Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis
Release Date:
01/13/2014
... bankruptcy proceedings announced on Monday. The plan was a first both in the foundation world, which has not been a ...
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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time
Release Date:
06/26/2014
... long-term goal, even if change is barely noticeable in the first few years. As he puts it, "philanthropy is “a .....
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions
Release Date:
07/25/2014
... than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same ...
Head of David Rockefeller Fund Aims to Help Small, Overlooked Nonprofits
Release Date:
01/23/2015
... help build momentum. "We can serve as a talent scout and a first -mover," he says.... Head of David Rockefeller Fund Aims .....
Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award
Release Date:
03/13/2015
... named the best history teacher in the nation, but also the first teacher in Michigan to receiver the prestigious honor ...
Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide
Release Date:
04/17/2015
... Aide Kristen Jarvis, a longtime special assistant to First Lady Michelle Obama, takes on a newly created position ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Donate $100 Million to Cornell Tech Campus
Release Date:
06/16/2015
... on the $2 billion campus and come with a nice perk–the first academic building will be named The Bloomberg Center, ...
New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... castle that looms over Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn is the first stopover for many of New York City’s homeless men. ...
Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report
Release Date:
07/09/2015
... Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation, I ...
Rockefeller's Rodin Should Run for President, According to NewsWorks
Release Date:
08/24/2015
... Here's one: Two candidates who emerged from the first CNN debates with a bounce in their steps routinely tout .....
James R. Knickman, Founding President and CEO, Stepping Down from New York State Health Foundation
Release Date:
09/29/2015
... (NYSHealth), plans to leave the Foundation during the first half of 2016, after a successor is identified. Dr. Knickman, who joined NYSHealth in May 2006 as its first employee, will be returning to his...
Daphne Foundation President Receives Top Honors from the International Women's Media Foundation
Release Date:
09/30/2015
... socially conscious documentaries and recently directed her first : "The Armor of Light," about a minister preaching .....
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Awards Grants in New Art & Social Justice Initiative
Release Date:
01/08/2016
... The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation has selected the first 46 recipients to share in nearly $1 million under its ...
With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... research and scholarship about American art. One of the first in the nation to make its entire collection available ...
Guttman Community College to Move to UWS
Release Date:
04/05/2016
... building on the Upper West Side. The institution, CUNY’s first new community college in more than four decades, will ...
Citi Foundation and Americas Promise Alliance Announce the Launch of the 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
04/06/2016
... the Launch of the 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund The Fund, first launched in 2015, will award one-year grants up to ...
Rockefeller Foundation Grants 'Hamilton' Tix to Bronx Theatre High School Students
Release Date:
04/07/2016
... Theatre High School. On April 13, they will be among the first of 20,000 New York City public-school students given ...
City Officials Want New Program to Connect Troubled Students with Legal Support
Release Date:
05/06/2016
... legal support and help them stay out of trouble in the first place. City officials are negotiating for a new ...
Sloan Foundation Funds New App and TV Series Focusing on Science
Release Date:
07/27/2016
... and neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin are co-hosts for the first 26 episodes. Guests include cutting-edge scientists and ...
Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... production. To that end, members of SITI Company spent the first quarter of 2015 leading a workshop series on Saturday ...