Good Charity, Bad Charity
Release Date:
08/10/2013
This op-ed by Princeton University professor Peter Singer on how to choose between different areas of philanthropy cites information from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
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Deborah McGinn Appointed Vice President for Finance and Administration at the William T. Grant Foundation
Release Date:
08/09/2013
The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to welcome Deborah E. McGinn as its new Vice President for Finance and Administration. In this position, she will work with the Board and its Committees to manage the Foundation's budgets, audits and...
Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political
Release Date:
08/08/2013
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s keynote speaker, New York University professor Marion Nestle, encouraged attendees to work together to build...
Why Don’t Corporations Give to Charity?
Release Date:
08/08/2013
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.
Talking Optimism and Opportunity With New Ford Foundation Head
Release Date:
08/08/2013
A profile of Darren Walker as he prepares to assume the role of President of the Ford Foundation.
Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political
Release Date:
08/08/2013
by Jenny Rempel, Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Food systems funding is hot right now. Foundations are supporting everything from food hubs to community...
Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced
Release Date:
08/07/2013
The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural recipients of the Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program, a collaborative incubator that works to foster ideas for improving the lives of poor and vulnerable populations.
Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty
Release Date:
08/07/2013
The $19.78 million grant from Atlantic to the Irish state agency Pobal will be used to support children at risk of poverty within the mainstream education and child care systems.
New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief
Release Date:
08/07/2013
Created with a lead gift from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and hosted by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the fund is a collaborative effort of local and national foundations, New Jersey-based corporations and individuals committed to...
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Receives $1 Million for High School Success Campaign
Release Date:
08/06/2013
The New York Life Foundation’s four-year grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will strengthen the organization's academic programming for high school students.
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