Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater

Release Date:

01/29/2013

The gift includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first donation, a...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

The Met and Crystal Bridges to Share a Trumbull Portrait

Release Date:

03/14/2013

A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, the celebrated Revolutionary War-era painter, has been given by its owner, Credit Suisse, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas in a 50-50...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

CECP Announces 2013 Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy

Release Date:

02/26/2013

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy awarded its Chairman's Award to IBM for the Smarter Cities Challenge, a three-year, $50 million competitive grant program to make cities around the world smarter and more livable.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Audience

Corporate Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

Release Date:

08/03/2013

... million are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Related Organizations

William T. Grant Foundation

B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

Release Date:

11/28/2013

The New York Times examined the history and work of the Altman Foundation and spoke with its president, Jane B. O'Connell, who is the daughter and sister of the last two presidents of the store and the foundation.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Altman Foundation

Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/02/2013

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford Social Innovation Review how the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

Release Date:

12/11/2013

JPMorgan Chase's new $250 million initiative aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job markets, reports The New York Times.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Workforce Development

New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Release Date:

12/23/2013

A four-year grant from the New York Life Foundation will build the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Related Organizations

New York Life Foundation

Spending Down the Family Foundation

Release Date:

03/10/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors CEO Melissa Berman and Arabella Advisors Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down trend at family foundations.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Audience

Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Arabella Advisors

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Peggy Saika Named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree

Release Date:

04/15/2014

Peggy Saika, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy has been named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree for her commitment and work in social justice.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Social Justice

The F.B. Heron Foundation Welcomes New Team Members

Release Date:

04/15/2014

... in International Affairs. She brings 5 years of experience working as a research analyst at the investment consulting ... is currently an MBA student at Columbia University and working part-time with Heron as...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

F.B. Heron Foundation

Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

Release Date:

06/26/2014

... Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal, even if change is barely ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Surdna Foundation

Private Funding Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers

Release Date:

07/07/2014

Some of the most exciting research in medicine is taking place at the New York Stem Cell Foundation, and almost all its work is being paid for by private donors.