Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience
Release Date:
01/28/2015
... Cities to Build Greater Resilience Judith Rodin’s new book, The Resilience Dividend, begins with her surveying ...
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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa
Release Date:
03/17/2015
... formal jobs or explore opportunities in agriculture. The new program is noteworthy not only for its scope, but for its ...
JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good
Release Date:
05/21/2015
... designed to address global economic challenges. The new think tank released a groundbreaking inaugural report, ...
Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research
Release Date:
06/11/2015
... that drive cancer drug resistance and pave the way for new treatments. “Cancer treatment has seen amazing ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients
Release Date:
06/16/2015
... Award is receiving $80,000, totaling in $1.6 million to 20 new grantees. Since April 2014, the foundation has awarded a ...
Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology
Release Date:
06/17/2015
... — and in many cases more than 10% — to investments in new energy over the next five years. These foundations ...
Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa
Release Date:
07/20/2015
... of Africa’s youth living on less than US$2 per day. The new partnership will address these problems by drawing on the ...
D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years
Release Date:
08/27/2015
... charter schools or to organizations, including the New Schools Venture Fund, that support charter schools.... ...
A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?
Release Date:
08/28/2015
... commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’s ...
Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank
Release Date:
09/04/2015
... in this report, and is advising states, including New Hampshire, on putting it into practice.... Ford and ...
Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts
Release Date:
09/23/2015
... its modest origins on American college campuses. The new members include Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, ...
The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy
Release Date:
09/24/2015
... 28, on the heels of a shrewdly publicized deployment of new Russian troops and military equipment to Syria. ...
Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women
Release Date:
09/28/2015
... will broaden into a suite of learning programs with new curriculum to reach adolescent girls in their communities ...
American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online
Release Date:
10/29/2015
... the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives. ...
Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing
Release Date:
11/17/2015
... as the formation of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach to funding the private sector, impact investing ...
MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
... that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving ...
"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says
Release Date:
12/10/2015
A "resilience bond", a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Land Rights: From Awareness to Action; Ford Recognized For Long Support of Sustainable Development
Release Date:
12/14/2015
... emission reduction efforts. And the United Nations’ (UN) new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in ...
Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... ways, according to The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight Alliance, a Washington DC-based ...
Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... less likely to get a degree than their wealthier peers, a new report shows. But in a sign of hope, their success varies ...