Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/05/2015
The Rockefeller Foundation has appointed Donald Kaberuka, former African Development Bank (AfDB) president, to its board of trustees.
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Release Date:
11/04/2015
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell Clark, died at his home in Woods Hole, MA on October 24, 2015 at the age of 93.
New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth
Release Date:
11/04/2015
New grants will help NYC young people to use digital media and technology to compose and record original music, research civic and political issues, and reduce pollution in their communities.
Three Years Post Hurricane Sandy, Staten Island Foundation Releases FY2014-15 Biennial Report
Release Date:
11/03/2015
Recognized by the Foundation Center as among the Top Five largest independent funders of Hurricane Sandy response by total giving, The Staten Island Foundation has released its Biennial Report for Fiscal Years 2014-2015.
Several PNY Members’ Giving Contrasted with Silicon Valley’s ‘New Philanthropy’
Release Date:
11/02/2015
A paradox exists in philanthropy. Tech entrepreneurs believe their charitable giving is bolder, bigger and more data-driven, but these philanthropists are no more interested in radical change than their more conservative predecessors.
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Climate change, inequality and a broken criminal justice system are the issues du jour, and are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’s largest philanthropies.
NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Philanthropist Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation, says foundations sometimes try to solve the world's problems themselves rather than acting as facilitators of change.
American Express-Supported Awards Go to Michael Brown, CEO of City Year, and United We Dream’s Julieta Garibay
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Independent Sector is pleased to award Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of City Year, with the 2015 John W. Gardner Leadership Award and Julieta Garibay, campaigns director of United We Dream, with the 2015 American Express NGen Leadership Award...
Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality
Release Date:
10/30/2015
Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, joined Chronicle of Philanthropy readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the foundation and grantees.
New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator
Release Date:
10/30/2015
Three local organizations are in hot water after the state attorney general found they engaged in a "fraudulent charitable solicitation scheme" related to used clothing collection boxes that drove more than $10 million into the coffers of a Yonkers...
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