Morgan Stanley Foundation to Fund Houston Food Bank School Pantry Program
Release Date:
05/31/2019
Houston Food Bank today announced receipt of a $50,000 grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to fund its School Pantry program.
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06/03/2019
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Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry
Release Date:
05/30/2019
A new study seeks to understand why some veterans experience food insecurity, having little access to healthy food, skipping meals or using money budgeted for groceries to pay other bills.
MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research
Release Date:
06/04/2019
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.
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Monday, June 17, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
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FCCP Racial Equity Series: August 2019 - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, August 5, 2019 -
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**POSTPONED: FCCP Racial Equity Series: July 2019 - Metrics as Tyranny or Metrics as "Strategic Objects" - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, July 15, 2019 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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FCCP Racial Equity Series: June Kick Off - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, June 10, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
On June 10, we will kick off our series with a conversation that starts with philanthropy tackling the realities of racism strategically, and connects these threads to our present day grantmaking practices with Lori Villarosa of Philanthropic...
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2019
Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap: A Life Cycle Approach
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
The factors limiting a woman’s abilty to build and preserve wealth are interconnected throughout her life, so why aren’t the solutions? Research shows that a “one-size fits all” approach to closing the women’s wealth gap is infective. In...
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Estée Lauder Companies and Others Partner for Indonesian Sustainable Palm Project
Release Date:
05/28/2019
BASF, The Estée Lauder Companies and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are partnering with the civil society organization Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and palm derivatives production in the district of Waykanan, Lampung,...
MAC Has Raised Half A Billion Dollars For HIV/AIDS and Isn't Done Yet
Release Date:
05/25/2019
The Viva Glam campaign is looking to its next 25 years.
New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans
Release Date:
05/23/2019
Millions of Americans with employer health coverage are spending large shares of their income on health care costs, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis looks at what people in every state report spending on premiums and out-of-...
Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination
Release Date:
05/23/2019
About half of Americans think there's age discrimination in the workplace, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/21/2019
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance has invested over $22 million in the new york life science ecosystem by funding nyc’s most innovative cancer researchers
Rockefeller Foundation, Prudential Launch New OZ Initiative in Newark
Release Date:
05/28/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and Prudential Financial announced last week the terms of a $5.5 million initiative that would help six U.S. cities, including Newark, reap the benefits from investments in federally-approved Opportunity Zones, Bloomberg...
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Service for Impact
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The Service for Impact Working Group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , provides an opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer leaders to foster a peer network, share successes and challenges, brainstorm on...
Evaluating a Culture
Release Date:
05/22/2019
This past September, the Howard Gilman Foundation received its first Grantee Perception Report (GPR) results from CEP, which included a few recommendations for next steps based on grantee feedback. As a team, we found the first of the...
Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair
Release Date:
05/14/2019
The Council on Foundations today announced that Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis has assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Directors.
UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot
Release Date:
05/20/2019
UJA-Federation of New York announced today that its Day School Challenge Fund (DSCF) has generated $84 million in new endowment dollars for participating Jewish day schools and yeshivot in New York.