Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.
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The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2017 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives
Release Date:
12/01/2017
The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation announced today that it has awarded a total of $20,000 in new grants for innovative HIV prevention and services to several community-based organizations to help them continue their important work...
New Report Supported By The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Addresses The Future Of Undergraduate Education
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Two years in the making, The Future of Undergraduate Education, The Future of America provides a framework for helping colleges of every type work more efficiently and effectively to deal with pressing issues such as quality, affordability, and...
Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Laura Landy has been elected to its board of directors. Her three-year terms begin in April 2018.
Philanthropy New York Gratefully Acknowledges A Grant From The David Rockefeller Fund
Release Date:
12/01/2017
PNY gratefully acknowledges a grant from the David Rockefeller Fund, honoring David Rockefeller’s contributions to philanthropy in New York, that will provide a sum to each departing PNY board chair for a gift to the charity of her/his choice, in...
Reflections on Board Service: Something to Consider
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Phillip Li, President and CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation reflects on his time as Board Chair of Philanthropy New York
JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35
Release Date:
11/30/2017
If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...
An Open Letter to the Hundreds of Millions of Americans Who Have Worked for, Volunteered for, Donated to, or Benefited from the Work of a Charitable Nonprofit: i.e., every living person in the USA.
Release Date:
11/30/2017
Tim Delaney, President and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits writes an Open Letter urging readers to call their Senators to vote NO on the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" bill.
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
Release Date:
11/30/2017
Philanthropy and environmentalism are generally very white spaces, and efforts to diversify the movement have been characterized by one influential report as “lackluster.” But there is a set of foundations and nonprofits aware of just how important...
New Video From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative
Release Date:
11/29/2017
“DDCF’s African Health Initiative: Supporting Local Ownership of Solutions” brings to life one of the main pillars of our approach: supporting local ownership of solutions that improve population level health outcomes.
The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein
Release Date:
11/29/2017
Calvin Klein has entered into a new partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives the American fashion brand unprecedented access to the late artist’s life work - much of which remains unpublished.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
11/29/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the selection committee for the 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to think big, be bold, and uncover inventive ideas that confront the toughest problems U.S...
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization,” examined how large multipurpose youth organizations can best...
Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers
Release Date:
11/29/2017
The nonprofit’s Quill Connect tool, designed to improve students’ writing skills through online exercises, uses machine learning to help them create better sentences.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050
Release Date:
11/29/2017
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Ford Foundation launched US 2050, an initiative that will engage leading scholars to examine and analyze the multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and fiscal trends that will shape the nation at mid-century.
Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership
Release Date:
11/29/2017
Walton Foundation and Ford Foundation announced today they are each committing $3 million over three years to support creative solutions to diversify curatorial and management staff at art museums across the United States.
New York Women's Foundation Awards $1 Million for Resilience
Release Date:
11/28/2017
The New York Women's Foundation has announced grants totaling $1 million to twenty-two grassroots organizations in New York City working to foster advocacy, leadership, and civic engagement.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Exploration Into Labor and Civil Rights History at National Park Service
Release Date:
11/28/2017
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides a nearly $1 million grant to the National Park Foundation to establish the National Park Service Mellon Humanities Fellows, three new research positions that will allow the service to expand its storytelling...
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Awards More than $2.5 Million to South Florida Nonprofits in 2017
Release Date:
11/28/2017
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced today that 125 nonprofits in South Florida have collectively been awarded more than $2.5 million in grants in 2017.