The $500,000 prize honors an outstanding mid-career inventor working to improve the world through technological invention and a commitment to mentorship in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics....

The annual Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Heroes Awards recognize Minnesotans who have improved the quality of life for current and future generations....

The vice president of community impact at the Community First Foundation in Arvada, Colorado, was recognized for his role in launching the Innovators Society, which funds promising but not yet proven approaches to mental wellness....

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

The first grants awarded through the foundation's Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures awards competition will support projects that attack the disease at its core by restoring hemoglobin function....

The gift from Jennifer Leischner Litowitz and Alec Litowitz will create a joint MFA/MA degree program at the university's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences....

News and staff announcements from community foundations in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee....

Three organizations dominate the field of philanthropy-serving organizations — the Council on Foundations, CFLeads, and Foundation Center — according a survey of nearly two hundred nonprofits....

The report examined forty-five nonprofit organizations that scaled up their programs through partnerships through three main types of pathways....

The grants will support wildlife and habitat conservation efforts, the defense of indigenous rights, and innovative grassroots efforts aimed at combating climate change and solving complex environmental issues....

The commitments include a $200 million pledge to the World Bank's Global Financing Facility Trust Fund for the Every Woman Every Child initiative and $20 million in support of grassroots women's groups and movements....

The gift from real estate developer and alumnus Stephen M. Ross will support initiatives at U-M's Stephen M. Ross School of Business, bringing his total lifetime giving to the university to $378 million....

The gift made by Bertie Deming Smith, in honor of her late husband John W. Deming, will support the largest translational research department in the School of Medicine and help junior investigators in launching their careers....

The report from the Walk Free Foundation and ILO found that 40.3 million men, women, and children around the globe are in forced labor, forced marriages, or forced sexual exploitation....

The gift to the University Health Network will be used to develop a data-driven digital cardiovascular health platform that reduces costs, advances medical research, and improves the outcomes of patients with cardiac and vascular disease....

An analysis by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that Warren Buffett personally has donated 71.1 percent ($46.6 billion) of his wealth since 2000....

The gift from an anonymous donor will support the hospital's Healthy Communities program in its efforts to address child abuse, unmet mental health needs, and violence and its effects on youth....

The commitment to the Westside Neighborhood Prosperity Fund will support projects to improve opportunities in communities adjacent to the Falcons' stadium....

The 100&Change finalists are Catholic Relief Services, HarvestPlus, Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, and Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee....

The investment in U.K.-based Immunocore will support the development of soluble T-cell receptor-based therapeutics for infectious diseases....

The largest gift in the school's history will support the development of a new library and academic quadrangle, which will include a new interdisciplinary academic building for the social sciences....

Collaborating with museums and institutions of all sizes, Art Bridges will help create and fund exhibitions, bringing together art from museums, private collections, foundations, and its own collection....

The largest gift in UCI's history will support the creation of the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, which will incorporate integrative health research, teaching, and patient care across its schools and programs....

The firm will focus its investments on key drivers of inclusive economic growth — jobs and skills development, small business expansion, neighborhood revitalization, and financial health....

The multiyear grant will support a public-private initiative to expand understanding of a key area of the deep ocean off the eastern coast of Brazil....

The gift from the Engelstad Family Foundation will support the establishment of Nevada's first nonprofit, medical degree-granting medical school....

The implementation and planning grants support nineteen projects designed to improve health in low-income communities across the country....

The second largest gift in the history of the library system will support a complete renovation of the Mid-Manhattan Library — which will hold NYPL's largest circulating collection — and establish an endowment for educational programming....