Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
Boyana Konforti has been named director of Education & Outreach for the Simons Foundation.
Health
Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?
Release Date:
08/26/2014
John E. Craig, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Commonwealth Fund, examines the relationship between intramural spending and grant distribution.
The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids
Release Date:
08/25/2014
The Century Foundation's Clio Chang writes that the implementation of child allowances could go a long way toward reducing child poverty rates in the United States.
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global "To Do" List Has Familiar Look
Release Date:
08/23/2014
As mayor, Michael Bloomberg fought against smoking and sugary drinks in NYC and now--as a philanthropist--he's taking those fights, along with other efforts to save and improve lives, to cities and countries around the world.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces More Than $8 Million in Grants to Strengthen the Clinical Research Pipeline
Release Date:
08/19/2014
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced the recipients of more than $8 million in grants through the Clinical Scientist Development Award and the Clinical Research Mentorship programs.
Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Release Date:
08/14/2014
Rohit Burman, executive director, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at the M.A.C. AIDS Fund, and Bia Vieira, vice president of Philanthropic Services at The Philadelphia Foundation, have joined the board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues.
Atlantic Philanthropies Awards €14.7 Million For Dementia Care
Release Date:
08/14/2014
The Atlantic Philanthropies is making grants totaling €14.7 million (approximately $20 million) to improve the care and well-being of people suffering with dementia in the Republic of Ireland.
Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution
Release Date:
08/04/2014
An evaluation of its Program-Related Investment Fund finds that “the Rockefeller Foundation has contributed to the rapid evolution of the PRI field for the last two decades.”
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., M.B.A., founder and chief executive officer of the New York–based health care investment firm Consonance Capital, has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors.
Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion
Release Date:
07/30/2014
As Atlantic Philanthropies moves closer to completing all its grantmaking by 2016, it also is taking steps "to effectively realise and sustain gains in the core issues and fields that we and our grantees have seeded and cultivated over time," says...
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