Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era
Release Date:
10/17/2016
A partnership-based funding model — 200 libraries in 24 countries plus the support from the Simons Foundation — is sustaining exchange among libraries.
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices
Release Date:
10/17/2016
The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences received $2.2 million from Carnegie Corporation of New York for this initiative.
Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension
Release Date:
10/17/2016
Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a traditional pension.
NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals
Release Date:
10/17/2016
A new survey of children’s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants suggests that consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their automatic inclusion in “combo meal” packages.
Women in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Economic Development Program Secure Marriott Deal
Release Date:
10/13/2016
The graduates of the training program through the non-profit, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported Relationship Coffee Institute are providing the Marriott with locally grown coffee from their own coffee cooperatives.
NYSHealth Supports Survey That Unveils Strong Appetite For Health Insurance Info—As Early As High School
Release Date:
10/13/2016
In a nationwide consumer survey conducted this year for FAIR Health by ORC International, 76 percent of respondents felt people should begin understanding health insurance plans before or during high school or college.
Food Bank of South Jersey Receives $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from Morgan Stanley Foundation
Release Date:
10/13/2016
The Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ) announced today that it has been awarded a $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation.
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative
Release Date:
10/13/2016
Universities to redesign programs in collaboration with their states and local school districts.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Twenty nonprofit organizations have been selected as finalists for Brooklyn Community Foundation’s inaugural Spark Prize, the first and only honor of its kind celebrating changemakers in the borough’s thriving nonprofit sector.
Model Partnerships for Impact: The Cricket Island Foundation and Communities United
Release Date:
10/12/2016
The focus on learning, rather than achieving pre-determined metrics, catalyzed both organizations to have deeper impact in communities.
As China Rises and Tensions Grow in Asia, Carnegie is Paying Attention
Release Date:
10/12/2016
China's economic might has famously soared in recent decades. Now, its military power and geopolitical ambitions are finally catching up.
Design High Schools for the 21st Century
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Laverne Evans Srinivasan and Saskia Levy Thompson of Carnegie Corporation of New York say it is increasingly apparent that the factory-style high school of the 20th century is not meeting the needs of young people.
Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Baltimore eight graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the Citi Foundation.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program
Release Date:
10/12/2016
The U.S. Green Building Council and Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced the five projects selected for the 2016 Affordable Green Neighborhoods grant program.
Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing
Release Date:
10/12/2016
LOIs are due by November 1st. Noyes will review the LOI and then select up to five firms to receive a more detailed request for proposal.
William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core
Release Date:
10/12/2016
The Spencer Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have awarded a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, Brown University and Stanford University nearly $5 million for the first phase of a five-year analysis of the Common Core...
NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release
Release Date:
10/12/2016
As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is making more than half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in...
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Nov
2016
International Grantmakers Network: Brown Bag Lunch
Monday, November 14, 2016 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, NYC
The International Grantmakers Network invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to an informal brown-bag lunch (bring your own lunch!) for networking and conversation.
Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/11/2016
How could a small foundation be impactful when hundreds of billions of dollars are needed to achieve large-scale environmental problems mission globally?
With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections
Release Date:
10/11/2016
Institutions represented at the event, held in Tamale with funding support from Ford Foundation, included the Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), traditional leaders, political parties and various student youth...