The gift from an anonymous donor will support faculty recruitment, shared resource development, and research at Rutger’s Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The funding will establish the Pritzker Tech Talent Labs at the Discovery Partners Institute and support efforts to create a high school-to-career pathway program designed to help workers in Illinois secure high-paying tech jobs, with a focus on women, African Americans, and Latinx workers and professionals…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from the Abbott Fund will endow the Abbott Academy Director position at the Joffrey Academy of Dance, which has grown from a hundred to more than a thousand enrolled students since 2009…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded in the areas of the arts, digital excellence, economic development, education, the environment, leadership development, neighborhood revitalization, racial equity, and health and human services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The pledge follows a commitment of $25 million Bezos made in May, bringing his total support for the campaign to $50 million…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants ranging from $74,000 to $2 million were awarded to thirty-one organizations working to address housing insecurity and advance racial justice across New York City…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Funding was awarded to Brooklyn-based Black leaders tackling the root causes of racial disparities in health care, climate policy, education, journalism, and the criminal justice system…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The foundation established in 1913 by Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller is taking steps that will more than halve its $5 billion endowment’s total exposure to fossil fuels to less than 1 percent in the near future….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The addition of Jackson, Mississippi, and Baltimore to the Rockefeller Opportunity Collective (ROC) boosts the number of locations participating in the initiative to twelve…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The latest round of pandemic relief grants awarded by the Pittsburgh-based foundation will support food banks in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, restaurant workers feeding the food insecure, and local arts and cultural groups…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

General operating support grants were awarded to Los Angeles-area nonprofits working to advance mentorship opportunities, educational enrichment, and intergenerational connection and collaboration in the region…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The gift from alumnus Lance Uggla and his family — the largest of its kind ever to a Canadian university — will support students who may not otherwise be able to afford a university education and will also address issues of social mobility, equity, diversity, and inclusion…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The commitment from the Twitter and Square CEO will support Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a coalition of mayors piloting universal basic income pilot programs in more than twenty-five U.S. cities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Grants were awarded in support of exhibitions and education programs focused on the role the role of religion in the United States and around the world…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

The five-year commitment will support nonprofit organizations across the country working to support underserved Black communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Funded in part by a grant from the Kresge Foundation, which matched a one-to-one challenge grant from an anonymous donor to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the state’s first environmental impact bond will support three nature-based flood-resilience projects…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Donovan Mitchell attended Greenwich Country Day — where his mother taught in the Lower Elementary School — from third grade through ninth grade…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

A report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that nearly 90 percent of foundations had increased funding for organizations serving people who have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and that nearly 90 percent of foundation leaders interviewed said they planned to focus more on racial equity in the future…. Philanthropy News Digest…

The latest gift from WRI board member Stephen M. Ross boosts his total support for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities to $100 million…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

Awarded through the Schwab Charitable Fund in consultation with the Schmidt Family Foundation, the gift will establish the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Professor of Indigenous Studies…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>