The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World
Release Date:
11/17/2014
... system and contributes funds to scores of anti-war groups highly critical of U.S. foreign policy and military ...
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President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations
Release Date:
12/17/2014
... that dwarfs what advocates faced with the dreamers. Groups will have to reach far outside the cities, where many ...
Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films
Release Date:
01/22/2015
... on Gender Images in Films What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or heard? The result is a ...
NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science
Release Date:
03/06/2015
The Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group presented seven strategies to advance women in science, engineering and medicine.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/23/2015
Women account for half the college-educated American workforce but only 28 percent of science and engineering workers.
White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments
Release Date:
03/24/2015
... girls and boys — especially those from underrepresented groups — to excel in the STEM fields," according to a White .....
Congress Returns from Recess, Resumes Work on Tax Issues
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... for gifts made to section 501(c)(4), (c)(5), and (c)(6) groups . Congress Returns from Recess, Resumes Work on ...
Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls
Release Date:
04/14/2015
The Study looked at four key areas of development: building self-esteem, empowerment, fostering peer-to-peer relationships and cultivating deeper Jewish connections.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Among Those Pushing for Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure
Release Date:
04/24/2015
Sixty-two institutional investors have called for the SEC to push for better disclosure by oil and gas companies of critical climate change-related business risks.
ASPCA-Backed Program Uses Dogs to Help Teach NYC Students About Animal Welfare
Release Date:
06/01/2015
The program currently operates in Washington Heights and will expand to two summer camps this year.
'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/05/2015
SeaChange Capital Partners manages the New York Pooled PRI Fund, which includes investments from Altman, Heckscher and the Thompson Family Foundation.
Carnegie Launches Great Immigrants: The Pride of America
Release Date:
07/02/2015
The interactive website showcases well-known naturalized citizens who have made notable contributions to the progress of society.
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... New Push for College Education in Prison Philanthropy groups and lawmakers are giving college education for ...
Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism
Release Date:
08/03/2015
The foundation will address inequality by limiting rights to access and use of natural resources to generate wealth.
A New Lens for Disaster Recovery
Release Date:
09/16/2015
... they advance collective knowledge about how marginalized groups experience disaster and uniquely define recovery.... A ...
NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... more impact. They both are founding presidents of their groups , the Center for Effective Philanthropy and Grantmakers ...
New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The QueensWay gets greener even as the leaves on the trees growing along the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line turn orange and red.
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit
Only 30 percent of C-suite roles in the nonprofit sector were filled by internal promotion in the past two years—about half the rate of for-profits. Even more concerning, this low promotion rate did not vary by the size of the organization: larger organizations, which should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not doing so.
Luff to Leave Hess Corporation, CSR Operations to Move to Houston
Release Date:
11/24/2015
Paula Luff, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hess Corporation, is leaving Hess at the end of 2015.