Open Society Foundations Contributes $4 Million to Aid in the Fight Against Ebola
Release Date:
09/16/2014
Open Society Foundations has donated $4 million to help Partners in Health provide support against the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
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Release Date:
09/16/2014
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Financing the Social Sector
Release Date:
09/15/2014
The American Express Corporate social Responsibility Blog explores the top 10 things foundations and corporations should do when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations.
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.
All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement
Release Date:
09/11/2014
The Commonwealth Fund examines three American communities (Southern Arizona, West Central Michigan, Western New York) to determine if and how poverty affects the quality of health care.
Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Program Combines Private Capital with Public Effort
Release Date:
09/11/2014
The Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities challenge is a $100 million that focuses on building urban resilience in 100 cities worldwide.
Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know
Release Date:
09/10/2014
The Ford Foundation's Amy Brown outlines the disproportionate nature of student debt in the United States.
Foundations Invest Nearly $2 Million to Improve New York City Schools
Release Date:
09/10/2014
Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the Wallace Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have joined forces to invest in the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University.
Nonprofit Excellence Awards Application Process Helps Organizations Improve Management Practices
Release Date:
09/09/2014
Encouraging findings emerge from a survey of over 630 Nonprofit Excellence Awards applications.
Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?
Release Date:
09/09/2014
The Commonwealth Fund explores the relationship between health care costs and the economic gap between wealthy Americans and everybody else.
Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Culture and Other Funding Areas
Release Date:
09/10/2014
One of our 4 areas of focus this year is arts and culture. Art is important for innumerable reasons, but our focus is for funders using art as a tool for another mission area. Many of the programs we will showcase will explore the intersection...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives Museums $17 million to Improve Digital Outreach
Release Date:
09/09/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies will give $17 million to museums in New York and around the world to increase the utilization of technology in exhibitry and educational programs.
Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists
Release Date:
09/09/2014
Barbara Picower continues her philanthropic work at The JPB Foundation which funds programs that focus on medical research, poverty solutions and environmental stability.
Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.
PNY Board Member Kenneth T. Monteiro Appointed General Counsel and Vice President of Ford Foundation
Release Date:
09/08/2014
Ford Foundation has named Kenneth T. Monteiro Vice President, Secretary of the Board and General Counsel.
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design
Release Date:
09/04/2014
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute examine the efficacy of the Rebuild by Design competition.
Washington Post Focuses on Carnegie Corporation Report
Release Date:
09/05/2014
The Carnegie Corporation of New York report indicates that the high Common Core standards could possibly double the current high school dropout rate, unless learning environments are drastically changed.
Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo
Release Date:
09/05/2014
Rachel Leifer and Denis Udall discuss how philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.
Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities
Release Date:
09/04/2014
The Fund for Shared Insight will work to seek new ways for nonprofits to receive feedback to improve their programs and services.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site
Release Date:
09/01/2014
With the backing of several leading foundations, Education Post, a new nonprofit group, will encourage respectful and fact-based dialogue on public education.