Tag: Philanthropy
New Orleans Museum of Art announces 3 big gifts in 1 month
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced a major gift to its photography department - the third such announcement this...
Kierstan Bell ringing up big numbers at Florida Gulf Coast
Kierstan Bell had never even heard of Florida Gulf Coast at this time last year. She was a freshman at Ohio State then, a...
3 former NFL players receive grants for their foundations
NEW YORK — Former NFL players Chris Long, Harry Sydney and Twan Russell have been awarded funding for their nonprofit foundations through the league's...
Foundations turn to bond market in response to rising need
As the pandemic’s misery continued last fall, foundation leaders like Robert Ross of the California Endowment discovered a way to pump hundreds of millions...
DIY education: Greek teacher creates TV classes for inmates
AVLONA, Greece — Setting up a television channel from scratch isn’t the most obvious or easiest thing for a math teacher to do —...
Donations pour in to rebuild Newman’s camp for sick kids
Less than a week after a fire tore through Hole in the Wall Gang camp for seriously ill children in Connecticut, almost $3...
F1 champion Hamilton signs 1-year deal to stay at Mercedes
BRACKLEY, England — Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will stay with Mercedes for a ninth season after signing a one-year deal, the team...
Stevie Wonder awarded Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize
JERUSALEM — Music legend Stevie Wonder on Tuesday was awarded Israel's Wolf Prize, headlining a group of laureates in the arts and sciences receiving...
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history
Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...
Hard-hit restaurants feed COVID doctors, nurses to survive
PORTLAND, Ore. — It was the week after Christmas and coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations were soaring in Portland, Oregon.
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