Ford Foundation Awards $6 Million to Strengthen International Human Rights Movement
Release Date:
09/20/2013
The grants were to seven leading human rights organizations operating in many countries and international forums.
Human Services
Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?
Release Date:
09/18/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.
Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America
Release Date:
03/19/2013
Nathan Cummings Foundation Board Chair James K. Cummings shares what he learned from taking the SNAP Challenge—spending a week eating on $5.27 a day, the equivalent of the daily Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget (commonly known as...
5 Questions for...Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides
Release Date:
03/11/2013
In this PhilanTopic interview, Tides CEO Melissa Bradley discusses the Twenty-First Century Foundation Powered by Tides partnership, what her organization has learned about the field of impact investing and what philanthropy can do to strengthen its...
Funding the Future of Activism
Release Date:
02/04/2013
We’re pleased to have North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan talk about the Fund’s new $7 million Activism’s Future campaign to support grassroots activists in communities most affected by injustice as they advocate for equality and stand up...
Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs
Release Date:
06/04/2012
The Open Society Foundations has named Kenneth H. Zimmerman as the new Director of its U.S. Programs.
Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
Release Date:
05/10/2012
How can we measure well-being, access and opportunity in the New York metropolitan area? At a recent Philanthropy New York session, Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-Directors at Measure of America, described how their American Human...
William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes New Board Member
Release Date:
03/01/2012
The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that Margaret R. Burchinal will join its Board of Trustees when it meets later this month.
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