Thanks to more than $5 million in federal grants, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven will be able to launch a new initiative, the New Haven Healthy Start “5.0”, to reduce the number of newborns that are dying among black babies.

Earlier this month a new affordable housing initiative launched by media outlets in Charlotte, North Carolina received a $30M donation from two local banks, Suntrust and BB&T.

Merced College received its largest donation to-date this month, from the businessman and successful farmer, Raj Kahlon.

This year, 25 nonprofit digital news organizations will receive grants from the $42 million raised by the American Journalism Project, aimed at helping local news sources establish business plans.

Amazon and the National Science Foundation are partnering to invest $10 million in researching, developing and implementing fairness into artificial intelligence technology.