Philanthropy News

Selected philanthropy news from around the Web.

Want to Make an Impactful Grant? Consider Independent Media Outlets

A recent study from the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University has concluded that small news organizations can have a noticeable influence on the issues of today. If as few...more

Forming a Picture of the New Philanthropist
Foundation: Gates Foundation

When looking at the modern philanthropist, one thing is quickly apparent: they are as diverse as the charities they have chosen to support. From a 78 year old blind man, to a 56 year old vintner, to...more

Making Giving Simple - Donor-Advised Funds

Kyle Penney is in love with tools. He loves going to see all of the tools at Harbor Freight Tools. He loves finding the right tool for the job and often gets the same feeling as people would if they...more

How Foundation Center Helps Nonprofits with Digital Transformation

Modern computing is changing all industries, including the non-profit sector. More and more they are investing in cloud computing and big data, especially to determine client relations and donor...more

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Largest Foundation Giving for 2012

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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

Gates Foundation

1,378

2,579,354,996

Ford Foundation

1,407

471,403,757

Walton Family Foundation

614

417,696,760

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

268

361,182,906

Kellogg Foundation

741

354,782,649

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Source: Foundation Stats (Foundation Center) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Government Grants

Development of a virtual bioequivalence trial simulation platform that integrates population pharmacokinetic modeling algorithms into physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models (U01)

The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a virtual bioequivalence trial simulation platform that can be used to perform population-based statistical analysis in complex and...more

Posted On - 2018-04-20

Street Outreach Program

The Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families' Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the availability of funds under the Street...more

Posted On - 2018-04-19

FY 18 Announcement of Availability of Funds for a Clinical Training and Technical Assistance Project to Support the Title X Family Planning Program
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) provides funding for grants and contracts to support training for personnel working in Title X-funded services projects pursuant to section 1003 of the Public...more

Posted On - 2018-04-19

Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Neurotherapeutic Agent Characterization and In vivo Efficacy Studies (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
This FOA provides funding to conduct pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and in vivo efficacy studies to demonstrate that proposed therapeutic agent(s) have sufficient biological activity to warrant...more

Posted On - 2018-04-19

National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2019-20 - Jails
National Institutes of Health
On September 4, 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79). The act requires BJS to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive...more

Posted On - 2018-04-19

Announcement for Program Funding for NRCS’ Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS is announcing the availability of CIG to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. Applications will be accepted from eligible entities for...more

Posted On - 2018-04-19

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