Helmsley Charitable Trust Increases Commitment to Environment of Madagascar Release Date: 06/18/2015The foundation has announced new funding of $900,000 to conserving the ecosystem of Madagascar through the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Environment and Climate ChangeRelated Organizations The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd Release Date: 06/18/2015The Ford Foundation president believes you need to attack inequality at the root.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Community DevelopmentPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
New Training Program Takes on Teacher Improvement Release Date: 06/17/2015The program is supported by The Simons Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationRelated Organizations Carnegie Corporation of New YorkThe Simons Foundation
Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology Release Date: 06/17/2015More than 90 foundations are committing at least 5% of their total endowment assets to new energy over the next five years, including RBF and Overbrook.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Environment and Climate ChangeRelated Organizations The Overbrook FoundationRockefeller Brothers Fund
Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair Release Date: 06/17/2015Pennoyer succeeds Henry Gooss, who has served in the role since 2009.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Community DevelopmentEconomic SecurityEducationRelated Organizations William T. Grant Foundation
Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks Release Date: 06/17/2015VP of Nonprofit Strategy at Social Impact Exchange, Anne Sherman, discusses how to scale for impact.Find More ByNews type InsightsTopic(s) Grantmaking Strategy & ToolsPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Community DevelopmentPhilanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Donate $100 Million to Cornell Tech Campus Release Date: 06/16/2015The institution is based on Roosevelt Island.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationTechnologyRelated Organizations Bloomberg Philanthropies
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients Release Date: 06/16/2015Twenty Performing Artists Receive $80,000, totaling in $1.6 million to 20 new grantees.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area ArtsRelated Organizations Doris Duke Foundation
City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation Release Date: 06/16/2015The funding will impact as many as 150,000 middle school students.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesCommunity DevelopmentEducationRelated Organizations New York Life Foundation
Is Overhead Having a Moment? Release Date: 06/16/2015Is it possible, after all these years of advocacy, government and philanthropy are beginning to heed the call?Find More ByNews type PNY News