KACF Expands to San Francisco
Release Date:
06/19/2014
The Korean American Community Foundation has announced plans to open an affiliate in San Francisco.
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06/19/2014
A small number of companies, nonprofits and foundations–including The Rockefeller Foundation--want to see if the rapidly growing global supply chains that process data and operate call centers can be deployed to help alleviate poverty in Africa and...
Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'
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06/19/2014
Government and private foundations increasingly are using prize money to allow even Average Joes to help find outside-the-box solutions to complex problems, according to a report funded in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Rockefeller...
With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran
Release Date:
06/18/2014
Few peace and security groups are better positioned to help reduce tensions between Iran and the U.S. than the Ploughshares Fund, which has been investing heavily this year in work with hefty support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
Release Date:
06/19/2014
Reasons why a high-quality universal pre-K program could be an effective tool for severing the school-to-prison pipeline.
Make Music New York To Present Record-Setting 1,350 Shows
Release Date:
06/18/2014
The boroughs of NYC will be filled with the sound of music Saturday, June 21, thanks to support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for the Make Music New York festival, which will feature a record-setting 1,350 free...
JPB Foundation Vice President Donna Lawrence to Become President/CEO of I Have A Dream Foundation
Release Date:
06/18/2014
Lawrence will take up her position as President/CEO on July 1.
Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away
Release Date:
06/18/2014
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two of the most iconic philanthropists in the world, say their role model is Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and a former billionaire who gave away his entire fortune almost completely unnoticed.
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The Rollback on Reproductive Rights and Justice
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
The opposition to reproductive rights in this country employs many different tactics that target a variety of communities, from the criminalization of pregnant women, to promoting myths like Asian American women are giving birth to more boys than...
New Center Aids Torture Survivors
Release Date:
06/18/2014
A new WNY Center for Survivors of Refugee Trauma and Torture, made possible by a $250,000 grant from the New York State Health Foundation, will help torture survivors who have resettled in the Buffalo area with their medical and psychological issues.
Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990
Release Date:
06/18/2014
The needs of New York City's LGBT community are so vast and varied, it is hard for any one person to try and support them all. Yet that is exactly what Stonewall Community Foundation is trying to help people do.
Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy
Release Date:
06/17/2014
A new light rail line that connects the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the first time in decades is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and transit-oriented development can...
New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society
Release Date:
06/16/2014
The Open Society Foundations will fund nine nonprofits—from the U.S. to Ghana—to help their new leaders implement their vision.
Jonas Center Support For Online Tutorials Helps Healthcare Students
Release Date:
06/17/2014
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Khan Academy and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) are providing online tutorials to supplement the learning of healthcare students, practitioners and patients worldwide.
United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs
Release Date:
06/16/2014
NYC will pass a state grant for delinquency prevention worth $13 million a year for four years to the United Way of New York City, which will help identify about 40 schools and nonprofit partners that can team up in high-poverty areas this fall.
Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever
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06/16/2014
The Simons Foundation has given the University of Hawaii at Manoa $40 million—the largest gift of its kind the university has ever received—for marine life research.
Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color
Release Date:
06/16/2014
The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, along with an anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in communities of color.
What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics
Release Date:
06/16/2014
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker writes in an op-ed that recent attempts to discredit Thomas Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of earlier efforts to deny that climate change is a real threat.
Goldman Sachs: Women Are the Smartest Investment We Can Make
Release Date:
06/16/2014
"Womenomics" became the impetus behind one of Goldman Sachs’ most powerful investments, "10,000 Women."
Brooklyn Public Library Receives $400,000 From The New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2014
Brooklyn Public Library has received a two year, $400,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its Brooklyn Connections program.