Simons Foundation Building Research Database of People With Autism
Release Date:
08/29/2017
The Simons Foundation has created a project called “SPARK” or the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge.
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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Celebrates 30 Years
Release Date:
11/19/2020
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation celebrates 30 years with a video of reflection and gratitude in lieu of in-person event.
A Foundation Risks All of Its Endowment on Creating Jobs
Release Date:
05/19/2013
As part of its effort to rethink its approach to fighting poverty, the F.B. Heron Foundation will fully invest its $274 million endowment in the next five years to advance its mission.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $41.5 Million in Grants
Release Date:
07/20/2013
The grants are to organizations working in the areas of education, health, the arts and social welfare, and will also go in part to the foundation’s three-year commitment to help address the effects of the prolonged socioeconomic crisis in Greece.
Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/20/2014
The John A. Hartford Foundation awards $2.275 million in grants to the areas of palliative care and aging-related philanthropy, reports Philanthropy News Digest.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator
Release Date:
02/06/2015
The Brooklyn Accelerator will connect community-based nonprofits to new donors and board members.
Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit
Release Date:
06/15/2015
... to create a $816 million, 20-year commitment from foundations , private companies and state taxpayers to shore ...
Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship
Release Date:
03/02/2016
Specialty Food Foundation, a community of social entrepreneurs working to break the hunger cycle, is starting the search for the third annual class of grant recipients.
Rockefeller Foundation Joins Conversation on Flood Resilience
Release Date:
04/14/2016
In order to tackle catastrophic climate-related events including droughts and floods, The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development and Sida, backed by Zurich Insurance Group and its Z Zurich Foundation, have...
Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval
Release Date:
04/21/2016
When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...
Ford Foundation Appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/08/2016
With over 20 years of experience in financial services, Sulzberger brings a valuable perspective to the foundation’s board at a time of visionary change.
Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation
Release Date:
12/21/2016
What's in a name? Well, the Pinkerton Foundation in New York City draws its name from what was once the nation's oldest and largest security company.
Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, ...
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the classroom, The Simons Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 each for innovative projects.
Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking
Release Date:
12/12/2017
While the BCF's board retains ultimate authority over grants, the foundation practices participatory grantmaking — the practice of giving more power over philanthropic spending to the people that it is supposed to help.
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Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and the Scherman Foundation's Rosin Fund Provide Anchor Funding for Creative Capital's 20th Anniversary Fund
Release Date:
11/20/2019
... securing high-level, multi-year support from individuals, foundations , and corporations, and includes anchor funding ...
TRANSformational Impact: U.S. Foundation Funding for Trans Communities
Publication date:
02/2015
LGBTQ Funders has crafted a report that examines funding for trans communities.
Century Foundation Promotes ‘Realistic Steps’ on Gun Violence
Release Date:
06/15/2016
The country was horrified this weekend to learn of the massacre in Orlando affecting the LGBT and Latino communities, now known as the worst mass shooting in American history.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Is Writing Snowden Biography
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Barton Gellman, currently a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, was a key figure in The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of Snowden-leaked documents in 2013.