Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking
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09/2005
... to think and work like "naturals" - and how the rest of us can emulate their style. Personal Strategy: Mobilizing .....
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With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater
Release Date:
01/29/2013
The gift includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first donation, a...
Sloan Foundation Announces 2013 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/22/2013
Awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955, the 2013 class of fellows includes 126 researchers from 61 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada.
Why Don’t Corporations Give to Charity?
Release Date:
08/08/2013
In an op-ed for Slate, Ken Stern examines the decline in corporate contributions to charities in the U.S., as a percentage of pretax profits, over the past 30 years.
ALA Unveils Shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Release Date:
04/06/2015
The American Library Associaiton has announced the six books in the running for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
ASPCA President Seeks Harsher Punishment for Dog Fighting
Release Date:
04/10/2015
Matthew Bershadker pushes for a change in how local and national law enforcement view dog fighting in a HuffPost editorial.
New Website Promotes Partnership and Investment for Girls of Color
Release Date:
07/01/2015
... in our country’s future. Yet new research is helping us to better understand the barriers they face, while opening ...
Ford, Arcus, Palette Fund and Johnson Family Foundation Release Comprehensive Data on LGBTQ Community
Release Date:
07/14/2015
The Our Tomorrow initiative will provide new data to better engage LGBTQ individuals across the country.
Ford Foundation: The Equity Series- Cultural Equity
Release Date:
03/14/2016
In a series of conversations on equity, the Ford Foundation presents a dialogue on cultural equity. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and acclaimed poet and college administrator Crystal Williams discuss issues of inequity and access in U.S...
Ford Foundation Supports Cultural Mission to Cuba
Release Date:
04/15/2016
Less than a month after the historic visit by President Barack Obama, a U.S. government cultural mission to Cuba will take place from April 18-21, 2016.
Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic
Release Date:
04/21/2016
As a recent Century Foundation report notes, at least 91 school districts now use socioeconomic status as a factor in assigning students, up from just a couple in 1996, and around 40 in 2007.
Weinberg Foundation Names New Trustee
Release Date:
05/16/2016
Fay Hartog-Levin, the former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, has joined the board of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation as a trustee.
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton'
Release Date:
06/24/2016
The Rockefeller Foundation said Thursday the funding would allow students as some schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the District of Columbia to see the show for $10.
Commonwealth Fund Scorecard Shows Health Care Has Vastly Improved, But Progress Remains Uneven
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Despite progress, analysis of 306 local areas finds health challenges still exist.
Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon
Release Date:
08/17/2016
Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon The Peruvian documentary "When Two Worlds Collide," which opens in New York on Wednesday and in select U.S. cities and the United Kingdom in September, tells with...
Soros Slams Putin For 'Heinous Crimes Against Humanity' In Syria
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Billionaire investor George Soros has vehemently condemned Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, accusing President Vladimir Putin of aggressively exploiting a power void in the White House ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition
Release Date:
10/24/2016
MoMA PS1 will present the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the pioneering British artist Mark Leckey and the largest exhibition of his work to date.
New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Later this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of bathroom rights for transgender people.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness
Release Date:
12/14/2016
Education Department officials say they will work through Jan. 20 to review claims of defrauded students, but borrowers and advocates call for more urgency.
Where Have Conrad Hilton Foundation's Global Grants Been Going Lately?
Release Date:
12/22/2016
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, with assets of $2.5 billion, is one of the biggest private U.S. funders giving for global health and development.