Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies , ranks as the most generous in terms of ...
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Hurricane Matthew Resources and Haitian Humanitarian Crisis Update
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... remarks from David Biemesderfer , President and CEO for the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. ... Crisis & Tragedies A Twitter chat on best practices for funders responding to community crises...
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Trump’s Presidency and the New Congress: What the Future Holds for Immigrants and Refugees - Webinar
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... of unauthorized immigrants, cancel Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), suspend refugee resettlement ... wall plan. These policies, several of which are planned for the first 100 days in office,...
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... news in a new report from our organization, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). But there is bad news, too, ... cite a number of barriers that impede foundation impact. For the most part, foundation...
Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and counterproductive...
Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice
Release Date:
01/24/2017
Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice The longer you hang around philanthropy, ... Read through the letters of the Giving Pledge members, for example, and you'll see that many...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness...
Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK
Release Date:
03/23/2017
Morgan Stanley on March 22 announced the launch of the ninth annual Strategy Challenge, the Firm’s signature skills-based pro bono volunteer program.
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
03/28/2017
The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign on to a Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship.
Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... Associations of Grantmakers is partnering with the Fund for Shared Insight to support foundation openness activities ... regional cohorts and dialogues. As part of the evaluation for this project, the Forum...
Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... year. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the conflict has resulted in over 5 ... launched the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) for 2017. The plan calls ...
Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting
Release Date:
06/05/2017
Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting Foreign news bureaus ... They started fundraising in 2011, gained 501(c)3 status for GlobalTruth in 2014, and now...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... past several years is the massive outpouring of investment for urban youth and employment. But financial giants are also ... Foundation continues a longstanding history of support for affordable housing...
Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It
Release Date:
06/14/2017
... the field of biomedical research—investigators looking for breakthroughs to the world’s most persistent health challenges, from finding a cure for cancer to improving drug treatments for...
A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone
Release Date:
06/19/2017
The Pershing Square Foundation stands out by backing some truly innovative grantees—and it highlighted social innovators through two panels.
NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders
Release Date:
06/22/2017
... new money flowing into the social sector. What's a cause for concern, though, is that a tiny sliver of the .....
Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
07/20/2017
Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation The New York Women’s ... at Broadway between West 47 Street and West 48 Street for the entire month. “Morgan Stanley has been a vital .....
Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use
Release Date:
08/10/2017
... Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use The world of crowded ... data wonks usually inhabit. But according to Measures for Justice (MFJ), better data is key...
Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/21/2017
... Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy. But heirs Nat ...
At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... criminal-justice system. The money will support the Center for Policing Equity, which tracks national statistics on ...