Site Search

Topic(s)

Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Related Organizations

U.S. Trust Finds that 86% of Wealthy Adults Prioritzie Giving

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... of 640 high-net-worth adults with at least $3 million in investable assets. It identified what wealthy Americans consider to be the most important ...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Bank of America Private Bank

Related Organizations

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

Release Date:

07/09/2015

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation, I participated in a roundtable on civil society with the President of the...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

Release Date:

10/30/2015

Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality On Wednesday Darren Walker, ... Chronicle readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is frustrated by what he describes as the “ahistorical nature” of ... Research on School Segregation...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Youth Crime Prevention Program

Release Date:

04/29/2016

... Program For Memphis Gun Down, the mission is more than what the name implies. It’s a misconception to think the ... primary focus is removing guns from the streets. In fact, Memphis Gun Down exists to prevent...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness

Release Date:

07/22/2016

... Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness What makes you a public servant? For the purposes of the ... Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), would allow borrowers who work in public service for incremental...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

SIFMA Foundation Game Simulates Global Capital Markets to Engage Students

Release Date:

07/26/2016

... Game Simulates Global Capital Markets to Engage Students What important lessons will you teach your child this summer? ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

SIFMA Foundation

Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts

Release Date:

08/03/2016

... July 27 without their producing requested documents. So what now? Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups ...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Family Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

New York Women's Foundation President Ana Oliveira Encourages Funders to Support Riskier Causes

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... under Ana Oliveira’s leadership, the grant-making of what is billed as the largest women’s fund in the country increased from $1.7 million to $6 million to help women and girls in poverty...

Find More By

News type

The New York Women's Foundation

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

Milbank Memorial Fund President Writes Op-Ed on Why Republican Health Reform Ideas Are Likely To Fail

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... Reform Ideas Are Likely To Fail Obamacare is squarely in the cross hairs of the incoming Trump administration and ... plan to repeal and replace the sweeping health care law. What comes next? They’ve assured...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Milbank Memorial Fund

CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001

Release Date:

03/07/2017

... Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001 While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison with other international donors, the Ford ... but...

Find More By

News type

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Writes Op-Ed: Climate Progress, With or Without Trump

Release Date:

03/31/2017

... But here’s the good news: It’s wrong. No matter what roadblocks the White House and Congress throw up, the ... and I’m confident, will — meet the commitment it made in Paris in 2015 to reduce...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg LP

Shared Parenting Improves Divorce Outcome For Kids

Release Date:

09/11/2017

Shared Parenting Improves Divorce Outcome For Kids What two factors vastly increase the likelihood of a healthy ...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Teach For America New York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year’s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... The national group recruits new teachers and places them in districts where there’s a shortage of qualified ... New York Nonprofit Media about this year’s corps and what ending the Deferred Action for...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Why the Trump Admin Opposed a UN Resolution On Killing Gay People

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Trump betraying the people he once vowed to protect. So what exactly happened at the United Nations? BuzzFeed reports ...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

LGBTQ

Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings

Release Date:

07/08/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings Just hours before five police officers were gunned down in the streets of Dallas, black foundation and nonprofit...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... A memorial to black lynching victims. The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in the state capital of Montgomery devoted to 4,075 blacks its research shows were killed by...

Find More By

News type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala

Release Date:

05/12/2017

... marked 25 years of fighting to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, ... philanthropy figures who have led the charge for education justice . Among them was noted civil...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

Release Date:

06/05/2017

Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In -Depth International Reporting Foreign news bureaus once ... have closed, leaving emerging journalists on their own in a more dangerous world. Enter...

Find More By

News type

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

Related Organizations