The Surdna Foundation has announced George Soule as its first-ever Director of Communications. Bringing more than 20 years of communications and foundation experience, Soule joined the Foundation on June 11 to lead the organization's internal and...
Trinity Wall Street has announced that the Rev. Canon Benjamin Musoke-Lubega has been named the new Director of Faith in Action, a programming arm that encompasses the historic Episcopal parish’s outreach in Lower Manhattan and its esteemed national...
Our recent funder tour of The New York Public Library gave our members a chance to learn more about the upcoming renovations to their historic 42nd Street location. NYPL President and CEO Anthony Marx talks about the other changes taking place —...
by Dr. Anthony W. Marx, President and CEO, The New York Public Library Nearly two years ago, I arrived at The New York Public Library with only a sense of the opportunities and challenges that awaited me. While you’ve likely read...
The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...
The Commonwealth Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. (Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this article.)
The Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative is a two-year effort to help municipalities rethink the way they design, plan, implement and finance infrastructure.
Most of the eleven grants were awarded through the foundation's Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility initiative.