Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... communities. As a matter of practice, though, nonprofits working to alleviate a pernicious housing crisis need all the ...
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Lata Reddy Elevated to Chair of The Prudential Foundation
Release Date:
06/14/2017
... and sustainable growth. “Prudential was founded to serve working families. From our beginning, we have always believed ... broad reforms in labor and financial markets to help working people move from...
A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone
Release Date:
06/19/2017
The Pershing Square Foundation stands out by backing some truly innovative grantees—and it highlighted social innovators through two panels.
New York Life Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Award $750K in Grants to Middle School Out-of-School Time
Release Date:
06/21/2017
The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today announced $750,000 in grant awards to 18 middle school out-of-school time (OST) programs serving disadvantaged youth in communities across the nation.
A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... Health Organization and Vital Strategies, will be working with cities across the globe to tackle the different ...
Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News
Release Date:
06/28/2017
Combating fake news and bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was selected to receive a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund.
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...
In Memory of Former Century Foundation President Janice Nittoli
Release Date:
07/03/2017
The Century Foundation is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Janice Nittoli this morning.
To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead
Release Date:
07/05/2017
... and also chaired C40, a global network of large cities working against climate change. Most recently, Bloomberg ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View
Release Date:
07/06/2017
Study uses computer vision algorithm to study Google Street View images for signs of urban change.
Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
The Funders' Network is offering PLACES Fellowships, which are transformational leadership development experiences that gives professionals in philanthropy the tools, knowledge, and best practices needed to embed an equity lens into their work.
Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award
Release Date:
07/20/2017
One in four people in the world is unbanked, leaving them completely outside the system of formal financial services which can serve as bridge out of poverty. As a direct result of its Inclusive Finance efforts—led by Bob Annibale, global director...
Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... of the workforces are women. And the number of women working at tech companies is seriously low. Men make up 80 ...
Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders
Release Date:
07/25/2017
... rifles than shotguns. “The drugs we have now are not working for these brain disorders,” said Coba, senior ...
Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress
Release Date:
07/31/2017
I could not stop thinking about my initial discomfort. It nagged at me. What had caused this feeling of displacement? This was not my first time in an elite space. And I'm actually accustomed to feeling like I don’t fit in with those kinds of...
Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed
Release Date:
08/08/2017
As colleges and universities flock to take their academic programs online, many of them work with outside contractors to handle some or all of the course development, marketing and back-office management of the programs. A warning about the nature...
Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... processors, designers, and retailers. They are working together to reconceive “waste” that occurs at ...
Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/21/2017
The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy. But heirs Nat and Liz Simons are taking the family’s hedge fund fortune a different direction with some serious climate giving.
At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
As president of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy operations. The charitable grant-making arm of the internet search-engine giant gives about $100 million to charity each year; in...
Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
Release Date:
08/24/2017
To market to the base of pyramid, we need to stop thinking of selling as a dark art.