Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer
Release Date:
08/19/2014
... departments and initiatives across a wide range of industries . Prior to his time at the ASPCA, Abrahams spent ...
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Rahsaan Harris Named President and CEO of Emma L. Bowen Foundation
Release Date:
12/16/2014
EPIP Executive Director, Rahsaan Harris, will join Emma L. Bowen Foundation in 2015.
The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey
Release Date:
06/13/2013
... lost in November — mostly in our leisure and hospitality industries . Nearly 1,400 vessels were either sunken or ...
Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking
Release Date:
05/16/2013
... regulations. In the past, inadequate oversight of energy industries has not gone well (see Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and ...
Capital One to Invest $150 Million to Help Close Digital Skills Gap
Release Date:
03/10/2015
Capital One has announced a five-year initiative aimed at helping low- to moderate-income Americans succeed in an increasingly digital economy.
Tiffany & Co. Names Anisa Kamadoli Costa Chief Sustainability Officer
Release Date:
04/10/2015
Costa will retain her position as chairman and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation.
Time Warner Foundation Announces the Retirement of Dan Osheyack
Release Date:
04/14/2015
Dan is currently the Vice President of Philanthropic Initiatives for the foundation.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business
Release Date:
04/23/2015
Older employees are often key to maintaining continuity, business relationships, and customer service.
Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant
Release Date:
07/16/2015
In 2009, the pollution from the 200 coal plants now slated for retirement caused 6,000 heart attacks, 60,000 asthma attacks and 3,600 deaths each year.
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Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -
1:15pm to 2:45pm
The opening webinar to the Global Climate Security series will examine the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based webinars to follow. This webinar will address climate risk and...
Tisch Illumination Fund Supports City Limits' Coverage of NYC Food Policy Issues
Release Date:
03/03/2016
City Limits, a non-profit community journalism website, has launched CityPlate, a special section and series covering on food policy in New York City, to increase awareness among community and policymakers alike.
Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club
Release Date:
03/30/2016
Open Society Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small, giving 6-month paid paternal leaves for employees.
Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa
Release Date:
03/03/2017
Impact investing – a field that has seen much growth over the last decade, through a combination of strategic grant making and industry development – is steadily gaining attention and traction.
Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change
Release Date:
03/20/2017
Thanks to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign (which I have supported through my foundation), we have already achieved two-thirds of the emissions reductions envisioned by President Obama’s yet-to-be-implemented power plant regulations.
The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications
Release Date:
04/24/2017
... Committee, as Federal Affairs Manager for Goodwill Industries International in Rockville, MD, and was a Clinton ...
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems
Release Date:
05/17/2017
RBF made headlines a few years ago by announcing plans to divest from fossil fuels. What's the update on the fund’s divestment process and RBF’s mission-aligned investing?
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops
Release Date:
08/15/2017
... confer health benefits and are used in the food and drug industries . A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute ...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
Release Date:
09/06/2017
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will open for applications for its 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators on October 2. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year.
Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... booming biotech sector to apply its work to other industries , such as healthcare. There’s also a priority to ...
Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Two Google veterans have developed a convenience concept called Bodega that they’ve been testing in 30 San Francisco-area locations and now want to roll out to other markets, according to Fast Company. Bodega is a five-foot-wide pantry box filled...