Sponsored by Marc Benioff and Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, the challenge will award a total of $1 million to a grand-prize winner and two additional teams and will connect them to rapid manufacturing opportunities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The endowment gift will establish the Jean and David W. Wallace Medical Director Neurovascular Surgery Program, with cerebrovascular neurosurgeon Akli Zetchi as the progra m’s inaugural director…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Spring grants awarded by the foundation will help strengthen the safety net for vulnerable populations across the five-county region served by the foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants to the YWCA USA, JFF, and NPower will support the efforts of nonprofits and workforce boards to strengthen job training programs and access to digital skills training for the underserved, including women and veterans…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A survey conducted by Give.org, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, found that nearly two in five  donors who have heard about workplace sexual harassment at a charity say they no longer donate to  or have reduced their support for that organization…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The center will use the funds to make capital improvements, increase access to urgent orthopedic trauma care, and buttress support for experts in the care of fractures, orthopedic trauma injuries, and hand and upper-extremity disorders…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant to Kleo Pharmaceuticals will support efforts to advance development of a COVID-19 hyperimmune globulin mimic therapeutic that could provide a synthetic, homogenous, readily available replacement for convalescent serum, which has shown promise as a treatment for COVID-19…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the estates of Emy and Duane Blair will be used to provide student financial aid and support improvements to campus buildings and infrastructure…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants ranging from $10,000 to $40,000 were awarded to forty-four news organizations in a dozen Latin America countries…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The report from Oxfam estimates that as many as twelve thousand people a day could die from hunger by the end of the year as a result of pandemic-related shutdowns, unemployment, and disruptions in local food systems…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A report from Wealth-X found that global billionaires who made a philanthropic commitment in support of COVID-19 response and relief efforts between January and May were more likely than other billionaire philanthropists to be in the tech industry…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded through the Blood Cancer Discoveries Grant Program, a collaboration of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, and the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab will conduct applied research and promote models for the ethical application of technology — including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum computing — in the tech, business, and government sectors…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding will support the organization’s Urban Empowerment Fund, credit union, and financial literacy and homeowner counseling programs; its workforce development program; and an internship program for rising leaders…. 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 support children’s resiliency programming and an expansion of the organization’s scholarship program…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant to MedStar Health will support the D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms initiative, a collaboration of four clinical programs aimed at addressing high mortality rates among mothers and children in the national capital region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A report from the Ms. Foundation for Women and Strength in Numbers Consulting Group found that nonprofits serving women and girls of color receive only 0.5 percent of total foundation funding…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Two years in the making, the strategic shift includes a revised mission statement that emphasizes the foundation’s ambition “to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking where ideas and imagination can thrive”…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The program annually selects twelve charitable sector leaders age 40 and under to engage in professional development training aimed at honing their leadership skills and growing their influence…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>