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Philanthropy News Digest | November 28, 2017

Google.org has announced grants totaling $7.5 million to nonprofit organizations working to advance justice system reforms in the United States.The grants include $1 million to LatinoJustice in San Francisco to improve the quality of Latino and Latina criminal justice data acquisition and management and help shape the narrative with respect to the impact of mass incarceration in "Latinx" communities....

nonprofitquarterly | March 28, 2017

A suit against the state of Michigan brought by Flint resident Melissa Mays and three nonprofit groups was settled yesterday for $97 million to be spent, among other things, on new water service lines to replace those that have been leaching lead into the city’s water. The water lines for 18,000 households will be examined for possible replacement....

Philanthropy News Digest | June 13, 2017

The Ford Foundation has announced the launch of a $100 million fund in support of organizations working to address mass incarceration in the United States. Launched with a $100 million donation from philanthropist Agnes Gund, who sold a prized painting from her own collection to underwrite the gift, the Art for Justice Fund hopes to raise an additional $100 million in private capital over the next five years through art sales and other donations. Among other things, the fund will award grants to...

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. | January 15, 2020

Santander US ("Santander") announced a total commitment of more than $14.8 million in charitable giving in 2019 across the United States, including $11.5 million from Santander Bank, N.A., $800,000 through Santander's Universities program, $2.19 million through the Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation, and more than $385,000 from Banco Santander Puerto Rico. "Santander continues to invest in the communities we serve through our charitable giving," said Tim Wennes,...