Philanthropist and civic leader Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane passed away on August 24, 2014. Sloane was President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children.
John E. Craig, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Commonwealth Fund, examines the relationship between intramural spending and grant distribution.
"One Last Hug: Three Days at Grief Camp," a documentary funded by the New York Life Foundation, won the 2014 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Programming.
The Century Foundation's Clio Chang writes that the implementation of child allowances could go a long way toward reducing child poverty rates in the United States.
As mayor, Michael Bloomberg fought against smoking and sugary drinks in NYC and now--as a philanthropist--he's taking those fights, along with other efforts to save and improve lives, to cities and countries around the world.
Michael Smith, Director of the Social Innovation Fund, discusses how "tiered-evidence" evaluations can help funders increase the impact of their investments.
As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is important to focus on building resiliency, writes Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, in a post that originally appeared on Medium.com.