Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Starsky Wilson, president and CEO of Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, was elected unanimously as the new ...
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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed ... to be done. The report's conclusions are summarized in the title: " America Needs More Teachers of Color and a ... admissions...
Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Jen Mishory will serve as a ... to help improve the lives of young people across America. In this extraordinary...
The Tinker Foundation Announces Next President, Caroline Boyd Kronley
Release Date:
10/12/2017
... as its next President. Renate is retiring after 45 years in a variety of roles at the Foundation. Caroline, who is ... to make Tinker’s work even more impactful and innovative in a rapidly changing Latin...
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
Release Date:
11/01/2017
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to ... maximum-security inmates who beat a Harvard College team in a debate two years ago put a national spotlight on the ... Initiative. Now Bard...
Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region
Release Date:
11/02/2017
Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region When Funders for LGBTQ Issues released its first Out in the South report in 2014, it found that per capita, LGBTQ .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
11/06/2017
... Service Announces Engaged Cities Award On a sunny Sunday in February, dozens of citizens in the greater Phoenix area descend on Hu-O-Te Park, a shabby community space in downtown that has...
Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth
Release Date:
11/07/2017
... on Earth Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a ... been crucial for the assembly of three key ingredients in early life forms — short strands of...
Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together
Release Date:
11/14/2017
... million collective commitment over five years to invest in innovative programs and strategies in communities across the country that are creating pathways ... president and CEO of The New York Women’s...
While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Release Date:
11/16/2017
... a new permanent but rotating exhibition of NYPL treasures in the library’s Gottesman Hall... While Announcing Main ...
Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... the philanthropic and for-profit sectors. She joined Heron in 2006 and has been responsible for deal-sourcing, ... Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith. Bezerra has been active in the leadership of several national...
Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... will affect curatorial and programmatic decision-making in the museums, as well as managerial choices, and lead to long-term benefits for the participating museums and ...
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... impacted by environmental issues, but also to follow their lead . The Goldman Prizes come to mind, as does sustainable ... which grants $100,000 across two years to grad students in the Pacific Northwest...
JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35 If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new ... Chan School’s Center for...
The Story Of Bloomberg LP's Rebuilding Team In The U.S. Virgin Islands
Release Date:
12/06/2017
The Story Of Bloomberg LP's Rebuilding Team In The U.S. Virgin Islands After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated communities in the southern U.S. and the Caribbean, America’s CEOs ... one of the...
Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers
Release Date:
12/07/2017
... for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 60 ... Act (ACA), growing from a combined total of $92.5 billion in 2010 to $213.1 billion in...
Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today that Maya L. Harris, a ... presidential campaign, where she played a leading role in shaping Clinton’s domestic policy agenda. Prior...
SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits
Release Date:
12/18/2017
... and growth. Particularly, those outside the sector looking in see them as a solution to the perceived problem that there ... WomenOnCall , having recently announced plans to merge in January, are trying to get...
The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative Lifetime Arts to lead major effort to advance Creative Aging movement in NYC. Lifetime Arts, Inc. announced today the receipt of a $600,000 grant from The New York...
Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor
Release Date:
01/08/2018
... California has an opportunity to continue its leadership in building a fair society. So far, it has missed the mark on ... California has among the highest traffic fines and fees in the country – and the...