African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'
Release Date:
04/22/2013
... African continent; the Tony Elumelu, MasterCard, Equity Group and Rockefeller foundations have pledged financial ...
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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran
Release Date:
06/18/2014
Few peace and security groups are better positioned to help reduce tensions between Iran and the U.S. than the Ploughshares Fund, which has been investing heavily this year in work with hefty support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Longtime Carnegie Associate Awarded Top Mathematics Medal
Release Date:
08/14/2014
... over the past 50 years, chairs the Science Initiative Group (SIG), an international team of scientific leaders and ...
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
Release Date:
11/20/2014
... a network on nonprofits and advocacy groups have been working overtime to keep immigration reform on the political ...
NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science
Release Date:
03/06/2015
... career ladder compared to those of men. The 2015 IWISE Working Group Meeting was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/23/2015
... 28-member Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group hopes to “ensure that women not just enter science, ...
'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/05/2015
... Pays Off for Nonprofits The first investment by a group of New York Foundations that decided to pool their ...
Carnegie Launches Great Immigrants: The Pride of America
Release Date:
07/02/2015
... every July 4th. Join us by exploring an inspiring group of well known naturalized citizens from all walks of ... read the latest news from our grantees and other partners working to foster citizenship and...
Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'
Release Date:
12/02/2015
Russian authorities have barred the pro-democracy charity network founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros from the country, saying its work undermined state security, Reuters and CNBC report.
Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier
Release Date:
04/06/2016
... A major public-health organization and a local government group are teaming up with Aetna to pursue a lofty goal: a ... (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) are working with Aetna’s...
Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley
Release Date:
08/03/2016
... to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley The non-profit group Scenic Hudson has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from ...
Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
... report containing recommendations from the university’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation (SMR), which was ...
Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017'
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... at Bloomberg Philanthropies, where he oversees a group of programs dedicated to helping city leaders around ...
Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation has been implementing The Whitman Institute’s Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and receiving great reviews.
Sustainable Business Model Innovation
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group shows that nearly 50% of companies have changed their ...
The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent ...
Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... thorniest policy issues in the food system. The diverse group came from 12 states, one U.S. territory and Washington, ...
The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern
Release Date:
09/26/2017
As the police have gotten more aggressive about collecting genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it.
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... program. The press was the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to publish and peer review ...
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... force and stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city’s overall response to individuals ...