What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/02/2022
... system. We must think critically about the programs we fund and the landscapes they operate in, even if they may be ...
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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Kris Putnam-Walkerly, global philanthropy advisor, writes "Funders, for the most part, want to do the right thing and operate with the best of intentions. But within those good intentions, funders too often suffer from what I call 'delusional...
Doris Duke, Ford, Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... launch of the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF). The multi-year national initiative is aimed at ... contributions of African-Americans by establishing a grant fund for the protection and...
Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board
Release Date:
11/18/2014
... in 2015 are: Sonya Campion, President, Campion Advocacy Fund Dan Cardinali, President, Communities in Schools Jim ...
The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients.
Release Date:
06/21/2022
... America. The Education Program supports institutions and projects that seek to provide broad access to knowledge, ...
Morgan Stanley Employees Have Contributed Over 56,000 Volunteer Hours in U.S. Strategy Challenge Since 2009
Release Date:
06/05/2015
The Morgan Stanley Challenges has benefited over 90 nonprofit organizations since its inception.
Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion
Release Date:
07/06/2015
Ford Foundation is one of the key backers of the expansion.
Simons Foundation Invites LOIs for Significant Mathematical, Theoretical Studies
Release Date:
08/24/2015
... them would constitute a major scientific milestone. Projects should have clearly defined initial activities and ...
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 ...
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...