Warhol Foundation Comes Through Again for Texas Arts Orgs
Release Date:
07/11/2018
... with emergency funds after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, working with local organizations to give grants to museums, ...
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New Report Sponsored in Part by the Carnegie Corporation Identifies Steps to Secure Americans’ Votes
Release Date:
09/06/2018
To protect the integrity and security of U.S. elections, all local, state, and federal elections should be conducted using human-readable paper ballots by the 2020 presidential election, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences,...
Open Society Foundations to End Operations in Turkey
Release Date:
11/27/2018
Open Society Foundations is closing its offices in Turkey, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused OSF founder George Soros of attempting to destabilize the country, Reuters reports.
5 Questions with PND and David Egner, President/CEO, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Release Date:
11/28/2018
Philanthropy News Digest recently spoke with Egner about Ralph Wilson and his vision for the foundation and the two regions he loved and called home.
07
Jan
2019
Debriefing the 2018 Elections - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, January 7, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:15pm
With history-making results from the Midterm Elections, join us for an important discussion on the lessons learned from 2018 that can help inform our work moving into 2019. After victories on a range of ballot initiative campaigns including voting...
DDCF Creates Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship
Release Date:
03/12/2019
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the creation of the Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship, an inaugural program which will open for application in April 2019 to clinical investigators currently engaged in subspecialty...
Wealth Manager Maria Elena Lagomasino and Private Equity Leader Kevin Conway to Join Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees
Release Date:
03/09/2019
Two distinguished investment leaders have been named to Carnegie Corporation of New York's board of trustees: Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino, CEO & managing partner of the fiduciary firm WE Family Offices, and Kevin J. Conway, vice chairman of the...
12
Jun
2019
GDPR is Here, Are You Compliant?
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
A year after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), are you compliant with Europe’s most recent major privacy regulation? Join us for a presentation from experts in the area who have spent time counseling grantmakers on...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports UC San Diego to Study Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/11/2019
Dr. Pradipta Ghosh, Soumita Das, Larry Smarr and Jürgen Schulze will aim to improve surgical outcomes and therapeutics for Crohn’s disease patients through $4.7 million in new grants from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
03
Oct
2019
Funder Roundtable: Supporting a Culture of Consent in Our Grantee Organizations
Thursday, October 3, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
In the era of #MeToo, funders increasingly want to support their grantees to proactively create cultures of respect and consent in their organizations, and respond appropriately when allegations of sexual harassment arise within their grantee...
New York Life Foundation's Award-Winning Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative Surpasses Milestone
Release Date:
07/11/2019
he New York Life Foundation, the largest corporate sponsor of childhood bereavement support, today announced it has surpassed its goal of providing grief training and resources to 1,000 schools across the country through the Grief-Sensitive School...
12
Sep
2019
Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive
Thursday, September 12, 2019 -
5:30pm to 9:00pm
In partnership with Ford Foundation’s Just Films, we invite you to join us for the New York premiere and discussion of the Sundance award-winning film Always in Season .
The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis
Release Date:
09/05/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced $3.7 million in grants that will benefit four U.S. cities to help drive responsible private investment in Opportunity Zones.
21
Nov
2019
The Importance of Understanding Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice and Strategy
Thursday, November 21, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Implicit bias can also lead to subtle and powerful messages that we convey to grantees and others. Our microbehaviors, ways in which body and verbal language convey ideology about power and privilege, can be powerful tools in marginalizing or...
17
Oct
2019
2020 Election Series: Understanding Issue Advocacy through Interdisciplinary Approaches - Demystifying Canvassing, Organizing, and Ballot Initiatives - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, October 17, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
When looking at our issue advocacy funding strategies, how can we strengthen our understanding of evolving concepts like canvassing, movement organizing, and ballot initiatives that advance this work?
Seth Pinsky Named New Chief Executive of the 92nd Street Y
Release Date:
09/29/2019
The new leader, Seth Pinsky, advised the Bloomberg administration on economic development and currently works in real estate.
Teagle Foundation Forum Explores What Liberal Arts Can Offer Underrepresented Students
Release Date:
10/05/2019
At a recent forum marking the Teagle Foundation’s 75th anniversary, humanities faculty explored what their disciplines offer underrepresented students – and whether liberal arts schools are the institutions best serving them.
The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After Donna Dean Announces Retirement
Release Date:
10/16/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that Chief Investment Officer Donna Dean will retire from her position towards the end of this year.
Open Society Foundations Announce Young Feminist Leaders Fellows
Release Date:
10/28/2019
The Open Society Foundations announced today the 2019 cohort of the Young Feminist Leaders Fellows, a new initiative to support emerging feminist leaders between the ages of 22 and 30. The six fellows will receive grants to carry out projects that...
Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2019
While making decisions, rats’ brains replay their memories, a process called memory consolidation, researchers report.