Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work
Release Date:
02/15/2017
Rockefeller's new platform, Zilient, wants to expose leaders to solutions that will help cities and countries bounce back from disasters.
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Former Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Joins Markle Foundation
Release Date:
02/15/2017
McDonough is coming to Markle as a senior principal, where he will help broaden the partnership between the foundation and other organizations, including governments and public institutions, aiming to “transform America’s outdated labor market to...
Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee Children and Families
Release Date:
02/14/2017
Worldreader plans to launch Read to Kids Jordan in late 2017. The program will be made possible through a $1 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), with additional support from Jordanian social and education entities.
Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration
Release Date:
02/14/2017
As an organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific knowledge, the Simons Foundation stands united with the scientists and institutions we support in their opposition to the recently announced executive order on visas and immigration to...
Philanthropy 101: Re-Thinking Power Beyond the Grantmaking Role
Release Date:
02/14/2017
In this interview, Nicole Thomas of Citi Foundation, talks about how she is re-thinking power after attending the Philanthropy 101 series at Philanthropy New York.
Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab
Release Date:
02/14/2017
Foundations can apply now through March 24 to be a part of the Knight Community Information Lab, an 18-month process to apply the essentials of human-centered design training to better understand residents’ information needs, then prototype...
Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton
Release Date:
02/14/2017
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Princeton University a grant of $300,000 to support three years of specialist research in targeted areas of the collections as part of the Art Museum’s multiyear Collections Discovery Initiative.
Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting
Release Date:
02/13/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies has focused heavily on governance and innovation, with a big focus on data, evidence-based programs, and leadership development.
Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age
Release Date:
02/13/2017
Edgar Villanueva of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, says foundations could be targeted as a source of revenue and their ability to support work that goes against Trump’s agenda could be detrimentally affected.
Novo Foundation's Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits—Of Art And Money
Release Date:
02/13/2017
For much of his career, Buffett has recorded and written music for commercials, film, television, and theater. But for about 10 years now, Buffett has also served with his wife Jennifer as co-president of the NoVo Foundation, working to advance the...
Simons Foundation Backs Central Site for Life-Sciences Preprints
Release Date:
02/13/2017
Coalition of scientists and research agencies argue for a one-stop shop server.
09
Mar
2017
Secret Film Screening & Funder Discussion of Sundance Award-Winning Documentary
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
4:30pm to 7:00pm
We invite you to join co-sponsors, Media Impact Funders and the Environmental Grantmakers Association , for a secret screening of a 2017 Sundance award-winning documentary film. Come see it before it hits the major outlet that just picked it up!
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues
Release Date:
02/10/2017
How Do Early Life Experiences Shape Behavior? was presented by Frances Champagne, PhD highlighted the brain’s plasticity and the effects of the environment on the brain’s development through epigenetic variation.
William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students
Release Date:
02/10/2017
High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries.
Charles H. Revson and Stavros Niarchos Foundations Announce Launch of NYC Neighborhood Library Awards
Release Date:
02/09/2017
The Awards celebrate the essential role of New York City's 207 public libraries in communities across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
A Closer Look at NY Fund for Women and Girls, Co-Founded by NoVo and New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
02/09/2017
The NYC Fund for Girls and Women of Color brings together 16 funders. This collaboration isn’t brand new, but it’s the first fund of its kind in the nation and is worth watching closely, especially for how it makes grants.
Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems
Release Date:
02/09/2017
Urban resilience planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and the Rockefeller Foundation warns.
30
Mar
2017
Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice
Thursday, March 30, 2017 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
Over the years, social issue campaigners and activists have employed a variety of marketing and communications efforts to attract public interest to their causes to varying degrees of success. More recently, activists have turned to the arts for...
16
Feb
2017
Perspectives on Sanctuary Policies – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, February 16, 2017 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Sanctuary policies have garnered heightened media attention since the president signed an executive order on January 25 to withhold federal funding from cities that adopt such policies.
New Momentum in Youth Justice Reform
Release Date:
02/08/2017
Lukas Haynes, executive director of the David Rockefeller Fund, and Liz Ryan, co-founder of Youth First Initiative summarize some of the recent progress that too often takes place below the national media’s radar.