The financing will support the construction of fifty-one affordable workforce housing units in Portland, Oregon....

Museums are interested in receiving gifts that fill a "hole" in their collections and often ask for specific works or additional funds to store a collection....

News and staff announcements from community foundations from Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, and Wisconsin....

The gift from alumnus Richard Lee and the Hong Kong-based Lees Charitable Foundation will establish a scholarship for a clinical-academic training program....

More than four thousand religious leaders around the country have signed a letter asking Congress to preserve the Johnson Amendment in its current form....

The Marilyn Hilton Award for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research is designed to stimulate innovative research on progressive MS that may otherwise go unfunded....

Grants were awarded through the Community Clinic Initiative in support of programs that address the physical and mental healthcare needs of underserved populations....

The augmented purse will enable finalist teams to compete for additional prize money by achieving technological milestones on the way to the moon....

The University of Edinburgh's Supporting Evidence Based Interventions initiative is designed to boost the livelihoods of livestock farmers through evidence-based technologies....

The annual program will provide thirty-nine fellows with $46,000 in graduate school support annuall to help move them toward a career in scientific research and teaching....

The grants will support twenty-three projects aimed at sustaining, restoring, and protecting fish, wildlife, and habitats in the Great Lakes basin....

The grants will support the expansion of an anti-poverty initiative to Cincinnati and northern Kentucky....

Following a strategic planning process, the foundation has committed itself to more effectively address the root causes of challenges Chicagoans face on a daily basis....

Grants ranging from $450,000 to $1.25 million were awarded to organizations in support of fellowships, workshops, training programs, and professional development activities....

It's assumed by Gates watchers that the sixty-four million shares of Microsoft stock, the equivalent of 5 percent of his fortune, were transferred to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation....

Eight early career scientists will receive $64,000 over two years to pursue autism research under the mentorship of leading scientists in the field....

The nineteen grants will support organizations working in the areas of investigative reporting, Oklahoma journalism, professional development, and special opportunities....

A grant of $1 million over five years will provide continuing support for the longest-running study of a wild dolphin population....

Funded by the Gates and Kresge foundations and Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, the campaign will work to help students complete math and English requirements in their first year....

The initiative will enable the organization to provide students around the country with opportunities to develop career skills through computer programming....

The fourteen grants will support early math education, computer science learning, and the effective use of technology to personalize learning for students in the state....

A $15 million grant to PATH will support the second phase of the Data Use Partnership, a collaboration with the government of Tanzania to enhance the quality and use of health data....

The fund aims to raise and invest tens of millions of dollars in support of conservation organizations working to reverse the decline in lion populations and restore wildlands....

The chief philanthropic vehicle of Detroit native and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, is seeking an executive director with deep roots in the city....

The gift from an anonymous donor will endow two academic chairs in the College of Education and Human Sciences in honor of alumni who dedicated their careers to teaching....

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

The Our Own Power Fund will provide capacity-building grants of up to $25,000 to grassroots gender and reproductive justice organizations working to support vulnerable communities, develop sustainable revenue models, and harness the power of self-representation....

According to a report from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, a 2014 ordinance to increase the minimum wage in Seattle lowered the 2016 earnings of low-wage workers in the city by an average of $125 a month....