Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Following the 2008 financial crisis, Clark identified working capital as a much more critical need for the nonprofits in its portfolio.
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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Youth Crime Prevention Program
Release Date:
04/29/2016
A three-year Bloomberg Philanthropies grant provided the funding for Memphis Gun Down, which was tasked with looking at economic development and crime concerns, specifically youth gun violence.
Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado
Release Date:
04/29/2016
The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Michael Berkowitz, who heads up the 100 Resilient Cities Project, said there are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to...
Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival
Release Date:
04/29/2016
STOMPING GROUNDS is made possible by major support from the Chicago Free For All Fund atThe Chicago Community Trust, Engaging Dance Audiences funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Joyce Chelberg with additional funding from the...
New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx
Release Date:
04/29/2016
Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the New York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, Teaching Matters brought its program to improve reading instruction in early grades to eight high-poverty schools in the Bronx, including P.S...
Carnegie President Credited In Co-Creation of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity
Release Date:
04/29/2016
On behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity will be granted annually to an individual whose actions have had an exceptional impact on preserving human life and...
Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks
Release Date:
04/29/2016
Kathy Reich will guide the foundation's BUILD efforts in the United States and across its 10 global offices to implement sector-leading approaches to supporting the sustainability, vitality, and effectiveness of organizations and networks that serve...
Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt
Release Date:
04/29/2016
America’s national debt is at its highest level since 1950 and is on a path to grow rapidly in the coming decades. While there are many dangerous consequences of America’s fiscal outlook, absent a solution, no one will feel more pain than the next...
Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access
Release Date:
04/28/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support library initiatives that develop and advance the use of linked open data.
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