North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants
Release Date:
01/16/2018
North Star Fund has awarded nine Catalyst Grants totaling $65,000.
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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members
Release Date:
01/16/2018
The Westchester Community Foundation has elected Dale Akinla, II, CFP® financial advisor and wealth management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of the Board since 2012. Mr. Akinla has held a number of...
Pfizer Foundation Fights Hunger and Supports the UN Global Goals at SXSW
Release Date:
03/27/2018
For four days last week, Pfizer and Rise Against Hunger engaged hundreds of volunteers at the SXSW Trade Show to package meals for vulnerable individuals and families around the world. By the time the last box had been stacked, more than 11,016...
New York Foundation Releases New Video in the Ongoing Series "In Their Own Words"
Release Date:
03/29/2018
In this installment, New York Foundation sits down with Quardean Lewis-Allen, founder and CEO of Made in Brownsville
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces 2018 Core Support for National Arts Service Organizations
Release Date:
04/17/2018
DDCF selected the awardees through an extensive review process that aimed to identify, recognize and encourage organizations serving critical roles for the dance, jazz, theater and presenting fields, such as by maintaining important networks for...
How The Prudential Foundation Centers Community in its CSR
Release Date:
05/04/2018
CSR with Prudential is done through “an inside out and an outside in perspective”—using the company’s skills to work on a community’s problem and accepting outside help for its decision-making.
Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences
Release Date:
05/14/2018
The honor recognizes Tschinkel’s mathematical contributions, which focus on problems at the interface of algebraic geometry and number theory.
Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact
Release Date:
06/20/2018
... global health, we recognize at Pfizer the importance of working together with governments, civil society and other ...
Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation...
Fitting The Image To The Spirit
Release Date:
06/26/2018
... me of those responsibilities. Whether you find yourself working in philanthropy, or this is your calling, and whether ...
Carnegie Corporation's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Carnegie Corporation of New York released its annual list of Great Immigrants on June 28 comprised of 38 naturalized citizens who enrich the fabric of American culture and strengthen our democracy through their lives, their work, and their example.
Ford Foundation Supports Immigrant Artists Mentoring Program
Release Date:
09/07/2018
The program offers immigrant artists the opportunity to focus on their creative practice and gain support and exposure for their work while upholding their distinct cultural identities.
Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces $12 Million Grant to Make Camps More Accessible
Release Date:
10/05/2018
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation today announces a $12 million grant to the Foundation for Jewish Camp that will support a new initiative to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities at Jewish summer day and overnight...
Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Judges Panel to Be Chaired by Clark Foundation President Douglas Bauer
Release Date:
10/22/2018
Six titles have been shortlisted for this year’s second annual Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The award, named after former Goddard Riverside Executive Director Stephan Russo, celebrates the power of the written word...
Warhol Foundation Condemns CAH Grant Requirement As a Flagrant Attack on Free Speech
Release Date:
11/08/2018
Joel Wachs, President of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, today condemned a recent DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (CAH) grant requirement as a flagrant attack on free speech.
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each receive a $1 million grant as part of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a joint funding opportunity from The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Each...
Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life
Release Date:
12/11/2018
In this Insights , Atlantic highlights the steps it took to address the challenges the foundation faced in navigating its path toward the end while seeking to accomplish ambitious programmatic goals: how limited life shaped investment, staffing,...
Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/13/2018
Laurie M. Tisch believes in leveling the playing field for all New Yorkers—and has granted more than $100M through her Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund to promote healthy food, arts, and mental health initiatives—offering an example of enlightened...
The New York Women’s Foundation Receives $2.25 Million Grant from CBS to support the Fund for the Me Too Movement and Allies
Release Date:
12/14/2018
... in New York, supports organizations around the country working to prevent and disrupt sexual violence and harassment ...
State UBIT and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor's Budget
Release Date:
02/06/2019
A drafting error that created problems for organizations with a fiscal year start date that does not align with the calendar year has been fixed and is included in Governor Cuomo's budget this month.