Goldman Sachs Brings 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative to Detroit
Release Date:
12/01/2013
... in downtown Detroit, and the Detroit Development Fund , which will direct its lending to small businesses ...
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Christine Rhee Joins the Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
12/11/2013
Christine Rhee has joined the Wallace Foundation as Program Officer for the Arts.
Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times
Release Date:
10/17/2013
... the addition of Vali Nasr , a Rockefeller Brothers Fund trustee, to its roster of opinion contributors. Dr. Nasr ...
Philanthropy New York Names Kathryn O’Neal-Dunham Chief Operations Officer
Release Date:
01/31/2014
... she first served as the Director of the Targeted Impact Fund , and later as the Vice President of Community ... Investment. O’Neal-Dunham created the Targeted Impact Fund , oversaw a $43 million budget,...
The ASPCA and Urban Resource Institute have announced their partnership in support of URIPALS
Release Date:
03/12/2014
... with their pets. The ASPCA provided URI a $75,000 grant to fund a position that ensures both clients and pets residing ...
The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform
Release Date:
03/18/2014
Wallace Foundation funds study of whether and how community institutions can work together on education reform.
08
May
2014
Community Food Funders Annual Gathering
Thursday, May 8, 2014 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
... Lopate and Tracie McMillan. Presented by North Star Fund Community Food Funders Speakers Leonard Lopate , Host, ...
The Post-Bloomberg Plunge
Release Date:
04/10/2014
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron.
How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
For funders bailing out Detroit, does the funding commit them to a long-term engagement or is it a one-time rescue mission? Ford Foundation discussed in The Atlantic.
The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/12/2014
... a 40-year-old former Enron natural-gas trader and hedge- fund founder who, with his wife, ranked third on the 2013 ...
Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site
Release Date:
05/16/2014
The Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and the Autism Science Foundation today announced the launch of the Autism BrainNet registration site, It Takes Brains ( www.takesbrains.org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of academic sites funded...
The Value of Rigorous Evaluation
Release Date:
06/02/2014
[Edna McConnell Clark Foundation] Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and evaluate the impact of programs, how can funders and nonprofits be confident that they are making a real difference in people’s lives?
Group of 11 Leading Philanthropies Announce Steps to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Release Date:
06/05/2014
[The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations] Eleven of the nation’s leading philanthropies have announced a bold plan of action to maximize the potential of the...
More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation
Release Date:
06/10/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Simon Greer, who was hired to give the Nathan Cummings Foundation a more prominent profile, "was apparently fired just as he began to put in place a radical overhaul."
Scholars Selected for African Diaspora Program
Release Date:
06/25/2014
A group of 33 African Diaspora scholars have been selected to collaborate with higher education institutions in Africa on curriculum co-development, research, graduate teaching, training and mentoring activities, as part of a fellowship funded by...
10
Jul
2014
Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
Thursday, July 10, 2014 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
... most heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy, North Star Fund published: " From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists ... with any questions. In Collaboration with North Star Fund The Rockefeller Foundation The...
19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices
Release Date:
06/25/2014
... Consumers With Health Care Choices A Commonwealth Fund analysis finds that 19 states may be in violation of ...
Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries
Release Date:
07/05/2014
... the United States toward to the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries. ...
Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA
Release Date:
07/10/2014
... to obtain needed care, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey. At the close of ACA's first open .....
City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"
Release Date:
07/13/2014
... 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund , to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available in ...