W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... Youth More use of technology is linked to later increases in attention, behavior and self-regulation problems for ...
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William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students
Release Date:
09/10/2015
... confirmed that many encounter obstacles after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources. “Students were surveyed in the fall, winter and spring of freshman year,” said Micere Keels, associate...
The Renewable Grants Fund Is What Keeps Nonprofits Afloat As They Wait for New York City Contracts
Release Date:
03/01/2018
Art for Justice Fund Gives Out $10M in New Grants—Including to Art Projects
Release Date:
07/02/2018
Supported by Doris Duke, The New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Program Design Changes
Release Date:
01/09/2017
... National Dance Project. These design changes are supported in part by a two-year renewed grant of $3,629,400 from the ... Dance Project (NDP) will increase the number of Production Grants to choreographers and...
CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001
Release Date:
03/07/2017
... Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001 While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison with other international donors, the Ford ... of a...
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines
Release Date:
01/18/2018
... at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines Duke is launching a new program ... Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... survey for a next wave of discovery, anticipated to start in 2020. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has been one of the most-successful and influential surveys in the history of astronomy, creating the most-...
20
Oct
2022
From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)
Thursday, October 20, 2022 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
In just the past few months, we’ve seen an unprecedented ... – especially when it comes to their ability to invest in social welfare organizations pushing for racial, social...
Pepsico Funded Job Resource Center for Homeless Women Officially Opens at South Bronx Shelter
Release Date:
05/01/2019
... PepsiCo employees are hosting a workshop for women living in Win’s (formerly Women in Need) South Bronx shelter to ... line. Citywide, nearly 60,000 people are homeless, and over 70 percent...
Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund
Release Date:
04/06/2018
... Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund Last November, the Art for Justice Fund , launched by ... a broad, sustained conversation about the dangers of over -incarceration and...
‘Excuse After Excuse’: Black and Latino Developers Face Barriers to Success - Report Funded by the Siegel Family Endowment
Release Date:
03/03/2023
... Out of roughly 112,000 real estate development companies in the United States, about 111,000 of them are white owned. ... none is Black, according to a new report. Economists, social -impact strategists, and...
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
... Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments In the United States, as well as in most of the developed world, people reportedly spend about ... what role they may play in human health...
WES Mariam Assefa Fund and the Tarsadia Foundation Announce the Opportunity Challenge: $1 Million to Uplift Immigrant Communities
Release Date:
03/10/2020
WES Mariam Assefa Fund and the Tarsadia Foundation Announce the Opportunity ... -- The World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund and the Tarsadia Foundation today announced a ... addressing some of the...
United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY
Release Date:
09/22/2016
United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of ... growth occurred in four other regions: Finger Lakes, Long Island , Mid-Hudson, and Western New York...
Surdna Foundation Announces Appointment of Leticia Peguero as Executive Director of Andrus Family Fund and Andrus Family Philanthropy Program
Release Date:
02/01/2013
... as the new Executive Director for the Andrus Family Fund (AFF) and the Andrus Family Philanthropy Program (AFPP), ... February 18, 2013. Peguero comes to AFF and AFPP with over 18 years of experience ...
02
Jul
2020
Funding a Racially Just Regenerative Regional Food System - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders
Thursday, July 2, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* In New York State, agriculture is one of the most racially ... inequitable of all the state's economic sectors. A long tradition of black...
Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability
Release Date:
02/23/2018
Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability Understanding that stable ... $4.9 million has already been committed to four grantees over...
06
Mar
2025
**POSTPONED** Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change
Thursday, March 6, 2025 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... profoundly impact the racial, economic, environmental, and social issues philanthropy seeks to address. As asset owners ... to our efforts to help us drive impact while increasing long -term shareholder value...
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Stands By City Officials In Their Commitment to Divest NYC Pension Funds From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
01/10/2018
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Stands By City Officials In Their Commitment to Divest NYC Pension Funds From Fossil ... hundreds of institutional investors managing assets of over $5.5 trillion...