Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Investing: Not Just For Billionaires Foundations just make grants , correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of ...
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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
07/03/2014
Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses.
Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars
Release Date:
11/03/2014
... assets includes plans for larger-than-normal grants and individual fellowships, it also involves sharing ...
Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools
Release Date:
12/05/2014
... examining applicants now for the Verizon Innovate Learning Grants that will go to underserved public schools, those with ... numbers of students who receive free or reduced lunch. The grants , totaling $1.6...
All Investing is Impact Investing
Release Date:
01/12/2015
... committed funds are traditionally divided into two silos: grants for social impact and investments for financial growth. Grants to nonprofits are designed to maximize social impact ...
NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science
Release Date:
03/06/2015
... are invited to speak at conferences, the percentage of grants awarded to women scientists, and the higher rates of ...
Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/27/2015
... Fields The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced grants totaling nearly $3 million to the Massachusetts ... and seminars, and professional development. While the grants from the foundation will fund...
Citi Foundation, America's Promise Alliance Launch $3 Million Fund
Release Date:
04/27/2015
... across sectors. To that end, the fund will award grants of up to $250,000 in support of local nonprofit ...
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore
Release Date:
05/11/2015
... The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has announced grants to thirty-one Baltimore nonprofits as part of a joint ...
New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness
Release Date:
05/27/2015
The New York Community Foundation was one of five groups nationwide to receive an Impact Award from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. The group was honored for taking risks by issuing grants to support community engagement and help...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... America Charitable Foundation today announced $352,500 in grants to 29 nonprofits focused on providing workforce ... and education opportunities in Baltimore. These grants are part of the bank’s broader...
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... Better Bike Share Partnership awarded nearly $375,000 in grants to bike share programs across the country. The Better ... of bike share in underserved communities. This round of grants is the first in $900,000...
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... when Congress rendered prisoners ineligible for federal grants . But in recent years, Doris Buffett’s Sunshine Lady ... in Troy, Mich., and the Andrew Mellon Foundation awarded grants for such programs,...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids
Release Date:
08/21/2015
One in every five American children and adolescents are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders.
David Berg Foundation Underwrites Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum
Release Date:
09/02/2015
Since its inception in 2006, the Free Saturdays program has brought over 328,000 visitors to the Museum.
American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs
Release Date:
10/05/2015
... years with an eye toward long-term sustainability. The grants are awarded at a time of heightened awareness of ...
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...
New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... to an Oct. 5 release detailing the group’s 84 total grants given to various nonprofits. Over $443,000 was ...
Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... and historians, document roughly $8 billion in Atlantic grants over three decades – support that has transformed ...
Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation
Release Date:
03/25/2016
The Guggenheim Museum’s conservation department has received a $3 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its conservation efforts. The grant will endow a position of deputy director and chief conservator and a new...