Jewish Federations of North America are allocating $7 million for Ukraine aid, including a focus on emergency winter relief. Relief efforts will provide urgent support to over 22,000 Ukrainian Jews through Federations’ core partner JDC (The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) and to additional NGO’s that are supporting refugees. The funds will be used for …
Grants totaling $500,000 were given to 40 Local Nonprofits. The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County releases the recipients of its general grants program for 2022. The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County will provide grants totalling nearly $500,000 to more than 40 neighborhood nonprofit organizations (CFSLOCO). The grants will help community-based organizations advance their …
Partners In Health announced today a $25 million pledge from the Weiss Asset Management Foundation and associated donors to the Institute of Global Health Equity Research (IGHER) at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), an initiative of Partners In Health. This pledge, to be funded over the next 25 years, will provide critical resources and …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced intentions to invest $1.1 billion over four years to enhance K–12 math instruction and close achievement disparities that have been exacerbated by school cancellations due to the COVID–19 outbreak. We made the announcement that we will focus more on math a year ago. Since then, we’ve spent …
Mandel Foundation awards $30M gift to Cleveland Clinic. By donating $30 million to Cleveland Clinic, the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation established the Morton L. Mandel CEO Chair and the Morton L. Mandel Innovation Fund. The gift endows the CEO position at the clinic, making Dr. Tom Mihaljevic, the clinic’s current CEO and president, …
The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) pledges more than $100 million to enhance Native American agriculture and create healthy lands, healthy people, and healthy economies. The goal of NAAF’s 12-year commitment is to alleviate food and nutrition disparities in Tribal communities through systematic and significant changes. Because of this, NAAF has pledged to make grants …
Arcadia funds UCLA Library’s endangered archives program, $13 million over eight years to digitize and make publically accessible online at-risk cultural heritage materials from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) at UCLA Library was established in 2018 with a five-year, $5.5 million donation from Arcadia, a nonprofit fund established by …
Greater Falls Connections receives Health Disparities Grant. The Vermont Health Department (VHD) and Vermont Community Foundation recently awarded a roughly $74,000 Health Disparities Grant to Greater Falls Connections (GFC) in Bellows Falls, Vermont (VCF). A community review committee was put together by VHD and the VCF and assessed each proposal. 48 applications totaling more than …
High Point University Receives $30 Million gift from The Charman Family. Dr. Nido Qubein, president of High Point University, revealed the Charmans’ $30 million transformational donation. The new library, estimated to cost $80 million and be finished in 2025–2026, will benefit from the contribution. Their generous donations to the expansion of the university will inspire …
The Good Food Innovation Fund awards $1 million for healthy food across Sub-Saharan Africa. Seven businesses that are transforming the accessibility and affordability of “good food” in low-income communities in Kenya and Rwanda have been chosen by the Good Food Innovation Fund (GFIF) to receive money and technical support for business expansion. For this inaugural request for …
