News about grants, gifts
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded an $18 million grant for the construction of the Helmsley Health Discovery Tower on the Rambam campus in Haifa, Israel.
The National Geographic Society, African Parks, the Wyss Foundation and the Republic of Benin announced a groundbreaking partnership to help secure and rehabilitate one of the last remaining wild landscapes in all of West Africa, Benin’s Pendjari National Park. Together, the four partners are initially committing more than US$23M to safeguard the park.
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom. One Laureate in each of the three Blavatnik Awards categories—Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry—will each receive an unrestricted prize of US$100,000; additionally, two Finalists in each category will each receive unrestricted prizes of US$30,000.
LifeNet International received a $300,000 grant installment from The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to fund life-saving and life-improving healthcare trainings with Catholic Sister-led health facilities in Uganda.
News about people, groups
Global thought-leaders and practitioners in international development gathered at the Social Impact Bond Conference to share insights and explore how development impact bonds and other innovative social financing vehicles can mobilize more and much-needed resources, and create a new and transparent delivery culture to drive the large-scale change needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in partnership with the Government of Rwanda and Rwanda Development Board, has expanded Africa’s oldest park for the first time in over 30 years. On January 10th, AWF donated a 27.8-hectare property to the Government of Rwanda and Rwanda Development Board.
European Venture Philantrophy Association has confirmed Jamy Goewie as Community and Market Development Director.
mothers2mothers entered a new strategic partnership with the Mozambican Health Ministry to bolster the country’s efforts to eliminate paediatric AIDS and reach global goals, bringing the number of countries in which m2m operates to eight.
World Animal Protection, one of the largest animal protection organizations in the world, named Alesia Soltanpanah as its new U.S. Executive Director, effective February 5. She will lead World Animal Protection’s activities in the U.S. and help build a global movement that will inspire people to changes animals’ lives for the better.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation was honored with the ICAI Gold Shield Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2016–2017 under the Category XII – Not-for-Profit Sector.
News about opportunities, initiatives
GLOBE Series launched the 2018 GLOBE Climate Leadership Awards. These awards recognize exceptional Canadian organizations that are at the forefront of taking action on climate change.
The Save Syrian Schools Project invites you to attend a public-hearing style event on the impact of the destruction of schools in Syria. The event will be livestreamed Thursday March 22nd at 9:00 a.m.
Bharti Foundation has mainstreamed over 10,840 Out-Of-School Children across 472 villages in Rajasthan into regular schooling through the Foundation’s Satya Bharti Learning Centre Program.
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