18
Mar
2016
The Global Goals in New York City
Friday, March 18, 2016 -
9:00am to 2:00pm
... what they are and how they were formed), how New York initiatives like #OneNYC and local needs assessments support ...
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TCC Group Unveils a New Foundation Core-Capacity Assessment Tool
Release Date:
03/14/2016
TCC Group launched a new tool, which is a free (for a limited time), online, statistically validated assessment measure that was developed to help foundations make sense of their institutional capacity strengths and challenges.
Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)
A new Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT), an online, statistically validated assessment measure was developed by TCC Group to help foundations make sense of their institutional capacity strengths and challenges.
UHF: A New Arena For Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care
Release Date:
03/25/2016
Antibiotic resistance related to the misuse and overuse of antibiotics has emerged as a growing public health concern, with at least 2 million people infected with resistant bacteria each year. That’s why United Hospital Fund (UHF) has launched the...
Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda
Release Date:
03/30/2016
Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation's Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the college, along with the Tow Foundation for its work on juvenile and...
Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
04/01/2016
Philanthropy News Digest interviews Pamela Shifman of the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South. Last week, it announced a $90 million commitment to...
Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds
Release Date:
04/18/2016
... , Lee Wasserman has spent much of his time spearheading initiatives to tackle clima te change . At the end of March, ...
Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Artstor President James Shulman will work with Earl Lewis and Mariët Westermann, president and vice president of the Foundation, respectively, on topics of strategic importance. Among his projects, Shulman will write about high-impact philanthropy,...
New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
07/11/2016
Susan Butler Plum is the founding director of the Skadden Foundation, which awards two-year grants to 28 public interest attorneys per year.
Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Major philanthropies like the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic investments—but they have been unusual.
Marlow Kee Named Chief Financial Officer at Simons Foundation
Release Date:
10/14/2016
... and will help develop strategies to support new research initiatives . “I’ve always worked for mission-based ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity
Release Date:
10/25/2016
In new collection of essays, scholars make the case for diversity as essential to higher education and society generally.
Build Trust With A Purpose Statement
Release Date:
12/05/2016
... to this pressure? The development of new social impact initiatives , the communication of a company’s commitment to ... to all of their stakeholders. However, programs and initiatives alone don’t necessarily...
Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million
Release Date:
12/09/2016
ArtPlace America, a public-private partnership that works to position arts and culture as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development, has announced grants totaling $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in...
18
Jan
2017
Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... Chase & Co. Maurice Jones, President and CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Ellen Seidman, ...
Overdeck and Simons Foundations Launch "Science Everywhere" to Inspire Math and Science Learning Beyond the Classroom
Release Date:
01/25/2017
Overdeck Family Foundation and the Simons Foundation today launched Science Everywhere, an initiative to catalyze math and science learning beyond school walls, in partnership with DonorsChoose.org.
Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues
Release Date:
02/15/2017
... While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion ...
Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation.
New Study Supported by Simons Foundation Finds Math and Science are Kids' Favorite Subjects, But Parents Value Reading and Writing Skills More
Release Date:
04/18/2017
Nationwide survey finds emphasizing real-life applications of science in particular could change parent perceptions and help kids learn.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare
Release Date:
04/28/2017
Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare...