Newman's Own channels money to broadcasters
Release Date:
01/31/2013
Newman's Own Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.4 million to 13 public broadcasting stations and organizations.
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A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
Release Date:
01/30/2013
By Dr. Irwin Redlener Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness , Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Co-Chair, NYS Ready Commission As we move beyond the immediate response to...
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
Release Date:
01/29/2013
The recently created New York State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for future natural disasters and emergencies. We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the...
With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater
Release Date:
01/29/2013
The gift includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first donation, a...
Russia's Real Friends in the West
Release Date:
01/27/2013
An op-ed by Deana Arsenian, Vice President for International Program and Program Director for Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine
Release Date:
01/24/2013
The Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine will enable scientists in a range of fields to explore how certain cellular pathways serve as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets.
Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help
Release Date:
01/24/2013
Representatives from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open Society Foundations attended a meeting organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York’s campaign finance laws.
The Boom in Charitable Funds
Release Date:
01/23/2013
2012 was a record year for donor-advised charitable gift funds at Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group.
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $3 Million to Help Cities Build Resilient Infrastructure Systems
Release Date:
01/22/2013
Nearly three months after Superstorm Sandy, the RE.invest Initiative will provide up to eight cities with seed funding and technical support to create new Community Investment Vehicles (CIVics) that can leverage hundreds of millions of dollars of...
Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster
Release Date:
01/18/2013
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn’s Red Hook Initiative (RHI), one of the three winners of the 2012 NYCT-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards, became a hub of emergency disaster relief for their entire neighborhood. In a new blog...
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