Arabella Advisors Launch "Good Food Ventures III" to Transform Food System
Release Date:
09/24/2019
"Good Food Ventures III" aims to connect new and experienced impact investors with companies that can disrupt food for good.
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Announcing the Salesforce.org Social Impact Report 2019
Release Date:
09/23/2019
We are excited to release the Salesforce.org Social Impact Report 2019. This report celebrates the strides that our technology trailblazers, our grantees, and our citizen philanthropists are making to advance social impact.
New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity
Release Date:
09/23/2019
Racial segregation leads to growing achievement gaps – but it does so entirely through differences in school poverty, according to new research from education Professor Sean Reardon.
Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Release Date:
09/20/2019
A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments for the deadly pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional team.
Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Equality Fellows
Release Date:
09/20/2019
The Open Society Foundations is pleased to announce the 2019 class of Soros Equality Fellows, a diverse group of artists, advocates, lawyers, and organizers whose work inspires advances in racial justice and equality in the United States.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University Unveils Plans for New Project in Baltimore
Release Date:
09/20/2019
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University has unveiled plans for the Institute’s home in Baltimore, designed by world-renowned architecture firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months
Release Date:
09/19/2019
Earlier this month, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, a $30 million philanthropic initiative of World Education Services (WES), awarded over $1.2 million in funding to five inaugural grantee partners.
University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
09/19/2019
The University of San Diego's Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge announced today that it has been selected to be part of The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge. The other participants are Big Ideas at Berkeley,...
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Celebrates Generation of Future Female Leaders in partnership with Laureus Foundation
Release Date:
09/19/2019
Bank Sponsors Two-Day 'Women in Leadership' Program in NY With Day of Service Event and Fashion Show Fundraiser Featuring Sports Luminaries
National Center for Family Philanthropy Names New President and CEO, Nicholas Tedesco
Release Date:
09/17/2019
Nicholas “Nick” A. Tedesco will become the next President and CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP), the NCFP Board of Directors announced today.
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