Our Guides to Knowledge: Celebrating 'I Love My Librarian Award' Winners
Release Date:
12/19/2012
The Carnegie Corporation of New York spotlights the winners of the 2012 Carnegie Corporation/New York Times "I Love My Librarian" Award.
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Recent News
Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid
Release Date:
12/25/2012
The Mertz Gilmore Foundation is providing $200,000 to help modern dance groups that suffered losses and damages due to Hurricane Sandy.
2013 Outlook Uncertain for Small Nonprofits, Brighter for Impact Investing
Release Date:
12/29/2012
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President and CEO Melissa Berman shared her thoughts on philanthropic trends for the upcoming year.
Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million
Release Date:
12/31/2012
Established in 1994, the fund's grantmaking totaled nearly $286 million for the performing arts and culture, AIDS research, public health, human rights and civil society, and education. Diamond, who died in 2003, intended for the fund to spend down...
Big Banks Are Too Stingy, Says Watchdog
Release Date:
01/03/2013
The philanthropic track record at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo is “lackluster,” according to a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Representatives of the banks disputed the report’s...
Media Development In The Developing World
Release Date:
01/04/2013
Since 1996, the Media Development Loan Fund has provided more than $120 million in loans and equity investments to media companies in 26 emerging market countries and independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Nearly $27 Million in Quarterly Grants
Release Date:
01/04/2013
The grants were awarded to organizations in the United States and around the world working in the areas of education, immigration and international affairs.
Philanthropy As An Investment
Release Date:
01/04/2013
On this episode of the weekly public television program, Clark Foundation Executive Director Doug Bauer and YMCA of Greater New York CEO Jack Lund share their advice on how to get the best return from charitable giving.
As Asian-Americans’ Numbers Grow, So Does Their Philanthropy
Release Date:
01/08/2013
The Korean American Community Foundation and its Executive Director Kyung Yoon are among the philanthropic organizations, nonprofit executives and individual donors profiled in this article.
As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded
Release Date:
01/08/2013
Compared to 21 other major American library systems, New York City's three public library systems receive less government support even as their circulation and attendance have increased, according to a new study funded by the Charles H. Revson...
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