Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough
Release Date:
12/17/2015
... MacArthur, Mellon, Rockefeller — endowed and expanded foundations that built schools and libraries, developed new ...
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Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms
Release Date:
01/26/2016
For microorganisms in the oceans -- including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every day -- viruses are a major threat. But a paper to be published Jan. 25, 2016 in the journal Nature Microbiology shows that there's...
Marlow Kee Named Chief Financial Officer at Simons Foundation
Release Date:
10/14/2016
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Marlow Kee joined its leadership team in September as chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Kee will oversee the foundation’s finance, facilities and human resources departments and will help...
Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/27/2017
The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...
New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger
Release Date:
01/22/2018
A team of researchers from the University of Houston and Temple University say that food insecurity among college students is forcing a burgeoning inequality in college completion rates.
Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity
Release Date:
02/01/2018
The company is celebrating its 35 th anniversary, and achieving this milestone during a special anniversary year helps punctuate the impact of Paul Newman's legacy.
Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta
Release Date:
02/08/2018
Andrea Marra, a Jackson Heights resident and LGBTQ activist, officially announced her run against incumbent state Senator Jose Peralta on Feb. 6.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose...
NoVo Foundation Announces Grantees of $34 Million Radical Hope Fund
Release Date:
06/13/2018
The NoVo Foundation today announced $34 million—up from $20 million committed originally—in Radical Hope Fund grants to 19 organizations from among 1,000 applicants doing bold and transformative social justice work in the United States and around...
Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast
Release Date:
07/03/2018
Skillful has helped Colorado employers discover the value of workers without college degrees and now more states are joining in this effort to transform hiring practices and workforce development.
The Warhol Foundation Will Award Six Spring 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships
Release Date:
07/19/2018
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced the six recipients of its Spring 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships, with a total purse of $295,000
Newman's Own Foundation Launches New Website to Share the Common Good
Release Date:
09/12/2018
Newman's Own Foundation, announced today the launch of CommonGood.com - a new web platform dedicated to sharing uplifting stories to highlight the good works of people, communities, and organizations from around the world.
Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty
Release Date:
03/12/2019
Four faculty members, including two from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering operated jointly by Georgia Tech and Emory University, have been awarded research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships,...
Jaimie Mayer Named Board Chair of Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/17/2019
The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) announced Jaimie Mayer has succeeded Ruth Cummings as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments
Release Date:
10/21/2014
... Heron is making the shift at a time when other foundations , as well as governments and corporations, are ...
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars
Release Date:
02/02/2022
The twelve leading researchers, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring important problems of violence in the world.
Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019
Release Date:
11/07/2019
We are writing to share the bittersweet news that, after 12 years at the NoVo Foundation, our Executive Director Pamela Shifman has decided to step down from her post at the end of this year.
Philip Zelikow Joins Markle Foundation As Visiting Managing Director
Release Date:
08/27/2014
Philip Zelikow has joined the Markle Foundation as Visiting Managing Director.
Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director
Release Date:
02/18/2016
Robert L. Hughes, President of New Visions for Public Schools, will become the new director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's K-12 education strategy.
The New York Women's Foundation Announces Five New Board Members
Release Date:
10/28/2021
NEW YORK, NY, October 28, 2021 -- The New York Women’s Foundation welcomes four new and one returning member to its Board of Directors. These Board members will provide strategic direction for continued growth around The Foundation...