Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions
Release Date:
04/03/2014
The Ford Foundation has appointed four team members- Fred Frelow, Alex Irwan, Anna Wadia and Lourdes Rivera- to the role of senior program officer.
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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation
Release Date:
03/25/2014
LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education, has joined Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management. Srinivasan will oversee the Corporation’s...
Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014
Release Date:
03/17/2014
John E. Craig, Jr., The Commonwealth Fund's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he will retire at the end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund. Since joining the foundation in 1981, he has served as vice president and...
Andrea G. Cohen Joins United Hospital Fund as New Senior Vice President for Program
Release Date:
04/02/2014
Andrea G. Cohen joined the United Hospital Fund as its new Senior Vice President for Program. An attorney with extensive legal and policy experience in the health care world, Cohen comes to the Fund from the Office of the New York City Mayor, where...
Michelle Knapik to Depart Surdna Foundation; Named Tremaine Foundation’s President
Release Date:
04/02/2014
The Surdna Foundation announced that Michelle Knapik, director of the foundation’s Sustainable Environments program, has accepted a position as the next President of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation in New Haven, Conn. effective May 12, 2014.
For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?
Publication date:
04/2014
Foundations are just one type of nonprofit organization that make up a portion of the total nonprofit "sector" (which is composed of an estimated 1.4 million organizations and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing services for the common good.
NY/NJ Area Common Report Form
Publication date:
04/2014
Philanthropy New York and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) spearheaded a project to develop a common report form to help streamline the grant reporting process.
NY/NJ Area Common Application
Publication date:
04/2014
Philanthropy New York and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) spearheaded a project to develop common application and report forms to help streamline the grant application process and ease the often time-consuming grant preparation process.
Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to support its mission of fostering just and sustainable communities in the United States.
The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform
Release Date:
03/18/2014
The Wallace Foundation to support study of whether and how community institutions can work together on education reform.
Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households
Release Date:
04/15/2014
A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer
Release Date:
04/09/2014
The Brooklyn Community Foundation is moving their headquarters to Crown Heights this summer.
The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth
Release Date:
03/31/2014
The Citi Foundation launched Pathways to Progress to improve career Readiness for 100,000 youth.
Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice
Release Date:
04/09/2014
Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice, which will provide concrete, actionable recommendations regarding youth in New York's criminal and juvenile justice...
Ford Foundation's Hilary Pennington Appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board
Release Date:
03/16/2014
Hilary Pennington, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's Education, Creativity and Free Expression program has been appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board.
Doug Bauer Named to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Doug Bauer, Executive Director of The Clark Foundation, has been named to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits.
Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?
Release Date:
02/27/2014
What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Taking Arts Programs to the Next Level with The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
03/20/2014
The Wallace Foundation made a $5.35 Million, 2.5-year commitment to help Boys & Girls Clubs of America launch a Youth Arts Initiative.
Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana
Release Date:
03/26/2014
Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana, reports Philanthropy News Digest.
Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/16/2014
Teagle Foundation awards more than $1.5 million in grants to higher-ed institutions, reports Philanthropy News Digest.