Rahsaan Harris Named President and CEO of Emma L. Bowen Foundation
Release Date:
12/16/2014
... to develop emerging leaders committed to building a just , equitable and sustainable society. As President and CEO ...
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Community Food Funders Annual Gathering
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
... participation whether you're a long-time CFF member or just entering the field of food systems change. Funders of .....
Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?
Release Date:
06/30/2015
... dollars went toward underserved communities, compared to just 38 percent from all other foundations. And three times ...
Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality
Release Date:
07/08/2015
... prosperity, the environment, public health, democracy, and just about any other major challenge you can name. Indeed, ...
Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant
Release Date:
07/16/2015
... percent of the 523 U.S. coal plants that were in operation just five years ago. The work of Sierra Club and more than ...
After Implementing New Strategic Approach, Andrus Announces First Round of Grants
Release Date:
07/17/2015
... around young people accused of felonies. These are just a few of the new grantee partners. Please visit the ...
Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals
Release Date:
08/04/2015
... that national funding for the network comes not just from the SIF but also from major corporations and ...
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Taps Sharon Alpert as Next President and CEO
Release Date:
09/25/2015
... a 100‐year‐old family foundation focused on fostering just and sustainable communities throughout the United ... all operations of the nearly $1 billion organization. She was the lead architect of Surdna’s...
Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?
Release Date:
09/28/2015
... money, time or goods while on a recent vacation. Not only was some kind of giving surprisingly prevalent, the care and ... support for the communities where the travelers visited was especially important for...
New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation
Release Date:
10/08/2015
... the Innocence Project and Measures for Justice to give just a few examples. Our work with organizations like the ...
Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... for parents and children to solve together. Bedtime Math was founded in 2012 by Laura Overdeck, a trustee of the ... Family Foundation. The results found that within just one school year, children who did...
Aetna Foundation President Writes on Turning the Clock Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block
Release Date:
10/20/2015
... can vary as much as 25 years between neighborhoods just a few miles apart. . . Aetna Foundation President Writes ...
Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism
Release Date:
11/19/2015
... through movement. In 2013, Wideman/Davis Dance was awarded a Map Fund Grant (provided by the Doris Duke ... its fiscal partner Columbia Music Festival Association, was one of just ten dance...
Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit
Release Date:
11/25/2015
... progress. The report, released on November 23, comes just weeks before world leaders gather in Paris to try and ...
Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible.” He was addressing Gregory G. Garre, the lawyer defending the ... In asking such a pointed question, Mr. Scalia was stepping into a long debate over what has been...
When a Child Grieves, We All Should Help (New York Life Foundation)
Release Date:
01/08/2016
... When it comes to the grieving experience, children are not just miniature adults. Their situations are different and ...
The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down
Release Date:
01/15/2016
... One of the many consequences of the Great Recession was its effect on foundations whose endowments were heavily ... foundation’s executive director. “The most we ever had was back in around 2000, and it...
Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors
Release Date:
02/03/2016
... surgeons how to be warmer so patients don't feel they're just a number to be checked off. With physicians, whose .....
NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care Ana Rodriguez was thrilled when she first received health insurance through ... New York state's Medicaid program. It made her feel just like everyone else, said...
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... as a grocery store clerk. One of John’s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high-needs community in Boston. It ... he became a school teacher. Particularly when you’re just starting off in the workforce, the...