Philanthropy News

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today announced that the Yawkey Foundation made a generous $50 million grant to support Dana-Farber's planned cancer hospital and the Future of Cancer Care Fund. The gift commemorates an eight-decade partnership and will help support construction of Dana-Farber's future cancer hospital and other critical priorities including accelerating cancer research, and advancing early detection, survivorship, psychosocial services, and patient assistan...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--INOVAIT announced the latest recipients of its Pilot Fund at the Medventions Toronto Innovation Day, hosted at Sunnybrook....

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced the start of the 31st season of its Home Run Challenge (HRC), a nationwide campaign that has raised $150 million since its inception by turning every Major League Baseball home run into support for lifesaving prostate cancer research, awareness and early detection. Founded by PCF Chairman Mike Milken, the Home Run Challenge was created to “Keep Dad in the Game,” inspiring generations of baseball fans across Ameri...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emeline Foster receives the Alliant Private Client Advanced Certificate Scholarship through the Family Firm Institute Global Education Network....

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The MolinaCares Accord presents $95,000 to March of Dimes in support of connecting families to doulas....

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The IBSA Foundation for scientific research announced that a young US researcher is among the winners of the 13th edition of the IBSA Foundation Fellowship, the prestigious program promoted by IBSA Foundation to support scientific research. Every year six fellowships of €32,000 each are awarded to young scientists under the age of 40. Indranil Singh of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University and the Biology of Adversity Proje...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today that it has changed its name to the Andrew Carnegie Foundation....

LONDON & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Convatec (LSE:CTEC), a leading medical products and technologies company focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions; The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation (Lilly Foundation), a tax-exempt private foundation supported by donations from Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) have committed c.$5 million to Partners In Health (PIH), an international nonprofit global health organization to help accelerate the integration of non‑communicable disease (NCD)...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation today announced a $10 million commitment to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and other non-profit organizations supporting the urgent response to the active outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebola Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has now spread to Uganda. The grant will support critical response efforts, including disease surveillance, contact tracing, case management, laborat...

KENNESAW, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yamaha Rightwaters™ marked its seventh anniversary on Monday, June 8, World Oceans Day 2026. Launched in 2019, Yamaha Rightwaters continues to support programs that make significant progress in keeping waterways clean and promoting sustainability for generations to come. Several key metrics over the course of the last 12 months include: More than 264.2 tons of debris removed from U.S. lakes, rivers and coastal waters through collaborations with clean up organizat...