Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)
Release Date:
01/07/2016
... the first national accelerator program and investment fund in the country focused on “civic ventures,” is ...
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“Repeal and Replace” Gives States More Control over Healthcare Market
Release Date:
01/27/2017
While the order does not specify aspects of the law to focus on, it clearly states that the goal of any ACA replacement will be to give states more control over government-funded health care options (particularly Medicaid) while simultaneously...
Barbara and Donald Jonas Receive Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University
Release Date:
08/01/2017
... their own masterpiece: The Barbara and Donald Jonas Family Fund . As they sought the appropriate beneficiaries, Barbara, a ...
14
Dec
2017
Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar
Thursday, December 14, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Domino effect. Snowballing. Chain reaction. Ripple effect. Reverberation. There are plenty of ways to describe this simple truth: small actions can have big results.
Better Understanding Business Models in the Nonprofit Sector
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... businesses do. So, why do we treat nonprofit organizations as if they are all the same? It’s time, as a nonprofit sector, to recognize the complexity that makes ...
30
Oct
2017
Census 2020 - Time to Act - A Webinar Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum
Monday, October 30, 2017 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
"If you underfund the Census, you get an undercount," says Kenneth Prewitt, who directed the bureau during the 2000 Census.
Why Oklahoma has the Highest Female Incarceration Rate in the Country
Release Date:
10/06/2017
For over 25 years, Oklahoma has led the nation in the rate at which it sends women to prison. Roughly 151 of every 100,000 Oklahoma women are behind bars — twice the national average.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Teams Up With Lin-Manuel Miranda to Aid Puerto Rico
Release Date:
10/18/2017
... power and all but destroyed the island’s energy grid. ( As of press time, Maria had claimed at least 48 lives, and ... donated $100,000 to El Serrucho: Hurricane Maria Emergency Fund , created by San Juan-based...
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
... of incessant testing, test-prep lessons and test mania, as if tests were the key to success.The nation’s education ...
John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America
Release Date:
12/15/2017
... support for seniors, which remains small, even as the U.S. elderly population grows rapidly. The number of ... according to a recent study backed by the Commonwealth Fund . Despite that, care for the elderly...
Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Grantees such as the Astraea Foundation and Church World Service will be ... with the skills they need to oppose discrimination, as well as to...
F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments
Release Date:
02/26/2018
... $300 million endowment entirely into impact investments. As of the end of the year, about 60% of Heron's funds were in .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country
Release Date:
05/02/2018
... men and women from the same neighborhood as the youth they served. They ran group mentoring sessions, ... neighborhood. The mentors served young people designated as "high risk" by the Department of...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Grant to Critical Path Institute to Advance Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/06/2018
... from chronic pain and crippling side effects beginning as early as childhood and, in severe cases, face a reduction in life ...
Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown
Release Date:
09/17/2018
Launched in 2011 with prior support from the Mellon Foundation, the program enables doctoral students to simultaneously complete a master’s degree in a different field of study.
Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies
Release Date:
09/26/2018
... of introspection to ensure the Foundation’s work is as relevant and effective as possible, and they explicitly articulate the changes the Foundation seeks to achieve. As one of the oldest...
Report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Finds Funder Collaboratives for Systems Change Gaining Momentum
Release Date:
10/01/2018
Based on interviews with three dozen individuals who work with or in funder collaboratives or organizations focused on achieving the kind of scale needed to create systemic change, the report, Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems: Approaches...
Newman's Own Foundation Provides Over $1.7 Million to Support Nutrition Initiatives
Release Date:
10/02/2018
The funding will support many programs, including efforts to help create and enhance nutrition in schools and communities, provide access to fresh fruits and vegetables in underserved communities, and offer education programs about healthy and...
18
Apr
2019
Impact Investing: Dipping Your Toes or Going All In- A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, April 18, 2019 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Experts predict that the impact investing market will be worth more than $300 billion by 2020. Impact investing – which seeks a specific environmental, social or governance return above and beyond a strictly financial return – can be a particularly...
19
Mar
2019
Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results – A Webinar Series Hosted by FCCP
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
... Sierra Health Foundation Ed Kissam , Co-Trustee, WKF Fund Dr. Cindy Quezada , Special Projects Coordinator, ...