The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... of five (unseen to you) experts who will screen the projects sending finalists to the board who will make a ...
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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology
Release Date:
06/07/2016
... and Technology Today Film Independent announced the 10 projects selected for the 14th annual Fast Track film finance ... is designed to help producer-director teams propel their projects forward through...
Marist College, Rockefeller Archive Center Partner on Open-Source Technologies for Digital Archival Processes
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Marist College and the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) have partnered to develop and implement a sustainable and robust platform capable of supporting the complex archival management of digitized and born-digital records.
Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Release Date:
06/12/2017
Under what conditions can nuclear waste management be both commercially viable and conducted in accordance with strict safety, security, and nonproliferation standards? What are the domestic and international implications of nuclear waste management...
2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
... innovation project at their home institution. Their projects deal with important themes spanning quality ...
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... It's increasingly employed by critics of green building projects that are expensive or seen as overly-formulaic. The .....
Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... on George Orwell’s classic The Road to Wigan Pier. It projects that, if current household wealth trends (as have ...
Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... pairs graduate students with “clients” for research projects . Ms. Brennan’s office soon began to coordinate an ...
Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Many nonprofits embrace online giving because it makes asking for gifts, processing payments, and thanking donors easier and less costly. Some organizations are investing heavily in online fundraising platforms like Razoo or CauseVox, or improving...
Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... Adirondacks and Catskills for small, but critical public projects like straightening a dangerous curve in a road or ...
Three Questions With Darren Walker
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Ford Foundation president Darren Walker talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about what organizations like his can do to address inequality.
Watch A Behind-The-Scenes Video of the Clean Dream Act Rally From The Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
02/26/2018
Last December, Brooklyn Community Foundation Brooklyn Youth Fellows traveled to D.C. to rally for the Clean Dream Act. Fellows joined members from our Immigrant Rights Fund grantees Atlas:DIY and the New York Immigration Coalition to show support...
Watch Christine Quinn's PHIL Talk at our February Program on Homelessness
Release Date:
03/13/2018
Christine Quinn speaks to PNY members at the February program, Homelessness Innovations: Are Known Solutions Informing NYC’s Response to Youth Homelessness?
When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network
Release Date:
11/23/2015
... underprivileged backgrounds working on authentic research projects under the one-one-one guidance of professional ... high school students and put them to work on real research projects , while providing an...
NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’
Release Date:
03/06/2017
... A Manhattan philanthropy is raising $1 million to fund programs for New Yorkers under siege from President ... justice training, the benefactors behind the new Liberty Fund are taking a front-line position in...
Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Changing Americans’ access to healthy nutrition and replacing those food deserts with well-stocked stores starts at the local level, says Dr. Garth Graham, president of the nonprofit Aetna Foundation, which each year provides funding to local...
NYS Health Foundation Releases Assessment of the Region’s Population Health Investments
Release Date:
05/02/2017
A new NYSHealth-funded report analyzes the New York State Department of Health's current funding for total population health.
New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... of the battle to address it. From the recent prototype fund sponsored by the Knight and Rita Allen Foundations and the Democracy Fund , to the Gates, Ford, and Knight Foundations’ collaboration with Democracy...
Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... position in tech and its dedication to social change to fund startups with social impact at their core. Salesforce ... Tuesday that it's launching the Salesforce Impact Fund , a $50 million initiative to...
Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... experimental rating process aimed to hold large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range ... Capital Management’s CRA-Qualified Investment Fund became the first publicly-traded mutual fund...