Donor-Advised-Fund Tool Sends Gifts Directly to Charities
Release Date:
04/09/2013
... deduction, and help decide later which charities receive grants . Until now, donors have had to go through the fund to ...
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African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'
Release Date:
04/22/2013
The Global Philanthropy Forum has announced the formation of the African Philanthropy Forum to support the expansion of strategic philanthropy on the African continent; the Tony Elumelu, MasterCard, Equity Group and Rockefeller foundations have...
Sandy support from institutions underwhelms
Release Date:
10/25/2013
PNY's Michael Remaley and the North Star Fund's Hugh Hogan were quoted in a Crain's New York Business article on our research into institutional giving totals for Superstorm Sandy.
MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion
Release Date:
10/28/2013
... To help launch the campaign, the foundation announced grants to ACCION International, the Corporation for ...
$2.5 Million Fund to Bolster NYC Human Service Providers
Release Date:
12/11/2013
... also will be eligible to apply for Change Capital grants to help defray the cost of strategic investments ...
17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
... warming requires foundations to do more than merely make grants to charities that are focused on the problem…. 17 ...
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, technology, engineering and math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable...
Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens
Release Date:
03/13/2014
The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative.
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley
Release Date:
04/16/2014
The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, established in 2012 by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and its potential to shed light on a...
MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... in Secondary Education (PSIPSE) has issued $24 million in grants to 40 projects in seven countries: Kenya, Uganda, ...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... million in 2014 to its alternatives to coal program, with grants hovering in the mid-five figures. The foundation also ...
New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens
Release Date:
06/19/2014
A symposium that will explore the role of women in landscape design will be the first event at New York Botanical Garden's Humanities Institute, made possible by a $635,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Among the goals Teresa Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like."
Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students
Release Date:
07/17/2014
Two new high schools will open in 2015 in Prince George’s County, Md., as part of Carnegie Corporation of New York's Opportunity by Design initiative, an effort to assist immigrant students who often struggle to keep up academically with their peers.
Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward
Release Date:
07/17/2014
As part of his promise launch 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced a 50-member advisory board to help implement the plan.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort
Release Date:
07/17/2014
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.
Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals
Release Date:
12/18/2014
Surdna Foundation Program Director, Shawn Escoffery, explores government business incentives.
Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta
Release Date:
04/13/2015
In the Niger Delta, gender inequality is compounded by the competition for oil, which often leads to violence.
Inside the Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... the inequities of the second Gilded Age, with research grants going to scholars across the country who've looked at .....
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science
Release Date:
04/22/2015
... its first class of 32 fellows on Wednesday, will provide grants of up to $200,000 to each recipient. The award, to be ...