Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... at all. Genuinely looking for experience and quality in communities ’ leaders means funders will begin finding them ...
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Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Meeting: Finding Your Decision-Making Power
Thursday, October 4, 2018 -
8:45am to 10:15am
Join us for this professional development program, designed to identify and discuss the decision-making power we, as employees in a support role, have the privilege to exercise in our roles. This is a chance to learn about other people’s work as...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Names Atlanta and Seattle First Winners American Cities Climate Challenge
Release Date:
09/21/2018
The American Cities Climate Challenge is an unprecedented opportunity for 20 ambitious cities to significantly deepen and accelerate their efforts to tackle climate change and promote a sustainable future for their residents.
New York Life Foundation Announces New National Initiative to Help Schools Support Students Who Have Lost a Parent or Loved One
Release Date:
10/11/2018
The New York Life Foundation, the largest corporate sponsor of childhood bereavement support, today announced the national launch of its Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative (GSSI).
ViacomCBS Names Crystal Barnes Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy & Reporting
Release Date:
03/16/2020
She will oversee the companywide initiatives that extend ViacomCBS’ deep legacy and expertise in social impact, philanthropy, and community and employee engagement.
Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... the world, have been nothing short of exceptional. We are incredibly proud of this staff-led fundraising effort for ... by employees for the American Red Cross, Houston employees are actively volunteering time...
Deutsche Bank, Newman's Own, MetLife, Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families
Release Date:
01/26/2018
... the Family Independence Initiative (FII). And funders are listening. In simplest terms, FII gives poor families ... on how they used the money. The idea is that families and communities know best what they...
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Announces Marcos Crespo Joins Board of Directors and Anupa Fabian as the First Chief Evaluation and Learning Officer
Release Date:
06/21/2022
... to ensure it addresses the urgent needs of vulnerable communities . She comes to the Foundation from Catholic ... continues to expand our mission to support vulnerable communities , as evidenced by the $160...
Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response
Release Date:
05/23/2014
... have bought into a polemic that fails to account for the ways in which social change transpires. Worse still, by ...
Evaluation Shows How Program Related Investments Are Generating Positive Social Returns
Release Date:
06/19/2014
Evaluation Shows How Program Related Investments Are Generating Positive Social Returns An evaluation has ... to the financial sustainability of its investees and are helping them accomplish social goals and...
Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek
Release Date:
10/03/2014
... trends. I don’t think old has to be working in old ways ....” Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled ...
F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... Granting Unrestricted Funding In philanthropy today, we are doing some good “architectural” work in emergent ... people, financial capital, promising solutions) but are sometimes using outdated practices that...
Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies
Release Date:
05/19/2016
An economist by training, Irons led work on U.S. employment, including employment in a green economy, and a project on state and metropolitan innovation in partnership with the Brookings Institution.
2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named We are delighted to announce our seventh class of Macy Faculty ... of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. “These Scholars are paving the way for health professions education reform ...
Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... Agitation without innovation means complaints without ways forward, and innovation without orchestration means ...
MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People
Release Date:
11/28/2017
MetLife Foundation and ideas42, a nonprofit behavioral design lab, created a partnership to innovate financial services based on the latest research from the science of human behavior.
Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"
Release Date:
03/15/2018
... via the brand’s foundation, looking mostly towards ways to support responsible mining and coral conservation. ...
Tribeca Film Institute Announces 2019 Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grantees
Release Date:
04/04/2019
... TFI executive director Amy Hobby. “Each project deeply impacted the jury with fresh points of view, sense of ...
Program Recap: Philanthropy New York Hosts its First Next Generation Retreat
Release Date:
10/30/2009
... Blanchard (a senior consultant at TCC Group ), who are themselves actively involved in their own families’ ... by another participant whose desire to work on “food justice ” entails shifting the paradigm of...
Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks
Release Date:
06/06/2014
... second National Soda Summit in Washington, D.C . , an event supported in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Rep. ... such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. The event was organized by the nonprofit Center...