Are You Concerned about Affordable Housing?
Release Date:
03/03/2014
Many of the funders involved in Sandy recovery, as well as those more generally focused on community building, have expressed interest in learning more about housing issues.
Economic Security
For Profound Change in America, Think Local
Release Date:
01/29/2014
Open Society Foundations' Kenneth Zimmerman shares the latest news about the Open Places Initiative — a multi-year effort to promote real and sustainable opportunities for civic, economic and political change in local communities.
Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets
Release Date:
11/01/2013
The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Xavier (“Xav”) de Souza Briggs as Vice President of the foundation's program on Economic Opportunity and Assets.
Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
09/30/2013
The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.
The Mismeasure of Poverty
Release Date:
09/17/2013
Russell Sage Foundation President Sheldon Danziger talks about the flaws in the ways that the U.S. measures poverty in an op-ed for The New York Times.
Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced
Release Date:
08/07/2013
The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural recipients of the Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program, a collaborative incubator that works to foster ideas for improving the lives of poor and vulnerable populations.
World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations
Release Date:
06/02/2013
The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...
Morgan Stanley Pledges Additional $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
05/21/2013
The new $8 million commitment is part of its continuing Fill the Plate initiative and an expansion of its employee volunteer arrangement with Feeding America.
Open Society Offers New Grants to Spur Charity Collaboration
Release Date:
04/08/2013
Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants, through the Open Society Foundations' Open Places Initiative, that will be used to help improve opportunities for low-income people and minorities.
Spending a Week on Food Stamps Taught Me a Lesson That Could Aid All Grant Makers
Release Date:
04/07/2013
An op-ed by Simon Greer, CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
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