Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... students by the year 2016, thanks to a big push by large philanthropies like Carnegie, Gates, and Helmsley, working ...
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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... was not a household word when it became a central strategy for ending international cooperation with South Africa's .....
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions over the past 20 ... on the harmful effects of coal ash, the Kentucky Coalition for a campaign targeting a rural...
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding ... Rights Among the goals Teresa Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to...
Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... and strategic philanthropy that got results, this is it. For nearly 15 years, a relatively small group of ... along with a handful of foundations, have pushed hard for marriage equality and other changes to...
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better ... that a positive internal culture is an essential bedrock for effective philanthropy, but we have also, as a sector, ...
Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... artists, and activists includes several specifically cited for their philanthropy, advocacy, and social ...
Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
... K-12 philanthropy, with nonprofits raising lots of money for efforts to boost students that have nothing to do with ...
Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... University in Washington, D.C. The proposal argued for federal regulation of donor-advised funds, including a ...
New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Media Impact Funders are planning a three-part webinar series: The Future of Truth: Can Philanthropy Help Mitigate Misinformation?
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Navigating Uncertain Terrain and International Barriers to Giving
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... are often working in areas where laws and conditions for grantmaking are challenging to navigate. Recent times ... terrain with experts from the International Center for Not- for -Profit Law...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award
Release Date:
11/08/2018
Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a prominent voice on democratic institutions and civil society development, will receive philanthropy’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, and deliver an address on the...
Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid
Release Date:
12/25/2012
... to Hurricane Sandy. Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance...
$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College
Release Date:
04/29/2013
... New Community College, one of the largest donations ever for a public two-year college. The foundation is giving an ... community colleges of the City University of New York. For prestigious private colleges,...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields
Release Date:
10/09/2013
... arts organizations were awarded through DDCF's Fund for National Projects and are designed to strengthen the ... jazz, presenting and theatre fields and improve conditions for performing artists across...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $136 Million to Create Youth Job Opportunities in Greece
Release Date:
10/07/2013
... a call to action to help create new opportunities for Greece’s younger generations, which are severely ... €100 million towards this effort. The unemployment rate for young people in Greece is more than 60%,...
Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts
Release Date:
10/02/2013
Part of the foundation's multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative, the grants will help the school districts (including the New York City Department of Education) design and open new high schools that support students in meeting the...
Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’
Release Date:
10/01/2013
At Independent Sector’s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie...
Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis
Release Date:
01/13/2014
The New York Times reports that a group of national and local philanthropic foundations, including the Ford Foundation, have pledged $330 million to help save Detroit's art collection.
JPMorgan to Commit $100-Million to Boost Detroit’s Recovery
Release Date:
05/21/2014
Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase will commit $100-million in grants and loans over five years to aid Detroit’s revitalization effort as the city recovers from the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy, The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press...