[Ford Foundation] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy too often minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict.
Billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg received the inaugural Genesis Prize in Jerusalem in recognition of his philanthropy and public service and said he would use the $1-million award to launch a competition for young people with big ideas for...
[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...
Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase will commit $100-million in grants and loans over five years to aid Detroit’s revitalization effort as the city recovers from the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy, The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press...