Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?
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2015
Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities - Webinar
Thursday, November 12, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
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07
Dec
2015
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar
Monday, December 7, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
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Elizabeth M. Hewitt to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Chief Investment Officer, Senior VP
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Hewitt will replace long time Chief Investment Officer William Petersen, who retired earlier this year after more than 16 years of service to the foundation.
New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Paul Bernstein will step down as CEO at the end of the year, and Olivia Tournay Flatto will assume the role upon Bernstein's departure
Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The Noyes Foundation devotes 74 percent of grant dollars to social justice causes.
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The report is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be effective in helping to produce higher quality principals.
JPMogan Chase Announces New Initiatives to Create Affordable Housing in the South Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The investments will help support the construction of 200 affordable housing units in the South Bronx.
Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar.
Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Elizabeth Alexander is an award-winning poet, essayist and playwright.
19
Oct
2015
Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris
Monday, October 19, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
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Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
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Oct
2015
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8:30am to 11:00am
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
The $1 million grant will establish the program at two additional correctional facilities by 2017.
Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build
Release Date:
10/06/2015
The initiative will feature blitz build in New York City and will revitalize neighborhoods in the U.S., U.K., Canada, China, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines and India.
Citi Announces Donations to Four New York City Area Community Organizations Through the 2015 Citi Community Home Runs Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
Citi today announced a total donation of $190,000 to four community partners – City Harvest, United Neighborhood Houses, USO of Metro New York and New York City’s YMCA.
American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs
Release Date:
10/05/2015
The winners were selected from over 70 applicants.
Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Pioneers for Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda
Release Date:
10/05/2015
The Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research is awarded by the World Food Prize Foundation and endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation.
New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City
Release Date:
10/05/2015
In all, 84 grants totaling $8.7 million were approved at the October board meeting.
Carnegie Corporation Awards $39.5 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/02/2015
The grants were awarded during the third quarter of 2015.