The funding will be used by the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) to purchase a million test kits, train and deploy ten thousand community healthcare workers, and support contact tracing efforts…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The planned gift of a hundred works to the college’s Muscarelle Museum of Art from Sybil Shainwald — who devoted her law career to protecting women’s health — includes mostly works that portray women, many of them by female artists….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alabama, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and South Carolina…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

According to a survey of jurisdictions participating in the foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, admissions to detention of youth fell 52 percent between February and April….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded to a hundred and thirty nonprofits in Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex counties, with a focus on organizations working in the areas of social justice, human services, education and health care…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

U.S.-based foundations announcing commitments in recent days in support of COVID-19 relief and response efforts include the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, and the Weingart Foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

U.S.-based corporate funders announcing commitments in support of COVID-19 relief and response efforts include AstraZeneca, Google.org, Verizon, and several professional sports teams….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grants will support the development of open source tools used in bioinformatics, genomics, imaging, single cell biology, and neuroscience…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation will establish an endowed chair of Hawaiian studies named for local poet and activist Dana Naone Hall…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant from the Right Now Climate Fund will support climate-mitigation and biodiversity efforts through TNC’s Urban Greening program in three German cities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched in 2016 by the Knight, JPB, Kresge, and Rockefeller foundations, the Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative is adding five cities — Lexington, Kentucky; Macon, Georgia; Miami; Minneapolis; and San Jose, California — to its network…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding will support efforts to address the immediate financial needs of individuals impacted by COVID-19, provide small businesses with capital, support affordable housing and neighborhood development initiatives, and strengthen nonprofits serving underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant will support construction of the Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Faculty of Life and Health Sciences building, which will house one of the largest nursing programs in Israel…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The single largest gift in the institution’s history includes $15 million to establish need-based scholarships for undergraduate students in any major and $10 million in support of a Student Success Endowment Fund…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

An analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies found that between March 18 and May 19, American billionaires’ total wealth grew from $2.948 trillion to $3.382 trillion, a 15 percent increase…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Founding president Magui Rubalcava is transitioning out of the organization while board chair Kayva Yang will assume the role of interim president…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Through the twenty-fourth round of the foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, eleven researchers were awarded grants of $100,000 each in support of novel approaches, innovations, or tools that dramatically improve the planning, implementation, and/or monitoring and evaluation of efforts that lead to effective public health campaigns…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The new commitment doubles the company’s support of the Truist Cares initiative, which is focused on providing resources for small businesses and essential technology services in underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Collins’s research groups have been responsible for the discovery of gene mutations responsible for cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s disease, neurofibromatosis, and Hutchinson-Guilford progeria syndrome, a rare form of premature aging…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>