Tokyo Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Partnership for Healthy Cities
Release Date:
12/12/2019
$12 Million Reinvestment to Expand the Partnership to 70 Cities
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Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak Receives Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts
Release Date:
12/16/2019
A new grant has been given to the Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak so that it can expand its studies of water quality issues plaguing the Saw Mill River.
Piramal Swasthya and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce Partnership to Accelerate India’s Public Health Transformation
Release Date:
12/17/2019
This partnership will focus on mothers and children in Aspirational Districts, which include both tribal and non-tribal vulnerable populations of India.
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2020
Investing in the Future of Our Community: A Case Study on Funders’ Motivations for Supporting CSAs - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) are important assets for the future of our communities. Philanthropy plays an essential role in the growth and success of CSAs across the country. Yet, we know relatively little as to why investing in CSAs appeals...
The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives at NYC Community Organizations
Release Date:
12/10/2019
The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation announced today that it has awarded a total of $30,000 in grant funding for innovative HIV prevention and services to several community-based organizations to help them continue their important...
Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas, The Greenwall Foundation Spring 2020 RFP
Release Date:
12/12/2019
The Greenwall Foundation is requesting proposals for the Spring 2020 cycle of its bioethics grants program, Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas , to support research to help resolve an important emerging or unanswered bioethics...
Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2019
While making decisions, rats’ brains replay their memories, a process called memory consolidation, researchers report.
Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch the Tipping Point Fund to Help Scale the Impact Investing Field
Release Date:
12/05/2019
Leaders from the foundation and family office communities today announced the launch of the Tipping Point Fund (“TPF”), a first-of-its-kind donor collaborative geared towards scaling the practice of impact investing.
Sustainability Grant Opportunity: Partners for Places Round 16
Release Date:
12/05/2019
The Funders’ Network (TFN), in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, is pleased to announce the opening of Round 16 of the Partners for Places grant program.
It's Possible for All NYC School Meals to be Cooked from Scratch, Report Supported by the New York Community Trust , New York State Health Foundation and Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation Finds
Release Date:
12/03/2019
Preparing fresh, marinated chicken from scratch may not seem like a big deal at home. Now add in hundreds of schoolchildren, federal nutrition guidelines, and a kitchen that needs updating, and it becomes a gargantuan task.
Ford Foundation Appoints Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications
Release Date:
12/06/2019
The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Michele Moore as vice president of Global Communications.
Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning
Release Date:
12/10/2019
It was a proud moment for New York City when its public school system began implementing universal free school lunch on the first day of the school year in 2017.
What Funders Need to Know About the Next Big Democracy Challenge
Release Date:
12/06/2019
Nonprofit work on redistricting is NOT partisan, and, to achieve truly fair representation, foundation support is crucial to executing deep engagement that establishes community-defined, non-gerrymandered lines that demarcate authentic neighborhood...
New York State Census Equity Fund Awards $1.4 Million to Community Organizations for 2020 Census Outreach
Release Date:
12/05/2019
Second round of grants from a New York Community Trust funder collaboration focuses on organizations closest to hard-to-count communities across New York State.
The New York Women’s Foundation Invests in Six Transgender, Gender Nonconforming and Non-Binary (TGNCNB) Organizations in Recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Release Date:
12/05/2019
In recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance, The Foundation is awarding $180,000 to six transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary (TGNCNB) organizations.
New York Life Foundation Awards Grief Reach Grant to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA
Release Date:
12/03/2019
Mount Auburn Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, announced recently that it has received a $100,000 Grief Reach grant from the New York Life Foundation.
How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly
Release Date:
12/05/2019
Recent critiques of philanthropy strike at a fundamental question: How can an institution built on the unjust accumulation of wealth serve as a vehicle for justice?
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and the Scherman Foundation's Rosin Fund Provide Anchor Funding for Creative Capital's 20th Anniversary Fund
Release Date:
11/20/2019
Creative Capital Announces Move to New Three-Year, $15 Million Fundraising Model, $10 Million Pledged. Will Support Newly Expanded Annual Award Cycle
State-by-State Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children - New Report from the United Hospital Fund
Release Date:
11/13/2019
An estimated 2.2 million children nationwide were affected by the opioid crisis as of 2017; West Virginia had highest rate of children affected; California had the highest number of children.
Long Island Community Foundation Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund
Release Date:
12/04/2019
The Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund (LISSF) is a competitive grant program seeking proposals to restore and protect the health and living resources of Long Island Sound.