Financing the Social Sector
Release Date:
09/15/2014
The American Express Corporate social Responsibility Blog explores the top 10 things foundations and corporations should do when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco
Release Date:
03/19/2015
... Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have set up a $4 million fund to help poor countries resist pressure from big tobacco ... sales in mature economies by expanding elsewhere. The fund , to be backed by Bloomberg...
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
Julie Sandorf takes de Blasio to task in a NY Daily News editorial for reducing library funding in his preliminary operating budget.
Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool
Release Date:
04/30/2015
The report was released by the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University.
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
“These grants allow cities, systems, and non-profit partners to test interventions and help us develop best practices for encouraging more people to use bike share."
What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond
Release Date:
08/10/2015
Goldman Sachs lent $7.2 million to New York City and Bloomberg Philanthropies guaranteed $6 million.
Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List
Release Date:
01/08/2016
Restrictions against the Ford Foundation placed by the Indian Government are being lifted after the foundation registered itself under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA.)
Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance
Release Date:
03/30/2016
According to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new report by TCF senior fellow Andrew Stettner, our current unemployment insurance system is facing a funding crisis that has made the safety net weaker than any time in its history.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Release Date:
07/22/2016
The program provides funding to physician-scientists who are one to five years into their first faculty appointment to support their transitions to independent research careers.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter
Release Date:
08/08/2016
... infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund , (BLMF) a pooled donor fund designed to support the work of the Movement for Black ...
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries
Release Date:
10/20/2016
GivePower Foundation, a non-profit organization that uses solar energy technologies to deliver essential community services to the developing world, was awarded a second $500,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions
Release Date:
10/31/2016
Opportunity Finance Network, Goldman Sachs, and the Surdna Foundation will award four CDFIs, including Accion and CSBDF, with the 2016 Small Business Leader Award for Mission-Driven Lenders.
Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion
Release Date:
12/13/2016
Investing heavyweights are moving their assets and funds out of fossil fuels at a record pace.
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Extends Scholarships for Women Exploring International Relations
Release Date:
02/16/2017
... will receive $11,000 in scholarship funding and $3,500 to fund summer internships in New York City-based global ...
Rauch Foundation Hosts 2017 Imagine Awards to Celebrate 'A Community Where Everyone Belongs'
Release Date:
03/06/2017
The Rauch Foundation, along with German American Bank, hosted the 2017 Imagine Awards Saturday, celebrating those in the community who work to build “A Community Where Everyone Belongs.”
Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup
Release Date:
08/01/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation is helping to finance a startup hoping to build exchange-traded funds for nonprofit organizations and direct the profits back to their causes.
Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... Cerebral Palsy Alliance will use the $100,000 Award to fund its 'Remarkable Accelerator Program', which provides .....
Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... & Programs More than a year-and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing officially began soliciting donors, ... Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, the founding president of the Fund for Public Housing, said the...