Site Search

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Economic Security

Education

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

09/22/2015

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels The amount of ... ago. The news was announced at a press conference in New York, hosted by groups including the United Nations, ... which refers...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Arabella Advisors

UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors

Release Date:

09/25/2015

Molly Schultz Hafid Elected to National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board of Directors In her role at Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at ... Wilson, President and CEO of the Deaconess Foundatoin,...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Community Development

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

Release Date:

10/01/2015

... with community members and stakeholders when working to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful Rockefeller Foundation funded resilience organizations,...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... Day will take place this Saturday, October 24, 2015 in neighborhoods throughout the country, bringing Americans ... of Light, the nation's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, and Newman’s...

Find More By

News type

Corporate Social Responsibility

Funding Area

Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

Release Date:

10/22/2015

Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience "Today’s announcement from the ... investment decisions, and should be taken into account. As a society...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building

Release Date:

11/11/2015

... Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building When it comes to economic development, what images and feelings come to ... Building Community Wealth” (funded by...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Surdna Foundation

Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City

Release Date:

12/04/2015

Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation ... formerly incarcerated individuals and their families – as...

Find More By

News type

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Related Organizations

"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

Release Date:

12/10/2015

"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says A "resilience ... with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn More than two dozen youth from across Central ... Heights. The students, aged 12-17, were challenged to design and create an app in...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Technology

Related Organizations

Con Edison (Corporate)

24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... 2016 PNY Core Curriculum : February 17 – Making Grants to Individuals March 24 – Best Practices in International Grantmaking April 13 – Self-Dealing ... the legal requirements under the Internal Revenue Code...

Find More By

Event type

Professional Development

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

International/Foreign Affairs

Public Policy

Funding Area

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

Release Date:

01/11/2016

... the best care. The late Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to this disease in just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute ... Institutes of Health, the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Science

Related Organizations

Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... that trend towards less and less borrowing suddenly came to an end. Congress overwhelmingly passed a federal budget ... deficit is set to jump 24 percent, to $544 billion, in...

Find More By

News type

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Funding Area

Economic Security

Public Policy

Related Organizations

As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

Release Date:

01/22/2016

As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported Operation Warm ... for by private donors. The bulk of the coats will go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’s ... share of low-income students and...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Morgan Stanley

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

Release Date:

02/04/2016

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has ... announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

Release Date:

02/22/2016

... healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement while ... Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... Mexico has become the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a ... soda tax in the first place—and the Robert...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

Release Date:

03/09/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center The Camden ... The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The center would help improve care for .....

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Related Organizations

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development

Release Date:

03/15/2016

... Hires New Director of Development The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City announced that Joy Shigaki will be joining the organization as its new Director of Development. Shigaki comes to...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

Release Date:

03/28/2016

Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million...

Find More By

News type