Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit
Release Date:
06/15/2015
It's the foundation's first Detroit board meeting in 67 years.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners
Release Date:
06/29/2015
Through its Public Art Challenge, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced two-year grants of up to $1 million each to six cities for temporary public art projects.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx
Release Date:
07/10/2015
... New York Restoration Project (NYRP) unveiled a master plan to design, build, and fund a new network of connected ...
Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World
Release Date:
08/13/2015
The foundation has donated $500,000 to the GivePower Foundation which provides solar powered lighting to schools.
Nonprofit Insurers Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules
Release Date:
08/20/2015
The most pronounced underwriting losses stem from the Medicare Advantage line of business, which allows private health plans to administer the government insurance program for Americans over the age of 65.
Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists
Release Date:
04/08/2016
Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards, given annually to up-and-coming authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but also the complicated emotions that money can inspire.
Peterson Center on Healthcare Supports New Initiative to Forecast Trends in U.S. Healthcare Spending
Release Date:
04/19/2016
Grant awarded to University of Washington to analyze drivers of healthcare spending and identify future trends to guide efforts to improve health outcomes and bend the cost curve.
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,...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone
Release Date:
05/04/2016
An effort to shut down coal-fired power plants reached a major milestone Tuesday, with 100,000 megawatts of coal electricity capacity having announced shutdown plans since 2010.
Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis
Release Date:
05/11/2016
... Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., ...
Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected
Release Date:
05/23/2016
The Fellowship is designed to increase the capacity of New York City's community development organizations and to create a pipeline for the next generation of community development leaders.
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare
Release Date:
05/25/2016
... Americans who signed up for Medicaid or a private health plan through the Affordable Care Act are getting healthcare ...
Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase
Release Date:
06/06/2016
The QueensWay project involves converting the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line of the Long Island Rail Road into a $120 million public park.
Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove
Release Date:
06/21/2016
For the past six years, Jarrett Lucas has been making his way, as he says, "up the non-profit stepping stool," working at Stonewall Foundation for the past six years.
NoVo Foundation to Support Food Sovereignty Assessments in Native American Communities
Release Date:
06/23/2016
First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced it has received a $480,000 grant from the NoVo Foundation.
Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead
Release Date:
07/15/2016
... New York City and promoting Riverhead as a place people plan their vacations around — and emphasizing the town’s ...
Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments
Release Date:
07/15/2016
The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter
Release Date:
08/08/2016
The Ford Foundation is planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund.
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to start a new program on disabilities, wrote Darren ...