Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Eternal Recurrence: Philanthropy's Infrastructure Organizations

Release Date:

07/16/2015

by Chris Cardona, Program Officer for Philanthropy, Ford Foundation This piece originally appeared in Chris' ... the simplest explanation is structural. There are upwards of 100,000 foundations in the U.S...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

Release Date:

09/02/2015

... Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color “There’s a myth out there that for girls and women of color, everything is fine,” said NoVo Foundation Executive...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

NoVo Foundation

Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library

Release Date:

10/26/2015

Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library The archives of The Atlantic Philanthropies, among the world’s largest ... Manuscript Collections (RMC). A $4 million grant from the foundation...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

Release Date:

01/26/2016

... brand is not only challenging, but requires knowledge of the entire organization. And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation . For most companies...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark and Others Launch $1B Initiative Providing Long-Term, Unrestricted Funding

Release Date:

02/02/2016

... Unrestricted Funding The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) and nine other donors announced a new ... uses collaborative-funding model to meet the challenges of today's world. Blue Meridian Partners...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

Release Date:

03/03/2016

... tenants and homeowners, it feels like a violent shove out of the way, especially for black and brown Brooklynites who ... There Goes the Neighborhood has been provided by the Ford Foundation , Andrew W. Mellon...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Community Development

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Ford Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery

Release Date:

03/18/2016

... $75 Million for National Gallery The National Gallery of Art announced a $30 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Thursday that could bring the Smithsonian museum ... sources over the...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

Release Date:

04/06/2016

... Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) are working with Aetna’s independent charitable foundation on the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge , ... in total prizes, to be...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Aetna Foundation

Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

Release Date:

04/08/2016

... Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards , given annually to up-and-coming authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how ... bout of...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

Release Date:

04/14/2016

... are highly familiar with the good works and deep pockets of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation . Today, the foundation is among the biggest in the ... in grants distributed to...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

Release Date:

04/19/2016

... States Artists Campaign The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support of United States Artists (USA), a non-profit...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

Release Date:

06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, ... sometimes negatively impacted their communities. Members of these groups were...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

Release Date:

06/23/2016

... an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her ... chieftains worldwide. She broke new ground for the ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

Release Date:

06/28/2016

... able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. That's a theory ... A. McCann, in a report published for the Russell Sage Foundation . Jones-Correa and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

Release Date:

06/29/2016

... Development Fellowship Launches The National League of Cities (NLC), PolicyLink and the Urban Land Institute ... cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the fellowship: Boston, Charlotte,...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Surdna Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

Release Date:

07/15/2016

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments The Rockefeller Foundation is aiming to connect social entrepreneurs with capital to finance an array of ventures aimed at mitigating...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing

Release Date:

07/27/2016

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing ... they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males, given the demographics of the...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... for an open discussion on the current and potential role of philanthropy in this space. Thus far, with the 62 social ... globally [1] , philanthropy has been engaged in a variety of ways. Of...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Impact Investing

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Brookings Institution

Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media A program of the Open Society Foundations, Soros Justice Fellowships ... projects that advance reform and spur debate on a range of issues facing the criminal...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

Release Date:

11/28/2016

... Grantmaking From Newman's Own Paul Newman was a man ahead of his time. While everyone now grasps the idea of social enterprise businesses, Newman's Own was a novelty ... to nonprofits worldwide...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Newman's Own Foundation

Pages

Filter By

Content Type

Funding area

Topic

Audience