Talking Optimism and Opportunity With New Ford Foundation Head
Release Date:
08/08/2013
A profile of Darren Walker as he prepares to assume the role of President of the Ford Foundation . Darren Walker, 53 years old, will become the ...
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Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis
Release Date:
01/13/2014
The New York Times reports that a group of national and local philanthropic foundations, including the Ford Foundation , have pledged $330 million to help save Detroit's ... retirees’ pensions and to save the...
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 ... a $3.8 million grant to the Ghanaian government in support of its job creation efforts in the field of information and...
Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality
Release Date:
12/16/2014
Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality In addition ... the public debate on net neutrality, there’s the Ford Foundation , the second-largest private foundation in the ... no surprise...
Patrick Gaspard Appointed VP of the Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Patrick Gaspard Appointed VP of the Open Society Foundations The Open Society ... Obama, will join the philanthropy as vice president of programs starting January 9, 2017. Ambassador Gaspard will ... Gaspard will...
Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments Xavier de Souza ... on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product strategy at Bloomberg and a board...
Ford Foundation Appoints Ricardo Castro as General Counsel
Release Date:
02/01/2013
The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Ricardo Castro as ... and General Counsel. He will also serve as an officer of the foundation . Castro joins the ...
Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution
Release Date:
08/04/2014
Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution An evaluation of its Program-Related Investment Fund finds that “the ... Foundation has contributed to the rapid evolution...
Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach Darren Walker, who became president of the Ford Foundation in October 2013, says he will restart ... peace and global-security efforts, and...
New York Women's Foundation Celebrates Leaders in Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/18/2016
New York Women's Foundation Celebrates Leaders in Philanthropy Thousands will ... on May 5 to celebrate the leadership and philanthropy of Tory Burch, CEO & Designer of Tory Burch LLC...
Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning
Release Date:
11/14/2016
Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for ... social systems for the connected age and creator of the LRNG learning platform, today announced a ... Sky, an Oregon-based software developer and...
William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research
Release Date:
05/04/2018
William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to build,...
Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing
Release Date:
12/03/2018
Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing The Andy Warhol ... the Visual Arts announced today the twenty-one recipients of its 2018 Arts Writers Grants. They will receive a total of $...
Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)
A new Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT), an online, ... was developed by TCC Group to help foundations make sense of their institutional capacity strengths and challenges. ... expressed interest and informed by our rich history of work in foundation strategy, governance, operations, and ...
Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology
Release Date:
06/17/2015
... for clean-energy investments. In addition, a coalition of more than 90 foundations and family offices with total endowment assets of $4.8 billion is committing at least 5% of their total .....
How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art
Release Date:
04/24/2015
How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art It all started with Gerald Rosen, the judge who was ... the city and its creditors. He called in an all-star squad of foundation presidents—...
Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies
Release Date:
09/26/2018
Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies The Surdna ... justice. These refined strategies are the culmination of a yearlong process of introspection to ensure the Foundation...
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. This August, Brooklyn’s community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the...
Ford Foundation's Work Doesn't End with 'Grand Bargain'
Release Date:
01/20/2015
Ford Foundation 's Work Doesn't End with 'Grand Bargain' Saying ... to Detroit was a beginning, not an end, the Ford Foundation is pledging $10 million in grants to the city for ... donation — $...
New Rockefeller Foundation Projects to Boost African Development
Release Date:
05/06/2015
New Rockefeller Foundation Projects to Boost African Development New ... strengthen African economies as they face a growing number of young people, and challenges to their economies from the effects of...