Carnegie Corporation Trustee Louise Richardson Named Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Release Date:
05/29/2015
... for higher education. I am very much looking forward to working with talented, experienced, and dedicated colleagues ...
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New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change
Release Date:
05/29/2015
The foundation is working with Community Action for Safe Apartments to provide safe, affordable housing.
Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds
Release Date:
06/29/2015
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation has launched a campaign that will push for Donor Advised Funds to be disbursed in a more timely fashion.
Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
07/15/2015
Ms. Baff is currently the executive and artistic director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant
Release Date:
07/16/2015
In 2009, the pollution from the 200 coal plants now slated for retirement caused 6,000 heart attacks, 60,000 asthma attacks and 3,600 deaths each year.
Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes
Release Date:
07/30/2015
Jane Forbes Clark, Chairman of the Baseball Hall of Fame, outlines some of the foundation's work in Cooperstown.
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2015
Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches
Thursday, October 29, 2015 -
8:15am to 10:30am
Join us for a highly interactive session organized by the Young Leaders Breakfast Club! Come and participate in a discussion and exchange on balancing the strategic options to inform your decision-making within the philanthropic sector.
Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?
Release Date:
09/28/2015
Tourism Cares has released 'Good Travels,' the first study of the philanthropic habits of American travelers, which was supported by American Express.
Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?
Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... also meet with formerly incarcerated men and women who are working to rehabilitate their lives. The discussion comes ...
Lawmakers Respond to Century Foundation's "Covert For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action
Release Date:
10/28/2015
Seven U.S. senators sent a letter to Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen urging them to take swift action against possibly fraudulent for-profit education companies.
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.
Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)
Release Date:
11/12/2015
At Communities In Schools, we went through a decade-long effort to emphasize quality over scale, writes Dan Cardinali, CIS president.
Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director
Release Date:
11/16/2015
The Simons Foundation announced the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the appointment of David Spergel as its director.
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.
On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)
Release Date:
01/04/2016
Philanthropic and investment leaders have come to recognize that grants and investments can have both financial returns and social impact - and that strategic alignment and integration with mission is important to maximize real change.
Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)
Release Date:
01/05/2016
Tisch Fund leaders write about an an innovative public-private partnership that brings agriculture, parks, farmers' markets and more to areas in need of good food, education and jobs.
What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality
Release Date:
01/05/2016
The urge to change the world has obstacles, but the grant-makers at the Ford Foundation are on a mission to conquer inequality.
Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy
Release Date:
01/12/2016
Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, writes about the U.S. Supreme Court's potential to weaken public sector labor unions.
Susan L. Solomon, Co-Founder of New York Stem Cell Foundation, is on a Quest
Release Date:
02/23/2016
The Wall Street Journal profiles the co-founder of the New York Stem Cell Foundation, highlighting her search for a cure for diabetes.