The Charitable-Industrial Complex
Release Date:
08/26/2013
... my father, Warren Buffett, made good on his commitment to give nearly all of his accumulated wealth back to society . In addition to making several large donations, he ...
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MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
... report highlighting the positive impact it makes on society while achieving its core business goals of managing ...
U.S. Trust Finds that 86% of Wealthy Adults Prioritzie Giving
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... assets. It identified what wealthy Americans consider to be the most important elements of a well-lived life. ... as the most essential factors, 86 percent said giving back to society is an...
ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions
Release Date:
09/04/2015
ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions An animal welfare organization granted nearly $1 million on Thursday to help encourage and facilitate pet adoptions from shelters .....
Henry Luce Foundation Finances Archiving of Time, Inc. Trove
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... headquarters after 55 years, has donated its archive to the New-York Historical Society , at Central Park West and 77th Street. No mere ...
Ford Foundation: The Equity Series- Cultural Equity
Release Date:
03/14/2016
... of talks addressing issues of equity in contemporary society , Walker and Williams will discuss what "cultural ... equity" means, the intellectual and structural barriers to achieving it, and how we...
MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems
Release Date:
08/23/2016
... Confronting World's Problems More businesses are taking on society ’s biggest problems—and making money doing so. ... World list hail from 22 countries. Use our interactive map to see how the corporations...
Doris Duke Supports Projects That Expand Awareness of Muslim Arts And Culture
Release Date:
10/24/2016
... organizations and one consortium receive funding to carry out projects that expand awareness of Muslim arts ... will receive between $125,000-$335,000 each in funding to build knowledge and appreciation for...
Why Ford Foundation’s $1B Announcement Matters More Than You Think, and the Blind Spot of Two-Pocket Thinking
Release Date:
04/07/2017
... spheres. Two-pocket thinking is everywhere, it’s easy to understand, and it’s wrong. It’s a blind spot in how ... we invest our money that’s bad for business, and bad for society ... Why Ford Foundation’s $1B...
Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... the 2017 fellows were chosen for their potential to make significant contributions to U.S. society , culture, or their academic field. Each will receive ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... Governance portfolio, which supports civil society engagement on issues of global governance in the ...
Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers Could Be Treated as Legal Tenants
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... precedent-setting case brought by the Legal Aid Society . The Brooklyn Supreme Court suit accuses landlords of ...
To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top Fundraiser
Release Date:
08/30/2017
To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top ... senior director of digital marketing for the Humane Society of the United States, who says the other social-media ... advertising on Facebook versus...
The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in 2017
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... perceptions of company governance, positive influence on society and treatment of employees, scoring each with its ...
Rosa Asciolla Joins Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence
Release Date:
07/02/2012
... in New Orleans, LA. Asciolla is a graduate of the Loyola University New Orleans and holds a BBA in Finance. She is an ...
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
Release Date:
01/29/2013
... State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for ... future natural disasters and emergencies. We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener,...
To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy
Release Date:
05/22/2013
... New York President Vartan Gregorian delivered this address to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University ’s class of 2013 on Sunday, May 19. In 1831, ... he called it "...
At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job
Release Date:
07/24/2013
... in one of the first Head Start programs. He went on to the University of Texas at Austin with help from a Pell grant scholarship, awarded to low-income students based on financial need... At...
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors Mitchell J. Blutt, ... and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University . Blutt serves on the Dean’s Council at Weill ... of...
Judith Rodin Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
12/21/2014
... since 2005. She was previously president of the University of Pennsylvania, the first woman to lead an Ivy League institution. She is author of the ...