The total includes grants of $375,000 to Breaking Ground and the YMCA of Greater New York to address the impact of COVID-19 on the homeless in New York City, $1.25 million in support of food banks in communities where MetLife has a significant presence, and $2 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation in support…

The grants were awarded through the trust’s Annual Funding Opportunity, which supports investments aimed at addressing racial, health, and economic inequities through local and statewide policy reform and systems change efforts…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Foundation will support clinical research programs focused on immunotherapy and precision genomic medicine…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants made through the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund include five awards totaling $900,000 to U.S. organizations and nine grants totaling $1.1 million to international organizations in support of recovery efforts in communities around the globe…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant will support the production and dissemination of the Berggruen Governance Index, which evaluates countries based on the quality of their political and administrative governance…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The record-breaking bequest from a lifelong supporter who wished to remain anonymous will be used to grow the college’s endowment…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The largest gift in FAU history will create the Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Institute for Holocaust and Jewish Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment includes approximately $8 million for national racial justice organizations and $22 million in general operating support for local organizations in Detroit, New Orleans, Memphis, and Fresno…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced in an Instagram post on Monday grants totaling $791 million to sixteen organizations working to address climate change and its impacts on Indigenous and BIPOC communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

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 >>