Lawmakers Respond to Century Foundation's "Covert For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action
Release Date:
10/28/2015
... For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action Last week , seven senators including Sherrod Brown (OH), Elizabeth .....
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In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Release Date:
11/04/2015
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell Clark, died at his home in Woods Hole, MA on October 24, 2015 at the age of 93.
Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind
Release Date:
03/03/2016
Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and NOAA, have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind.
Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
04/01/2016
... that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South, last week announced a $90 million commitment to support and deepen ...
Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"
Release Date:
01/06/2017
President of the Ford Foundation Darren reflects, "for as much progress as we have made, America has yet to fully live up to its promise and founding aspiration to be a nation of liberty, dignity, and justice for all. Yet this noble vision remains...
Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Epidemiologists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism last month reported a jarring trend: Problem drinking is rising fast among older Americans.
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/03/2017
The Wallace Foundation’s latest report, “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, Partnerships and Fidelity,” is the latest entry in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “field of scale-up studies.”
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Teams Up With Lin-Manuel Miranda to Aid Puerto Rico
Release Date:
10/18/2017
... of the devastating storm, which rendered an estimated 3. 4 million people without power and all but destroyed the ...
Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit
Release Date:
02/12/2018
... sauce and other products to charities, was saved last week from a 200 percent tax increase by a late minute ...
OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure
Release Date:
05/15/2018
... Viktor Orban, who has stifled dissent and declared last week that “ the era of liberal democracy is over .” The ...
Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... part of its Fall 2018 Grants, which will be announced next week . The Oscar Howe Project will include the first major ...
Black Girls Play Secures Three-Year Funding from Novo Foundation
Release Date:
03/06/2019
It was nearly midnight on a school night, and eighth-grader and pianist Ariel Moore was sitting inside the recording studio at Zoo Labs in Oakland, learning about the ins and outs of the music recording process. "It takes a lot of dedication and a...
The Estée Lauder Companies Partners With Humane Society to End Global Animal Testing
Release Date:
06/21/2019
... the Estée Lauder Companies announced its support this week for a global ban on animal testing in the beauty ...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship
Release Date:
11/16/2021
... Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship ( NEW YORK , NY AND SAN JUAN, PR – November 16, 2021) The ... Book Review, Los Angeles Review, Mississippi Review, New Flash Fiction...
Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... awarded a large grant by a private foundation to support a new program aimed at enhancing the academic experience for ... to support the “Sophomore Journeys” program. This new program will offer a new...
Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology
Release Date:
11/13/2015
... will be recognized AAO 2015, the Academy's 119th annual meeting in Las Vegas. Each year, the Academy presents a ... all of Ophthalmology Meets,"™ the Academy's annual meeting runs until Nov. 17...
What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today
Release Date:
01/30/2017
... of our grantee partner Arab American Association of New York shared her own experience during this time on ... for their rights and will continue to fight in the face of new challenges. This...
Morgan Stanley, Kresge Foundation, LISC Launch $100 Million Investment Fund For Health Care, Affordable Housing
Release Date:
01/14/2013
... Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 20 million new health care consumers that the legislation is likely to ...
Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... estimated to cost $850 million over four years. One in 5 New Yorkers in any given year will experience mental illness. One in 5 New Yorkers, and all those New Yorkers have family members and...
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Can Capacity Building Impact Be Quantitatively Assessed? Lessons from an Emerging Evaluation Method - Webinar
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -
9:00am to 10:00am
Missed the webinar? View recording here . As funders we intuitively understand the value of capacity ... this evaluation construct, potentially into one by which funders and grantees can use common criteria across...