Tag: pnd
-
Rutgers University-Camden receives $3.5 million for scholars program
The largest gift in the history of Rutgers University-Camden will establish the Rayman L. Solomon Scholars program and provide annual student financial support to high-achieving students committed to public service…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Colby College Museum of Art receives collection of photographs
The gift of more than five hundred photographs from the collection of alumni William (’68) and Nancy Meyer Tsiaras (’68) includes works by Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, Pedro Abascal, Ansel Adams, and Barbara Norfleet…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Kirby Foundation announces $13.8 million in 2020 grants
The funding includes grants for COVID-19 relief and to nonprofit organizations working in the areas of arts and humanities, education, the environment, health and medicine, human services, public policy, and religion…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Virginia Tech announces $10 million gift from alumni couple
The commitment includes $7.4 million in support of the newly renamed Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics and a previously announced $1.5 million gift to help address food insecurity among students…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Lewis Prize for Music announces 2021 music education grants
Grants were awarded in support of efforts to provide young people with music education, strengthen their communities, and put music at the center of efforts to advance racial equity…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Starbucks commits $100 million for opportunity, equity, inclusion
With the goal of advancing racial equity and environmental resilience, the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund will invest $100 million by 2025 in small business growth and community development projects in BIPOC neighborhoods…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Parsons Foundation helps Semper Fi Fund raise $20 million for veterans
With the help of a $10 million matching challenge from the Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, the Semper Fi & America’s Fund raised more than $20 million in support of wounded, critically ill, and injured post-9/11 service members and their families in 2020…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Johns Hopkins Medicine receives $15 million from trustee
The gift to the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery will establish the David M. Rubenstein Precision Medicine Center of Excellence and support basic research focused on the development of therapeutic approaches to the preservation and restoration of hearing…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
TAWANI Foundation commits $2 million to Tulane University
The commitment includes a $1 million gift to establish the Audrey G. Ratner Excellence Endowed Fund for American Jewry and Jewish Culture in the School of Liberal Arts and a $1 million matching challenge…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Community Foundation Update (01/09/2021)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Mark Foundation awards $8 million for collaborative research
Inaugural grants awarded by the Endeavor Award program will support research projects focused on preventing and overcoming metastasis, decoding the whole-body response to cancer, and understanding the molecular mechanisms of tumor plasticity and progression…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
University Hospitals receives $7.5 million for maternal, neonatal unit
The commitment from board member Steve Potash and his wife, Loree, will establish the Steve and Loree Potash Women & Newborn Center at UH Ahuja Medical Center and launch a literacy program for infants and their families…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
National Gallery of Art acquires artworks from Souls Grown Deep
The forty works by twenty-one African-American artists include nine quilts by the artists of Gee’s Bend, Alabama; three paintings, three drawings, and a sculpture by Thornton Dial; works on paper by Nellie Mae Rowe, Henry Speller, Georgia Speller, and Royal Robertson; and four sculpted heads by James “Son Ford” Thomas…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post…
-
Lilly Endowment awards $17 million for COVID-19 relief
The grants will support organizations and ministries working to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana’s Marion County…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Bisciotti Foundation, Ravens commit $5 million to Catholic Charities
The donation from the NFL’s Baltimore franchise and the family foundation established its majority owner will support Catholic Charities programs and services at more than two hundred locations in Baltimore and nine Maryland counties…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
New York Jets award $1 million to social justice organizations
The team awarded grants of $250,000 to four national nonprofit organizations and will also provide volunteer support from Jets players, coaches, and staff…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Lehigh Carbon Community College receives $1 million bequest
The gift from the estate of former professor Clifford F. Miller will provide scholarships for both part- and full-time students, with preference given to those studying in a technology-related field…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Stand Up To Cancer awarded $10 million for cancer initiative
The initiative will fund a ‘Dream Team’ of researchers and a comprehensive public awareness campaign focused on increasing colorectal cancer screenings in medically underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Joyce Foundation awards grants totaling nearly $15 million
Grants were awarded by the Chicago-based foundation in the areas of culture, democracy, education and economic mobility, the environment, and gun violence prevention…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
-
Duke University receives $4.5 million for holistic student support
The grant from the Duke Endowment will fund a program that makes full-time advising and academic support professionals available to students who need help navigating the university’s many support services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>