Grants were awarded support of studies to better define the biology and experience of Parkinson’s; measure disease risk, onset, and progression; treat the underlying disease and its symptoms; and develop tools and resources that enable progress across the field…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in 2015, the program provides early-career scientists with funding of $495,000 over three years to help them transition from a mentored training position to an independent career in autism research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Rachel Segal supports construction of a 29,000-square-foot facility that will include an eight-lane, 25-yard competition pool for the school’s swimming and diving teams and water polo program; a four-lane warmup/teaching pool; a climate-controlled gallery with seating for two hundred and fifty guests; and space for injury rehabilitation and water-based trainings…. Philanthropy News…

The commitment from the owners of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, the WNBA’s New York Liberty, and the Barclays Center arena will support social justice and economic mobility initiatives designed to benefit Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, with a priority focus on Brooklyn…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The multiyear effort will include donated testing services, education programs, partnerships, and financial support aimed at closing gaps in COVID-19 testing availability, addressing key social determinants of health, and raising awareness about the importance of appropriate diagnostic testing for health and wellness…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Led by Ibram X. Kendi, a leading scholar of racism and best-selling author of How To Be an Antiracist, the center was launched in early June to advance racial research, research-based policy innovation, data-driven educational and advocacy campaigns, and narrative-change initiatives…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

In recognition of the gift, the new library will be named the Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library, in honor of Bloomberg’s parents…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gifts from the Perenchio Foundation include $500,000 to the Good Samaritan Fund to help students in need during the 2020-21 academic year and $5 million to establish the Perenchio Family Endowed Scholarship Fund for Fresno State students from all backgrounds and majors…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

After pausing its fundraising during the early months of the pandemic to avoid siphoning off support for immediate basic needs, the foundation is re-engaging donors in support of the fight for racial justice…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The awards include seventeen grants totaling $6.6 million in support of efforts to strengthen behavioral health services and twenty grants totaling $7.3 million to address food insecurity and expand access to healthy lifestyles in underserved communities in the state…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the Haslam family will support faculty hiring and enhanced research, initiatives designed to increase student diversity, expansion of undergraduate honors programs, and an increase in graduate student fellowships…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding, which follows $1.2 million Buffett’s foundation awarded in April for the demolition phase of the Johns Hill neighborhood revitalization project, will support the infrastructure-rebuilding phase…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The report from the National League of Cities found that 87 percent of city financial officers surveyed said their cities would be less able to meet their fiscal obligations in FY21 than in FY19 — the highest percentage registered by the annual survey since the Great Recession…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The final distributions in a $10 million civic participation commitment announced in June were made with funds intentionally held back so the foundation could be responsive to evolving needs as election season draws closer…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The foundation’s new priorities include economic mobility and childhood mental health in the greater Baltimore region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Commitments of $2 million each from Harris Philanthropies and the Pew Charitable Trusts will help fifty nonprofits participate in Bridgespan’s Leading for Impact program and another fifty enroll in its Leadership Accelerator programs…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment will fund initiatives to address health disparities, increase clinical trial diversity, grow the company’s spend with diverse suppliers, and expand Black/African American and Latinx representation at all levels of the company…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Commitments to help the State of California hire and train a culturally and linguistically competent contact tracing workforce include $63 million from Kaiser Permanente and $18.8 million from a coalition of foundations…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

An analysis by the Aspen Institute finds that between 29 percent and 43 percent of the nearly 43.7 million renter households nationwide could be at risk of eviction by year-end…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in collaboration with the Longwood Fund, a biotech-focused venture capital firm, the initiative is aimed at accelerating CF drug discovery and development in select Longwood-backed companies….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>