Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top
Release Date:
06/08/2017
Continued cultural bias was cited as the top reason for the dearth of women CEOs.
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New York City's Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of Brooke Astor and Many Others
Release Date:
06/07/2017
The New York Community Trust recently approved more than $12.3 million in grants to support 65 nonprofits that will help domestic violence victims find housing, strengthen arts groups, feed the hungry, and more.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
Financial giants, in addition to supporting urban youth and employment, are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and housing.
Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
Instead of just using the stock market, more and more foundations putting their endowments into projects that help the world–including hitting the Sustainable Development Goals
Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
In San Francisco’s public schools, Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, is giving middle school principals $100,000 “innovation grants” and encouraging them to behave more like start-up founders and less like bureaucrats.
Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement
Release Date:
06/06/2017
Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change and philanthropist, stating, "We are still in" sent the UN a statement of unity from hundreds of U.S. mayors, governors, state attorneys general, CEOs...
Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary
Release Date:
06/06/2017
A rumpled 60-something legal scholar who has taught animal-rights law at Harvard and Stanford, Steven Wise founded of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which calls itself “the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation...
SeaChange Capital Partners Writes "Coming Back from Bankruptcy: How We Fixed Healing Arts Initiative"
Release Date:
06/06/2017
When Healing Arts Initiative, formerly Hospital Audiences Inc., declared bankruptcy a year ago, it was the last in a series of tragic events that was seemingly the death knell for the 47-year-old nonprofit.
The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
Early-career biomedical scientists who explore mechanisms of memory, injury and immunity in the nervous system and beyond, are recognized as young leaders in science.
Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions
Release Date:
06/05/2017
The American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—would allow states to apply for waivers to reduce existing consumer protections and provide funding for states to set up...
Basic Science Funders – Including Simons Foundation - Ask, "How Do We Know if Our Giving is Working?"
Release Date:
06/05/2017
Generally speaking, foundations want to know what their grants are accomplishing, or whether they should be putting money somewhere else. This is understandable, to an extent.
Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting
Release Date:
06/05/2017
GroundTruth has a fellowship program to support journalists in all media, including photographers, documentary filmmakers, radio reporters and podcasters. To date, the project has granted about 150 fellowships of varying durations and dollar amounts.
Pop Culture Collaborative Accepting Applications for 'Pop-Up' Grants
Release Date:
06/05/2017
Applicants sought for rapid response grants that are available on a rolling basis throughout the year for any individual, organization or company working to harness the power of pop culture to create just, authentic narratives of people of color,...
Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Recipients
Release Date:
06/02/2017
The Joan Mitchell Foundation is excited to announce the four recipients of the 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Program. This program will provide each artist with a two week residency experience at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair
Release Date:
06/02/2017
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. Kelly, Jr., who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since 2006, has been elected as chair of...
With Support from the Simons Foundation, Researchers Uncover Clues About How HIV Virus Mutates
Release Date:
06/02/2017
A new study published in Cell Host Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center completely maps all mutations that help the HIV virus evolve away from a single broadly neutralizing antibody, known as PGT151. Broadly...
NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle
Release Date:
06/02/2017
Funding available for nonprofit organizations in the fields of education, youth, or workforce development in the NY, NJ and CT region.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty
Release Date:
06/02/2017
In response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, Michael R. Bloomberg said that Bloomberg Philanthropies will commit up to $15 million to help fill the gap left by the U.S...
Commentary from Century Foundation: TrumpCare Premium Increases Mapped
Release Date:
06/01/2017
The Congressional Budget Office estimated the House-passed American Health Care Act would cause premiums in the individual market to rise by 20 percent next year. The Century Foundation created a map to estimate the premium hikes that people in...
NYS Health Foundation Co-Authors Column on Blocking Immigrants from Essential Services
Release Date:
06/01/2017
With over 3 million foreign-born residents, immigrants are vital to the health of NYC’s economy and neighborhoods, explains Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs; Steve Banks, the commissioner of the city’s...