ASPCA Grants $1.5 Million To Boost Spay/Neuter Training
Release Date:
07/28/2014
The ASPCA is providing $1.5 million to co-fund a new PetSmart Charities® Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Training Center, located in Asheville, N.C.
Related Content
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., M.B.A., founder and chief executive officer of the New York–based health care investment firm Consonance Capital, has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors.
Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, has been named as one of this year's Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50.
08
Jan
2015
Time is Illmatic - Documentary Film Series
Thursday, January 8, 2015 -
4:30pm to 8:30pm
"Time Is Illmatic" is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas’ 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans
Release Date:
07/31/2014
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has announced the 2014 winners of the Philanthropy for Green Ideas competition, a program it co-sponsors to encourage business ideas that will contribute to a better, more sustainable life for people in the Western...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO
Release Date:
07/31/2014
Ernest Tollerson has been named interim CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
18
Sep
2014
Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power
Thursday, September 18, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
A series of Supreme Court decisions; Buckley v Valeo, Citizens United, Shelby v FEC and McCutcheon v FEC, have expanded corporate constitutional rights and limited the ability of Congress and the states to protect voting rights and regulate campaign...
Private-Public Partnership Commits $350 Million For Affordable NYC Housing
Release Date:
07/30/2014
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are joining with the city and other banks to provide longtime affordable-housing lender Community Preservation Corp. $350 million to invest in struggling NYC neighborhoods.
Report Shows Some Success For NYC's Young Men's Initiative
Release Date:
07/28/2014
A program started during former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, and which received support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations, was successful at increasing job placement and internship attendance for at-risk males...
Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion
Release Date:
07/30/2014
As Atlantic Philanthropies moves closer to completing all its grantmaking by 2016, it also is taking steps "to effectively realise and sustain gains in the core issues and fields that we and our grantees have seeded and cultivated over time," says...
Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel
Release Date:
07/29/2014
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.
"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs
Release Date:
07/28/2014
America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...
More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups
Release Date:
07/25/2014
If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...
09
Oct
2014
We Are Many - Documentary Film Series
Thursday, October 9, 2014 -
5:30pm to 9:00pm
Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary We Are Many and a brief panel discussion.
Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies
Release Date:
07/25/2014
Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns, who raised hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees,...
American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade
Release Date:
07/26/2014
The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical American household has declined by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions
Release Date:
07/25/2014
Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year.
Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media
Release Date:
07/16/2014
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation recently approved $4.4 million in 90 grants to arts, education, environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey.
Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators
Release Date:
07/25/2014
The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems.
Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...