The gift from an anonymous donor to the College of Education will create an endowed fund to provide expanded financial support to teacher candidates from diverse backgrounds, support recruitment and retention efforts, and fund professional development and supports…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

General operating support grants were awarded to organizations working to address impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and advance racial equity and justice in the national capital region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and his wife, Sara, will support the district’s efforts to provide students with computers and Internet access,  as well as technology training and support for teachers, students, and families…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates, has announced a $10 million commitment from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation in support of the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge.The commitment brings the total to be awarded through the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge to $40 million, including three grants of at least $10 million…. Philanthropy News…

A survey by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Gallup found that while 84 percent of respondents said the news media was “critical” or “very important” to U.S. democracy, 86 percent said they saw “a great deal” or “fair amount” of bias in news reporting…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Twenty community leaders working to end anti-Black racism in the United States and South Africa will receive space to reflect and engage with new thinking, access to a transnational network of leaders in the racial equity field, coaching, and up to $20,000 in support of their efforts…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants totaling $8.5 million were awarded through the Ken Griffin Alpha-Synuclein Imaging Competition to teams from AC Immune, Mass General Brigham, and Merck working to develop an imaging tracer that can help clinicians visualize the protein in the living brain…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Made in honor of clinical professor emeritus John L. Ward, the gift from the Tanoto Foundation will rename the Center for Family Enterprises at the Kellogg School of Management the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The largest gift in Xavier’s 95-year-history will enable the university to expand scholarships, endow new faculty positions, and make much-needed investments in sustaining its mission as the nation’s only Catholic and historically black university…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant, which builds on a five-year, $25 million partnership launched in 2016, will fund efforts to enhance care and support programs, provide educational materials to the financial services firm’s clients and associates, and advance critical research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in March, the fund was administered by the New York Community Trust, which managed more than $73 million in grant funding, with the Nonprofit Finance Fund issuing and managing another $37 million in no-interest loans…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The national community development financial institution will use the credits to promote quality jobs, better health, and local economic growth, with a focus on underserved urban and rural communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

With a goal by 2030 of enabling more than three million young people to secure dignified and fulfilling work, the commitment will support the launch of the foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy in Uganda…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants include $6.1 million in support of spinal cord injury research projects that have been halted or delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and $3.5 million in support of emergency response services for individuals with SCI…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The new programs will provide $10,000 general operating grants annually to organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color; $180,000 over three years to integrate the arts into holistic community development efforts in two BIPOC neighborhoods; and grants of $25,000 each to five artists to create public works that imagine what a “Just Denver” would…

A survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America of U.S. corporations and corporate foundations found that 71.8 percent had increased their giving over the last three months, including 12.7 percent reporting a year-over-year increase for the period of more than 50 percent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment from the Medtronic Foundation will support national and local partnerships  with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Northside Achievement Zone, and People’s Center Clinics & Services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The fund was established in April to infuse 501(c)(4) funding into national, state, and local advocacy and organizing efforts to address the immediate economic toll of the public health crisis on working people and reshaping the U.S. economy to ensure their families are less vulnerable in the future…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The organization will use the gift from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi  to expand its Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program to Argentina, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Romania, and Rwanda…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment includes $25 million in support of HBCUs in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and South Carolina and a $10 million scholarship fund for African-American and underrepresented minority students…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>