ASPCA Grants $1.5 Million To Boost Spay/Neuter Training
Release Date:
07/28/2014
The ASPCA is providing $1.5 million to co-fund a new PetSmart Charities® Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Training Center, located in Asheville, N.C.
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American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade
Release Date:
07/26/2014
The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical American household has declined by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators
Release Date:
07/25/2014
The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions
Release Date:
07/25/2014
Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year.
Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies
Release Date:
07/25/2014
Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns, who raised hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees,...
More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups
Release Date:
07/25/2014
If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...
NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations to train future principals for the city's schools.
Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...
Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color
Release Date:
07/23/2014
The William T. Grant Foundation has made $1.6 million in grants to improve the usefulness of research, $634,000 to support connections between education research and practice, and $205,000 to enhance the mentoring relationships of three foundation...
William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy
Release Date:
07/23/2014
Citing efforts dating back to the 1960s, the president of the William E. Simon Foundation argues that major foundations--including Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller--have pursued "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of...
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