OSF Backed Nonprofit Helping India Move to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy
Release Date:
11/03/2014
... to meet economic and development goals, which will result in a saving of USD 600 billion for more productive ...
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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
Release Date:
11/20/2014
... Times recently published a piece on the role of big money in the fight for immigration reform. Here's a look at four of .....
Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Stem Cell Research
Release Date:
12/18/2014
... Funds Stem Cell Research Corneal injuries and damage lead to cloudiness that makes it hard to see, senior ... with stem cells and undamaged cornea," Funderburgh said in a prepared statement. "We were...
Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free
Release Date:
01/16/2015
... funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. “We’ll lead workshops for multiple cities over a period of time to ...
NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues
Release Date:
02/11/2015
... Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues In her first year leading the New York City Council, Speaker ... City speech on Wednesday at the Johnson Community Center in East Harlem, within her council...
NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program
Release Date:
03/12/2015
Senior Program Officer, Patricia Swann, makes the case for "trust-branded" capacity building efforts.
Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising
Release Date:
03/20/2015
... issues by a ratio of 45:1. The study — paid for, in part, by the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, ... provided by the Sunlight Foundation — examined newscasts in the Philadelphia viewing area for...
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science
Release Date:
04/22/2015
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science Scholars studying dying ... Fellowship, a new award intended to support research in the beleaguered humanities and social sciences. The .....
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore The Bank of America Charitable Foundation today announced $352,500 in grants to 29 nonprofits focused on providing workforce ... in...
Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries. “With unrestricted endowment, we can be nimble in our decisions to support pioneering projects and ... Ackman and The...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities
Release Date:
06/30/2015
... The selected charitable organizations play a critical role in connecting low-income individuals and families to ... are one way that we’re working to connect individuals in our community to the resources they...
Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women
Release Date:
07/01/2015
... risen to even greater heights—leaving that glass ceiling in the dust. For the first time ever this year, women were appointed to lead two of the Big 4 accounting firms. In a hypercompetitive...
Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern ... his journey from incarceration to decent employment. In the 1990s, Atkinson was...
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
... understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is ... of an organization. While culture can be understood in various ways and is hard to pin down, it has a persistent ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... to CEP and GEO Phil Buchanan and Kathleen Enright both lead organizations with similar goals — to help foundations ... they started their jobs within a few months of each other in 2001. Now they have one more...
Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle
Release Date:
12/02/2015
... on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle The danger signs are all around us: record ... Severe habitat loss and economic damage are facts of life in the United States and around the...
Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools Sarah Geisenheimer, ... of the Rockefeller Foundation, praised Geisenheimer in a statement: “I am confident that Sarah will do a .....
Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs
Release Date:
02/17/2016
... Now it’s been updated with 2015 numbers—by the lead researcher on that study—to reflect changes in both the general cost of living nationally and the ...
With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... Disease The community of beneficial bacteria that live in our intestines, known as the gut microbiome, are important ... have discovered a new potential cause for this disorder in some patients—information...
Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters
Release Date:
05/16/2016
Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters A new report, titled "Women in Leadership: Why It Matters" from the Rockefeller ... perceptions. Polling 1,011...