Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising Release Date: 03/20/2015Study shows that political ads dwarfed stories about political issues by 45:1.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Communications/MediaPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Rita Allen Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco Release Date: 03/19/2015The initiative is in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthInternational/Foreign AffairsRelated Organizations Bloomberg Philanthropies
Dyson Foundation’s Leadership to Change in June Release Date: 03/19/2015Andrea Reynolds will replace Diana Gurieva as President of the Foundation.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsRelated Organizations The Dyson Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing Release Date: 03/19/2015Impact investing increases capital while creating socially responsible results.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Rockefeller Brothers FundF.B. Heron Foundation
09 Apr 2015 More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 11:00am to 12:00pmLocally led peacebuilding efforts are proving to be impactful and cost efficient.Find More ByFormat Webinar/TeleconferenceAudience All FundersBoard & TrusteesTopic(s) Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment Release Date: 03/18/2015The foundations have joined the $100 million Dementia Discovery Fund.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthRelated Organizations Johnson & JohnsonPfizer [Corporate]Pfizer
American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering Release Date: 03/18/2015The four-year program will increase volunteerism in national parks and on public lands.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) VolunteerismFunding Area Corporate Social ResponsibilityRelated Organizations American Express
Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission Release Date: 03/17/2015Edwin Gould Foundation President and CEO, Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, discusses the launch of "The Eddie."Find More ByNews type InsightsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator
Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding Release Date: 03/17/2015The coalition, the Science Philanthropy Alliance, has picked Marc Kastner as its first president.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations The Simons FoundationAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund Release Date: 03/17/2015The Essential Capital Consortium (ECC) will finance the growth of social enterprises in developing countries.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Workforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations Deutsche Bank Americas FoundationPrudential FoundationMetLifePosner-Wallace Foundation
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation Release Date: 03/17/2015Kelly Fitzsimmons, Chief Program and Strategy Officer, offers tips on how to get the most out of the evaluation process.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) EvaluationPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.
Vic De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Release Date: 03/16/2015Vic De Luca has been a part of the foundation for the last 25 years.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Community DevelopmentHealthSocial JusticeGender JusticeRelated Organizations Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Natasha Lifton Joins The New York Community Trust as Senior Program Officer for Children, Youth, and Families Release Date: 03/16/2015Natasha Lifton will replace Patricia White as Senior Program Officer at New York Community Trust.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area AgingChildren, Youth and FamiliesCommunity DevelopmentEducationFood SystemsHealthVeteransWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations The New York Community Trust
Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program Release Date: 03/16/2015The foundation's Building Bridges Program has awarded grants to nine organizations.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area ArtsRelated Organizations Doris Duke Foundation
Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College Release Date: 03/16/2015Gift will provide financial aid to college students, many of whom are immigrants.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationRelated Organizations Goldman Sachs
Citi Backs Program to Create 5,000 Women Entrepreneurs from Low-Income Neighborhoods Release Date: 03/16/2015Initiative is a collaboration with the city's Department of Small Business Services.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Gender JusticeWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations Citi Foundation
UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure Release Date: 03/16/2015FEGS currently runs hundreds of city and state social-service programs.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations UJA-Federation of New York
Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring Release Date: 03/13/2015The CDC Foundation has announced a two-year, $14 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthInternational/Foreign AffairsRelated Organizations Bloomberg Philanthropies
McCray, Glen and Citi Launch Initiative to Support Women Entrepreneurs Release Date: 03/13/2015NYCHA, Small Business Services, Economic Development Corporation, Hot Bread Kitchen and Citi celebrate first graduates of Food Business Pathways, a program to provide public housing residents with training and resources to grow a food businessFind More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Food SystemsGender JusticeWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations Citi Foundation
American Express Commits $5M to Increase Park Volunteers Release Date: 03/13/2015The grant is for an Interior Department partnership aimed at increasing the number of volunteers working on parks, wilderness areas and public lands.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Environment and Climate ChangeRelated Organizations American Express