Thirty-six renewal grants and two new grants were awarded to organizations working to address factors driving the HIV/AIDS epidemic....

The largest private donation ever in support of a municipal project in Dallas will support the design and construction of Trinity River Park....

The gift from alumnus James M. McKelvey, Jr. will support construction of a new building for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering....

The Family Planning 2020 report found that 30 million more women and girls in developing countries are using modern contraception than in 2012....

The funds will support construction of a training facility with a mock court room, a mock booking facility, and an indoor weapons range....

The report from Achieve and the Case Foundation found that as of August, 73 percent of millennials planned to vote in the presidential election....

The gift from Eric and Susan Smidt will support construction of a new building, to be designed by architect Peter Zumthor, that replaces four of the museum's seven existing buildings....

Darren Walker's decision to join the board of a company that profits from the sale of sugary drinks and fatty snacks has raised eyebrows....

The grant from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation will be used to expand EdReady Montana, a statewide math readiness program....

The National Math and Science Initiative will expand efforts to improve participation and success rates for AP courses in math, science, and English in western Pennsylvania....

The gift from alumni Dan and Jennifer Gilbert will support a renovation of the university's athletics center and two MSU programs....

The study by Philanthropy Southwest found that grantmaking by foundations in seven states increased 22.5 percent between 2011 and 2014....

The gift from Ellen and Gary Davis will fund infrastructure to serve as a repository for tumor samples, genomic sequencing, and bioinformatics....

The Austin-based foundation will split off into two new foundations in order to better serve the founders' families and communities....

Grants of $4.5 million from the Terra Foundation and $900,000 from the Walton Family Foundation will support ongoing digitization efforts....

The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector....

The grants will fund efforts in civic engagement, education, health, housing and economic opportunity, smart growth, and immigrant integration....

The Open Impact report found that even as giving in Silicon Valley has grown, the share of dollars going to local nonprofits has not....

The Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative seeks to enhance the use of data and data-based evidence to improve municipal government....

News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country....

The largest gift in the university's history will fund scholarships and professorships, a lecture series, and international opportunities and programming for students....

For the first time ever, a donor-advised fund tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s 'Philanthropy 400' rankings....

Under Grameen's banner, the organization will use digital and mobile technology to reach more people across the spectrum of poverty....

The funding will expand trials using mosquitoes carrying a bacteria that reduces Zika, dengue fever, chikungunya, and yellow fever transmission....

Competitions were launched to alleviate the global water crisis and empower communities with technology that keeps women safe from assault....

UCSD will match the gift to endow ten chairs for the Tata Institute for Active Genetics and Society, which will include a research collaboration in India....

The report from U.S. Trust found that 83 percent of wealthy households plan to give as much or more in the next three years as they did in 2015....

The grants were awarded through the foundation's Fill Your Tank initiative, a six-year effort to address food security globally....