New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Media Impact Funders are planning a three-part webinar series: The Future of Truth: Can Philanthropy Help Mitigate Misinformation?
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Government transparency efforts are becoming more sophisticated. But everywhere you look, something is missing.
Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits
Release Date:
09/26/2017
The Westchester Community Foundation unveiled the formation of the Institute for Strong Nonprofits, to support nonprofits in Westchester County through convenings, workshops, and leadership development.
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Stanford University Press’s digital publishing program gives scholars an extraordinary opportunity to publish and peer review their interactive scholarship.
Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Over the past year, the Skoll, Draper Richards Kaplan, Ford, and Porticus Foundations, working with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, have partnered to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like...
More Nonprofits Are Running Their Own Crowdfunding Drives
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Like many established nonprofits these days, the Holocaust Museum is taking a page from the crowdfunding playbook.
Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production
Release Date:
09/26/2017
In May 2015, the entertainment producer Harvey Weinstein arranged for two items to be auctioned off at a fund-raiser for amfAR, a New York-based charity that works to cure AIDS. Now there is controversy about what happened after the auction.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
A new report released this week, Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems, based on interviews with leading NGOs and grantmakers, seeks to offer some concrete recommendations and catalyze a conversation about how to change the industry with an eye...
Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Mark Zuckerberg said he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, plan to sell 35 million to 75 million shares of Facebook stock in the next 18 months to pay for their work in education, science, and advocacy.
After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Even generous givers find their budgets stretched by hurricanes, earthquakes and fires around the world.
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