An analysis by the Bay Area Equity Atlas found that African-American, Latinx, women, and immigrant workers are overrepresented among essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic and that they are more likely than other workers to live in poverty and lack health insurance…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The fourth round of grants awarded from the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund will help build the capacity of NGOs working to meet needs among vulnerable communities, including the Action Aid/Feminist Humanitarian Network, BRAC, and World Central Kitchen…. 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 >>

Through a strategic collaboration with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Canadian Medical Association Foundation is donating funds directly to municipalities in support of efforts to reach, protect, and assist their most vulnerable residents…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding will support researchers at fifteen institutions working to advance COVID-related vaccine and therapeutic development, diagnostic tools, clinical management, and epidemiology…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A follow-up survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America found that 94.4 percent of nonprofits globally had experienced negative impacts as a result of the pandemic and that 13.4 percent had been forced to suspend operations….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Contributions of $15 million to the Give2SF COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund and $10 million to the REFORM Alliance will support efforts to provide assistance to undocumented, mixed-status, and low-income households in San Francisco and deliver protective masks and other types of PPE to every prison and jail facility in the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post…

Seeded with $1 million from Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Kirsch, the fund is targeting early-stage infections in outpatients — as opposed to hospitalized, critically ill patients — as a way to prevent disease progression to the severe and often fatal stage…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A report commissioned by the Citi Foundation and produced by Synergos found that coupling multiyear general operating support with capacity-building grant allows nonprofits to avoid the tradeoff between investing in capacity and programmatic growth and sustaining that newly acquired capacity…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A condensed version of the organization’s at-home kindergarten readiness program, Waterford Upstart will be introduced in nine states to help prepare fifteen thousand at-risk children for kindergarten this fall…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Northwest Arkansas Food Systems initiative will work to connect new and existing small farmers to land, technical assistance, and capital and improve their access to local wholesale and direct-to-consumer markets…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Selected from more than six thousand applicants, the seventy-six scholars will receive financial assistance for graduate study at Stanford University and be invited to participate in community events, workshops, and professional development opportunities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Launched with $26 million in funds from JUF’s annual campaign and endowment, support from funders, and additional lines of credit, the fund will work to help Chicagoans of all faiths impacted by COVID-19…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>