Foundations

Balzan Prizes Recognize Achievements in Study of Human Evolution, Black Holes with $840,000 Awards

MILAN (AP) — An American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a German-Dutch astrophysicist have been…

Open Society Foundations Pledge €100 Million to Start New Roma Foundation

Open Society Foundations said Tuesday that it will spin off its support for Europe’s Roma communities into a new foundation…

Hollywood’s Working Class Turns to Nonprofit Funds to Make Ends Meet During the Strike

NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike,…

Indigenous Wari' boy swims in the Komi Memem River

Indigenous Leader Inspires an Amazon City to Grant Personhood to an Endangered River

GUAJARA-MIRIM, Brazil (AP) — On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the…

X Marks the Lawsuit: Elon Musk’s Social Media Company Sues Nonprofit Highlighting Site’s Hate Speech

WASHINGTON (AP) — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has sued a group of researchers — alleging…

Foundations Buoy a New Movement of Renters’ Activism

After years of rising rents, a group of Kansas City, Missouri, renters came together in 2019 to form KC Tenants,…

Shipping Lobby Group Advises Caution on Climate Targets

An influential shipping industry group has quietly warned shippers to think carefully before they sign up for a new plan…

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Campaigns Against Antisemitism

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced the camera during a video call, pointing to a small, sky-blue lapel pin…

Going Beyond ‘Green,’ Activism New Standard in Ski Industry

ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — Snow falls thick as skiers shed their gear and duck into the Sundeck Restaurant, one of…

‘Hamilton’ Fundraiser Set for Hispanic Federation, Flamboyan

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will bring his award-winning musical back to Puerto Rico for two weeks of performances in June,…

Oldest Schoolhouse For Black Children in US Moved to Museum

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was…

Most Disaster Giving Goes to Relief Efforts, Not Rebuilding

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated a long-running pattern in giving by foundations and charities for health and natural disasters, a…

$40K Save the Music Foundation Grant Enhances Arts at School

MANNINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Next fall, the Mannington Middle School band will have brand-new instruments, thanks to a grant from…

Philanthropy Pours More Money Into Advancing Latino Wealth

Juan Hernandez III, CEO of a nonprofit lending fund, has made about 17 loans to Latino entrepreneurs and business owners…

Nonprofits Help Fund Immigrants’ Legal Fights on Deportation

As the number of immigrants seeking court permission to avoid deportation grows, foundations in Los Angeles have joined with local…

Hawaii Quits Coal in Bid to Fight Climate Change

HONOLULU (AP) — The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into…

Two Years On, Foundations Stand by Issuing Bonds in Pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — When the Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step in June 2020 of issuing $1 billion in…

Gun Violence Leads Community Groups to Take Bolder Action

SEATTLE (AP) — Dominique Davis was inside a Seattle-area church one day in March 2021 when a man with a…

Work at a School or Nonprofit? You Could Erase Student Loans

NEW YORK (AP) — When Melissa Martinez applied to have her student loan debt forgiven more than a decade ago,…

The Long, Ongoing Debate Over ‘All Men Are Created Equal’

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Jennings is CEO of the Lambda Legal organization, a prominent advocate for LGBTQ rights. He…

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