The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... can stop investing in corporate or business actions that are harmful. North Star funded many activist groups who ...
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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
Release Date:
03/15/2014
... human brain. Along the way, he invoked the government’s leading role in a history of scientific glories, from putting ... for scientific research…. Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science...
Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... the American Bible Society. This work continues to be a leading national program at the American Bible Society…. ...
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley
Release Date:
04/16/2014
... by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical ... which attract large groups of visiting scholars; there are currently more than 100 long-term...
Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting
Release Date:
08/28/2014
... at improving the lives of young minority members, invited " leading thinkers" to a meeting at its offices in NYC earlier .....
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... leadership the foundation provided funding to many of the leading social service programs and cultural institutions in ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site
Release Date:
09/01/2014
... guru for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is leading the organization, which is backed with initial grants ...
Carnegie and MasterCard Foundation Headline African Higher Education Summit
Release Date:
10/06/2014
Carnegie Corporation and MasterCard Foundation join other philanthropies to improve higher education in Africa.
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
Release Date:
11/20/2014
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate President Obama ... toward immigration, and the role they have played leading up to what is sure to be a landmark announcement from the Obama administration...
Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Stem Cell Research
Release Date:
12/18/2014
Stem cells could be key to treating vision problems related to a scarred cornea.
NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program
Release Date:
03/12/2015
... Excellence Awards program kicks off today. Applications are available now at http://npexcellence.fcny.org and are due on May 1, 2015; application clinics, which help ... through the process, will begin later...
Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising
Release Date:
03/20/2015
... Political Media Watch finds that during evening newscasts leading up to the 2014 midterm elections the airtime given to ...
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science
Release Date:
04/22/2015
... money” on politics and the history of immigration reform are among the first recipients of the Andrew Carnegie ... supports a year or two of full-time research and writing leading to the publication of a book...
Citi Foundation and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative
Release Date:
05/20/2015
... New Orleans, and Seattle will receive support to adopt leading practices in community engagement through the City ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities
Release Date:
06/30/2015
... of Bank of America. “Our philanthropic investments are one way that we’re working to connect individuals in ...
Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women
Release Date:
07/01/2015
Patricia Harris and Judith Rodin were listed at 32 and 46, respectively.
The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... courses in orchestral and curatorial studies, leading to a Master of Music degree. Funding from the Mellon ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... their grantmaking so they have more impact. They both are founding presidents of their groups, the Center for ...
Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools
Release Date:
12/03/2015
... “I am confident that Sarah will do a great job leading the Fund for Public Schools on an interim basis. At ...
Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.
Release Date:
01/26/2016
... And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co. Leading sustainability for a global brand is not only ... For most companies, these demanding leadership roles are held by separate people, but at Tiffany...