Dallas Mavericks Basketball Team Awards Emergency Grants for Winter Storm Relief in Tex.
Also, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation gave $115 million to 400 charities across New York State, and Goldman Sachs awarded $25 million to teach job skills in finance to students at eight historically Black colleges and universities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Blackstone Promises $40 Million to Entrepreneurship Program for Students of Color
Also, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded $18 million to reduce over-incarceration in 15 U.S. cities and counties, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation is giving $11 million in matching grants to re-open Jewish summer camps.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Google Awards $50 Million for Public-Health Campaigns About Covid-19 Vaccines
Also, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave $15 million to the Library of Congress for a new program to connect with ethnic and racial minority communities, and Walmart has made its first round of grants through its Center for Racial Equity.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Airbnb.org Grants $2 Million to Help Refugees Following Repeal of Muslim Travel Ban
Also, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has committed $26 million to address the challenges of Covid-19 and racial inequality in Connecticut, and the McKnight Foundation gave $6.5 million through its Midwest Climate and Energy program.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Starbucks Pours $100 Million Into Community Resilience Fund
Also, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave $72 million to 16 grantees through its Just Futures Initiative, and Netflix granted $25 million to address systemic racism in real-estate development and ownership.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Amazon Commits $125 Million to Housing Equity Fund
Also, Morgan Stanley gave $100 million to the National Equity Fund to help low-income renters in Atlanta, and First Premier Bank has granted $50 million to endow need-based scholarships for students at universities in South Dakota.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Navigate Corporate Giving in 2021
The pandemic has transformed vast swaths of the economy, and corporate philanthropy is no exception. Covid-19 and the need for remote work have caused many companies to reassess their philanthropic priorities. The way that businesses and charities work together is evolving, too.
By Kyle Mitnick
Contributor
Diversity Mandates From Foundations Make It Harder for Nonprofits to Do Their Jobs Well
Nonprofits are more likely to succeed when they hire people with different points of view, different life experiences, different ways of thinking, and different ideas on how to solve hard problems. When grant makers ask about demographics, they rarely focus on these characteristics.
By Debi Ghate
Contributor
Bank of America Commits $25M to Colleges to Improve Job Skills for Blacks and Latinos
Also, McDonald’s has committed $100 million to Ronald McDonald House Charities, and Citi Foundation is giving $15 million to support 30 community-development financial institutions.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund Awards $791 Million in First Round of Climate Grants
Also, the Gates Foundation is giving $70 million to develop safe, low-cost Covid-19 vaccine candidates, and the Heinz Endowments has doled out $12.1 million for racial-equity programs in the Pittsburgh region.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rockefeller Foundation Shifts Priorities, Pledges $1 Billion for Covid-19 Recovery
Also, JPMorgan Chase has given $35 million to organizations in five U.S. cities for career-readiness programs, and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation granted $20 million for stuttering research and education.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Flamboyan Arts Fund Commits $15 Million in Hamilton Proceeds to Puerto Rico
Also, the Jay Pritzker Foundation has awarded $100 million in financial assistance to students of California’s community colleges, and the Open Society Foundations committed $70 million in additional Covid-19 relief.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Mellon Foundation Commits $250 Million to Its Monuments Project (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Ford Foundation and a consortium of other funders pledge at least $156 million for arts groups led by people of color.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
To Help the Formerly Incarcerated, Support Change at the Intersection of Health and Justice
If philanthropists are genuinely committed to anti-racism, improving public health, and ensuring justice for all, helping formerly incarcerated people integrate successfully into communities is an excellent place to start.
By Paula Thompson and Victoria Palacio
Lilly Endowment Splits $62 Million Among Every College and University in Indiana (Grants Roundup)
Also, the bank Truist has given $40 million to create a new fund that will support nonprofit community development financial institutions, and the Grainger Foundation has committed $32 million to the U. of Wisconsin at Madison’s College of Engineering.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Citi Foundation Will Spend Another $100 Million on Jobs Program (Grants Roundup)
Also, 3M commits $50 million to advance racial equity in Minnesota and beyond, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation distributed $24 million in emergency grants to 12 midsize arts museums.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions