Other notable awards include $10 million from the Joyce Foundation for work in employment, gun-violence prevention, and other areas and $5 million from the MacArthur Foundation to support documentary filmmaking.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $75 Million From Mulva Fund Boosts U. of Texas Medicine
Other notable awards include $6 million from the Lilly Endowment for job programs at three historically black colleges and $5.5 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to advance health care for seniors.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Group for Jewish Students Gets $48 Million
Among the three donations to Hillel International was a $38 million grant from the Marcus Foundation to recruit, train, and hold on to skilled employees for its branches at college campuses
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Foundation Chiefs Say They Need to Make Sweeping Changes
In surveys and interviews, grant makers say they need to listen more to the charities they support and the people those charities serve.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: $100 Million From Penn Fund Backs Philadelphia Public-Spaces Project
Plus, the Hewlett Foundation commits $50 million for river restoration in the West and the Helmsley Trust gives $25 million to study chronic inflammation.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
10 Insider Tips for Winning Grants
Advice from grant makers on how to improve your chances of getting funded.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Grants Roundup: Brown Med School Gets $27 Million; $2 Million Backs Ill. Prairie Project
Other notable awards include $10 million from law firm K&L Gates for research at Carnegie Mellon University on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Election Loss Muddies Clinton Foundation Transition Plans
But the organization has much work to do to shake off the damaging effects of months of political attacks, and it may need to rethink whether it wants to do business in the same way as before the election.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Moore Foundation Commits $33 Million-Plus to Aid Inventors
Other notable awards included $25 million from the Gates Foundation for reproductive-health programs and $1 million from multiple grant makers to support Syrian students at U.S. colleges.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Nonprofits Work at Polls to Smooth Voting and Rebut ‘Rigged’ Claims
Researchers and grant makers working on electoral issues acknowledge the balloting process isn’t perfect but say their data shows it is clean.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Enterprise Rent-a-Car Foundation Gives $60 Million to Food Charities
Also, Furman University received $25 million from the Duke Endowment, and JPMorgan Chase provided $20 million to community-development groups in five major cities.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Atlantic Gives $60 Million for Antiracism Fellowships
Also, the Dalio Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies commit $55 million for the fight to end polio, and the Harold Alfond Foundation teams with Colby College to revitalize the latter’s Maine hometown.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Here’s a Grant Maker That Wants to Pay Your Indirect Costs. Really.
The Hewlett Foundation encourages nonprofits to present realistic overhead expenses when applying for grants.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Grants Roundup: Wallace Foundation Gives $47 Million for School-Principal Prep
Other notable awards include $10 million from Amazon to boost computer-science and engineering studies at the University of Washington.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Grants Roundup: Building Healthy Communities Gets $12 Million for NYC Program
Other grants support housing, literacy, student field trips, a Jewish arts camp, and more.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
NYC Responds to Charity’s Collapse With New Nonprofit Committee
The panel will explore ways to strengthen social-service charities in hopes of preventing another disaster like the collapse last year of a nonprofit provider that had $200 million in government contracts.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor