Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Agoura Hills, California, has announced fourteen third-quarter grants totaling $26 millio n.
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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
10/18/2017
George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations, one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to a single foundation.
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
American society is obsessed with a single route to success. We tell our children they must get high SAT scores, attend selective colleges, get bachelor’s degrees and get high paying jobs to have a successful life.
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
Release Date:
11/01/2017
Bard College plans to launch a “microcollege” at the Brooklyn Public Library and will be free for students, aiming to attract talented low-income applicants who haven’t sought degrees due to the pricetag or personal hardships
The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India
Release Date:
11/15/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation aims to connect these underserved citizens to sustainable energy sources through their Smart Power For Rural Development initiative.
While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Release Date:
11/16/2017
The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan that will guide the renovation of the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation
Release Date:
11/20/2017
Dana K. Bezerra will assume the role of President at Heron as of December 31, 2017, the Heron Foundation announced today.
Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/27/2017
The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...
JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35
Release Date:
11/30/2017
If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.
Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development
Release Date:
12/06/2017
The Surdna Foundation announced a new, $4.5 million investment in equitable community development led by community members. Surdna's catalytic contribution to the Amplify Fund will seed a multimillion-dollar pooled fund to put neighborhood...
Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Advocating for the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through a variety of channels is the goal of the grants in the winter Arcus Foundation portfolio. From working with transgender and intersex groups to faith leaders and regional...
UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History
Release Date:
01/31/2018
$35 million effort to create one-stop social service ‘hubs’ and digital food pantries.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement
Release Date:
02/05/2018
Picasso, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson all inside the lower level of Kykuit, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, a 3,400-acre site in Sleepy Hollow.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017
Release Date:
02/12/2018
... and environmental protection consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — with ...
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars
Release Date:
03/07/2018
The Rita Allen Foundation has named Helen Lai of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high...
Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care
Release Date:
03/16/2018
The quality of abortion care depends on where a woman lives, says one of most comprehensive reviews of research on safety and quality of abortion care in the U.S.
New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country
Release Date:
04/02/2018
As Albany lawmakers consider imposing costly new taxes and mandates on health insurance, a report from the New York State Health Foundation offers a timely reminder: The state’s premiums are already among the highest in the country, and rising fast.
BNY Mellon and Ashoka Launch Social Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
05/09/2018
Unlocking ¢hange: Innovations for Financial Wellbeing, Resilience and Freedom is a nation-wide competition to seek and support leading social entrepreneurs and innovators across the United States.
New York Community Trust Joins Redlich Horwitz Foundation and Tiger Foundation to Improve the Lives of Foster Children
Release Date:
05/29/2018
They will fund five agencies to work with ACS’ Home Away from Home initiative, designed to increase placement of children in foster care with family members and friends (known as kinship caregivers) and improve foster parent recruitment, training,...