Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Announces Recipients of 2013 SEED Grants
Release Date:
10/08/2013
16 emerging arts organizations across the country receive three years of unrestricted operating capital as a surprise award
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $136 Million to Create Youth Job Opportunities in Greece
Release Date:
10/07/2013
The foundation will also convene a conference in New York City in early 2014 to explore proposals to combat the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece.
Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts
Release Date:
10/02/2013
Part of the foundation's multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative, the grants will help the school districts (including the New York City Department of Education) design and open new high schools that support students in meeting the...
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s annual conference.
Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’
Release Date:
10/01/2013
At Independent Sector’s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie...
New York Life Foundation Awards $750,000 to Childhood Bereavement Organizations
Release Date:
10/01/2013
New York Life Foundation grants $750,000 to support 20 organizations serving grieving children across the country.
Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration
Release Date:
09/30/2013
Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin and New York Community Trust President and CEO Lorie Slutsky were among the speakers at the opening of the Independent Sector annual conference.
Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
09/30/2013
The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.
2012 NGen Fellows Project: Hacking the NGen Experience
Release Date:
09/29/2013
During their nine-month fellowship, the 2012 Independent Sector American Express NGen Fellows examined the "leadership void" that will be created by the impending retirement of baby-boomer nonprofit executives. The Fellows also sought to identify...
New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting
Release Date:
09/28/2013
The new commitments included a call to action by the Nike Foundation, in partnership with the NoVo and United Nations foundations, the International Center for Research on Women, and Girls Not Brides, to include adolescent girls in the United...
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