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Hilton Foundation Awards $13 Million in Grants
The first-quarter grants will support organizations working in the areas of safe water, young children affected by HIV/AIDS, foster youth, and Catholic education....

Open Data Institute Receives $2.5 Million From Omidyar Network
The organization will use the investment to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem where people can make better decisions using data....

UCLA Receives $8.4 Million to Improve Advance Care Planning
Focused on the needs of both patients and caregivers, the grant will support research that evaluates three approaches that could be used in primary care clinics for people with advanced cancer, heart failure, and lung disease....

People in the News (4/15/18): Appointments, Promotions, Obituaries
The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

Sturm Family Foundation Awards $6 Million to Denver Art Museum
The gift from trustee Don Sturm and his wife, Susan, will support renovations designed to connect the DAM campus with the surrounding neighborhood and improve the museum's operations and relevance....

TV News Still Thriving, but Must Change With Audiences, Report Finds
A report from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation finds that while local television broadcasts continue to be Americans' go-to source for news, shifting audience demographics are pressuring the industry to evolve....

Weinberg Awards $1.2 Million for Summer Youth Programs in Baltimore
Awarded through the public/private Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative, the grants will support programs in areas such as literacy, STEM education, youth employment, environmental education, sports, and the arts....

Community Foundation Update (04/14/18)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island....

Stetson University Receives $18 Million for New Science Building
The gift from trustees Hyatt and Cici Brown will enable the university to address the needs of its growing student population, which has increased 45 percent since 2010....

Chicago Police Receive $10 Million for Crime Lab Partnership
The gift from Citadel CEO Ken Griffin will help launch an initiative aimed at reducing violent crime in the city....

Mastercard Contributes $100 Million to Inclusive Growth Fund
Established at the end of 2017, the Center for Inclusive Growth Fund will support initiatives focused on long-term economic growth that benefits everyone....

'Audacious Project' Announces Grants Totaling $406 Million
Seeded with $250 million and publicly launched last week to fund bold ideas worth spreading, the philanthropic collaborative has announced its inaugural grantees....

Audubon Society Receives $10 Million to Address Climate Change
As part of its commitment, the Overlook International Foundation will match all new or increased gifts, up to $3.3 million, in support of Audubon's climate initiatives....

Nonprofit Tech Sector More Diverse but Needs Funding to Scale
An analysis by Fast Forward found that 47 percent of tech nonprofits were founded by women, while 30 percent were founded by racial/ethnic minorities, compared with just 17 percent and 13 percent of for-profit tech startups....

Philanthropic Sector Evolving Under Trump Administration, Study Finds
The report from the TCC Group found that the philanthropic sector has demonstrated flexibility, nimbleness, and a willingness to collaborate in response to a rapidly changing policy environment....

MacArthur Foundation Commits $24.3 Million to Chicago Arts Groups
In partnership with the Prince Charitable Trusts and Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, MacArthur will provide general operating support to more than three hundred theaters, dance companies, music organizations, film and media groups, museums, zoos, and conservatories....

Henry Ford Receives $20 Million for Pancreatic Cancer Center
The anonymous gift will help establish partnerships between Henry Ford and national and international organizations to identify new approaches to the detection of pancreatic cancer earlier than is currently possible....

$20 Million Pledged to Vanderbilt for Residential College, Engineering
The gift will support undergraduate living-learning communities on campus and establish the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean's Chair in Engineering at the School of Engineering....

Wallace Global Fund to Disburse All 2017 Stock Market Gains
The decision to dedicate 100 percent of its 2017 stock market gains to grantmaking will effectively double the fund's 2018 grantmaking budget to $10 million....

Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure, Survey Finds
The survey by Bloomberg Philanthropies found that the top concerns of the mayors surveyed were the municipal budget, infrastructure, jobs and economic growth, and affordable housing....

Walton Family Foundation Launches Charter School Loan Funds
Supported through the foundation's Building Equity Initiative, the Charter Impact Fund and Facilities Investment Fund will provide charter schools anywhere in the country with quicker access to long- and short-term financing....

Foundations Team Up to Study Role of Facebook in Elections, Democracy
The funding consortium will support relevant research by an independent and diverse committee of scholars aimed at increasing public understanding of Facebook's role in elections and democracy....

Study Finds Economic Gains for Women Slowing
The Institute for Women's Policy Research's Employment & Earnings Index and Poverty & Opportunity Index found limited progress since 2015....

Kellogg Expands Matching Program to Baobá Fund for Racial Equity
WKKF will match Brazilian donor contributions to the Baobá Fund on a three-to-one basis and international donations on a two-to-one basis, with half going to an endowment and the other half supporting programming....

Houston Zoo Announces $50 Million Gift for Centennial Campaign
The gift from the John P. McGovern Foundation — the largest in the zoo's history — will support completion of the first phase of a twenty-year master plan in time for the zoo's centennial in 2022....

JKCF Announces 2018 College Scholarship Recipients
The annual program provides high-achieving high school seniors with $40,000 a year for four years of study at an accredited college or university....

State Preemption of Local Authority Continues to Rise, Report Finds
From minimum wage to municipal broadband, state preemption of local authority is increasing around the country, a new report from the National League of Cities finds....

Ohio State Receives $18 Million for First-of-Its-Kind Heart Center
The gift from Bob and Corrine Frick will establish a center dedicated to treating those with heart failure and arrhythmia at its Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus....