled to open in fall 2024…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Part of a five-year, $100 million global commitment announced by Yum! in June, the commitments will support local initiatives in the areas of entrepreneurship, education, and equity and inclusion…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Kenneth and Andréa Frazier will support a partnership between the two universities and their health systems aimed at addressing social determinants of health and racial/ethnic disparities that lead to increased risk of stroke among residents of North Philadelphia…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded to four organizations working to prevent the spread and combat the long-term effects of COVID-19 in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities in five low-income countries…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The bank’s new community plan reflects increased investments in small businesses, with an emphasis on those owned by minorities, women, and veterans; affordable housing and home ownership; and community lending and investment across its seven-state footprint…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Louisville-based foundation will provide an additional $10 million in grants and zero-interest loans to nonprofits working in its focus areas — education and workforce, community and economic prosperity, and quality of life…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A survey by the Pew Research Center found that 54 percent of respondents viewed the public’s confidence in news organizations as “not too much” (43 percent) or “none at all” (11 percent), while smaller percentages said they had little (33 percent) or no (19 percent) confidence that journalists act in the public interest…. Philanthropy News…

The grants include nearly $4.6 million to strengthen and expand safety-net services for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-related job loss, food insecurity, economic hardship, and mental health challenges and $2.1 million in support of Jewish day schools…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Established earlier this summer, the Black Economic Development Fund will make investments designed to improve economic opportunity for African Americans, including deposits in Black-owned banks and financing for minority businesses, charter schools, affordable housing projects, and athletic facilities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

With funding from the Simons Foundation and National Science Foundation, the five-year effort seeks to develop a better theoretical understanding of deep learning, a widely used AI approach for teaching computers that is gaining traction in industry, commerce, science, and society…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The year-long program aims to empower emerging leaders with a proven commitment to service with the tools needed to make their efforts more effective upon their return home…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>