What Is Effective Philanthropy?
Release Date:
06/05/2019
... Siegel Family Endowment Siegel Family Foundation shares a belief with a number of other foundations that our grants need to serve two key functions in order to be impactful. On a...
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Community-based Wildlife Carcass Surveillance Is Key for Early Detection of Ebola Virus, Study Supported By Arcus Foundation Finds
Release Date:
08/28/2019
... Finds Human Ebola epidemics, like the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are known to start from a contact with wildlife infected with Ebola virus. In the early 2000s...
COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/21/2020
... Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits Melville, NY April ... The COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund in...
The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners
Release Date:
06/22/2020
The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners The Ford ... last week that it would roughly double its grantmaking in each of the next two years. This is terrific as...
Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis
Release Date:
01/14/2021
Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of ... As the inimitable, incisive Isabel Wilkerson Tweeted in real time, “we have seen caste in action.” I, too, cannot see...
Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund
Release Date:
03/25/2021
... that it’s providing US$15 million to help launch a philanthropic organization led by Black feminists whose ... Feminist Fund started as a kitchen-table conversation in 2013 that co-founder...
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“They're Coming For our Kids”: How the Right's Attacks on Trans & Gender Expansive Youth Erode our Democracy and Threaten Us All - A Webinar Hosted by Groundswell Fund
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12:00pm to 1:00pm
... who has extended an invitation to PNY members. This year, a historic number of bills attacking the rights of trans ... Focused on barring trans youth from participating in sports teams, using bathrooms, and...
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Support for Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons
Release Date:
07/27/2021
... for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons In what may be a historic first for a national foundation, the William T. ... enslaved persons. The project, “Making Black Reparations...
Weinberg Foundation grants emergency funding in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Release Date:
03/02/2022
Weinberg Foundation grants emergency funding in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine In response to the growing humanitarian crisis created by ... The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has announced...
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes first Chief Impact Officer and Director of Racial Justice, Kristi Cunningham Whitfield
Release Date:
09/20/2023
... first Chief Impact Officer and Director of Racial Justice. In this role, Kristi will help guide and measure our ... effort to leverage all the foundation’s assets in ways that advance impact toward racial,...
Is Your Grantmaking Supporting Systems Change? Introducing the Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark
Release Date:
01/30/2026
... and lasting impact. At the same time, nonprofits operate in an increasingly volatile environment, competing for a limited pool of philanthropic dollars. These conditions can ... Grantmaking Benchmark is more...
The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients.
Release Date:
06/21/2022
The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients. The Board of Directors approved ... Biomedical Science to eight researchers, at participating New York institutions, who show...
Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives
Release Date:
11/03/2016
... Digital Preservation Coalition announced the formation of a Task Force on Technical Approaches for Email Archives. The ... at Urbana-Champaign, and Kate Murray, IT specialist in the Technology Policy...
At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... what do they all mean? Consumers around the world navigate a range of date labels on food products, and the resulting ... confusion costs families up to $29 billion annually in the United Statesalone. The...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project Supports Williamsburg Bray School project
Release Date:
02/19/2022
... School project The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $5-million grant supporting the Williamsburg Bray School ... is believed to be the only remaining Colonial-era building in the country that was...
Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... Corporation are among the global corporations achieving an A rating for their efforts to improve water security. This ... water information collected on behalf of investors. In a year when...
Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller
Release Date:
12/14/2015
... Harvard University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and a range of other partner organizations are launching the Planetary Health Alliance, a new effort to dramatically improve our...
Produce Buyers & Sellers Support Food Safety Research Campaign (Target Corp.)
Release Date:
02/04/2016
... reports that it has now received funding commitments from ( in alphabetical order) Giant Eagle, Inc., Markon Cooperative, Inc., and Target Corporation. New campaign contributors from the production side are (...
Urban Land Institute to Partner with 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation to Help Improve Resilience of Urban Areas Globally
Release Date:
06/15/2017
... Globally The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced a partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the ... (100RC), becoming a part of their Platform of Partners. In this capacity,...
Deutsche Bank, Ford, Rauch, Booth Ferris and Nellie Mae Foundations Support Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College
Release Date:
08/08/2018
... Education Summer Institute at Teachers College New York-area and national foundations have supported the ... Summer Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, a four-day professional development...