What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality
Release Date:
01/05/2016
The urge to change the world has obstacles, but the grant-makers at the Ford Foundation are on a mission to conquer inequality.
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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)
Release Date:
01/05/2016
Tisch Fund leaders write about an an innovative public-private partnership that brings agriculture, parks, farmers' markets and more to areas in need of good food, education and jobs.
Financial Times Cites Atlantic Philanthropies, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers in 'How to Give Away $1 Billion'
Release Date:
01/04/2016
For the 1,826 billionaires in the world, disposing of their fortune is more difficult than it might seem.
HSBC Cuts Links With Big Muslim Aid Charity
Release Date:
01/04/2016
Global bank HSBC has halted services to international humanitarian agency Islamic Relief, allegedly over concerns that the nonprofit's funds could end up in the hands of terrorist groups, Economic Times writes, citing reporting by London's Sunday...
On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)
Release Date:
01/04/2016
Philanthropic and investment leaders have come to recognize that grants and investments can have both financial returns and social impact - and that strategic alignment and integration with mission is important to maximize real change.
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.
Q & A with Anisa Kamadoli Costa, President of Tiffany & Co. Foundation, about Sustainability Initiatives and Goals
Release Date:
01/04/2016
Anisa Kamadoli Costa, CSO of Tiffany & Co. and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, provides insight into the sustainability initiatives and goals of the premium jewelry retailer, including a strategy based around the SDGs
CrainsNY Looks at Helmsley-Supported DATA2GO.NYC
Release Date:
12/18/2015
New data reveals a yawning chasm in life expectancy among the city’s residents, with startling implications. But, surprisingly, the relationship between life expectancy and health insurance across neighborhoods is not statistically significant,...
Aetna Foundation Awards Grants to Support Healthy Eating and Exercise in Local Communities
Release Date:
12/18/2015
More than $3 million will go to 75 nonprofit organizations as part of GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities, a program that helps healthy food choices and active living take root in underserved communities.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism
Release Date:
12/18/2015
Recent grants from the Rita Allen Foundation support emerging efforts to expand opportunities for civic participation and knowledge sharing.
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