PNY members Kathy Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation; Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon; Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin; and Laysha Ward, President...
Initiatives from the Open Society Foundations and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit Quarterly article on the possible philanthropic response to the death of Trayvon Martin.
The grant recipients’ efforts include provide palliative care to people with dementia, promoting philanthropy in the Republic of Ireland, and improving outcomes for children and youth in Northern Ireland.
For the first time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” campaign. (Target President of Community Relations Laysha Ward is also quoted in...
Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond.
The grant from the American Red Cross will be distributed through the foundation's Hurricane Sandy Nonprofit Recovery Fund and help support community-based organizations providing home repairs for seniors, mental health services and coordination of...
This op-ed by Princeton University professor Peter Singer on how to choose between different areas of philanthropy cites information from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
In an op-ed for Slate, Ken Stern examines the decline in corporate contributions to charities in the U.S., as a percentage of pretax profits, over the past 30 years.