Thirty-four grants totaling more than $460 million will support efforts to help local schools strengthen students’ academic achievement and post-secondary success…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment will enable the Mary Cariola Center to expand and modernize its services and build a new facility in Rochester, New York, to address the needs of its nearly 450 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Covenant HealthCare and MyMichigan Health each pledged $40 million to support the development of a new medical education building in Saginaw, Michigan…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Indianapolis-based endowment awarded $416.1 million to 45 theological schools in the United States and Canada to boost the ordination of pastoral leaders and $232.6 million to 48 faith-based organizations to promote stories that illuminate the vitality of Christian faith and life…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded to 135 service and education organizations, including College Now Greater Cleveland, the Rails to Trails Conservancy, and HFLA of Northeast Ohio…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The largest gift in the St. Petersburg orchestra’s 58-year history will provide year-over-year support to the organization, which performs more than 100 concerts each season….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The Maximizing Appalachian Capacity grants were awarded to nine projects focused on housing and workforce development programs led by 11 nonprofits across the region….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The eight grants will bolster programs at the Seattle Center, the city’s public arts and culture campus, to empower the next generation of local artists and audiences…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding includes a lead gift of $25 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as well as support from the Lilly Endowment and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing and National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors aims to increase access to Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in Illinois, Kansas, and Michigan…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant will help CDI equip 1.75 million college students with the mindset and skillset to communicate and collaborate across their differences…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

This week’s roundup includes news from the Ford, Humana, Bloom Again, Joyce, and Television Academy foundations, as well as Americans for the Arts…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The awards—to schools such as Clark Atlanta, Norfolk State, and Xavier universities—are in addition to a run of grants beginning in October that now totals $739 million directed to 16 historically Black colleges and universities… Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant to the Sentinel project was awarded through the foundation’s 100&Change global competition, which aims to address problems and support solutions that are radically different in scale, scope, and complexity….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding from Comcast, Future Standard, M&T Bank, and the William Penn, Connelly, and Philadelphia foundations is part of a previously announced $20 million public-private investment to improve employment and economic mobility in the region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the National Association of State Procurement Officials will support Arizona State University’s efforts to elevate the role of procurement in supply chain management…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The grant from the James M. Cox Foundation will help fund projects to remove 400 outdated dams, rehabilitate critical wildlife habitat, and restore 100,000 acres of floodplains…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from Mohammad H. Qayoumi, who served as Afghanistan’s finance minister from 2018 to 2020, and Najia Karim, a clinical dietitian, will endow chairs and initiatives in engineering and nutritional health…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The report from the ClimateWorks Foundation found that while foundation investment in adaptation and resilience is at a historic high—more than double the $404 million tracked in 2021—the need for more capital is still growing…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>