Michelle Knapik to Depart Surdna Foundation; Named Tremaine Foundation’s President
Release Date:
04/02/2014
... Surdna community is thrilled for Michelle. She has had an extraordinary three–year tenure at Surdna,” said ...
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NoVo Announces Pamela Shifman as New Executive Director
Release Date:
04/25/2014
NoVo Foundation announced Pamela Shifman has stepped into the role of Executive Director. For the past six years, Shifman has led the Foundation’s Initiatives for Girls and Women.
Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project
Release Date:
07/09/2014
A $5 million challenge grant from The Open Society Foundations will help the Innocence Project's efforts to establish a $20 million reserve fund.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer
Release Date:
10/29/2014
Tina Beyers joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as new Chief Financial Officer.
Two Views on the Failure of Policing
Release Date:
07/16/2015
... a cop in Ferguson, or Walter Scott was shot in the back by an officer in North Charleston, or Freddie Gray slipped into ... Alice Goffman’s On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City is a work of sociology...
Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/04/2015
... a new practice area, titled "Good Food." According to an emailed notice, it is the first large-scale food system ... The practice goal is to support those who are working to transform food system to...
Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough
Release Date:
12/17/2015
... argued, as many still do, that inequality on this scale is an unavoidable condition of the free-market system — and ... the market system itself. During the 20th century, an entire field of institutional...
Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... mortality rates and rising rates of opioid addiction among working -class Americans. It's part frustration, part anger, ... fostering equitable economic development, and working to improve job quality and...
NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... apply for legal protection.” The Trust has been working on immigration issues since 1987, when it created the ...
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Mission Investing: Resources and Advice for Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, July 13, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
While mission investing is a trend that’s sweeping the field, families may face a variety of unexpected challenges when implementing a mission (or impact) investment strategy. This webinar will highlight family philanthropists sharing insights on...
UJA-Federation of New York's CEO Writes Letter About AHCA to NY's Congressional Delegation
Release Date:
03/24/2017
We have grave concerns about the potentially disastrous impact of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) on hundreds of thousands of low income New Yorkers and the organizations that serve them.
Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society
Release Date:
07/03/2017
... that is based in the United States. In her early career as an activist and fundraiser, Nicky’s work focused on ... and supportive housing. She is well-known to many as an inspiring and creative leader, a...
New Milbank-Supported Report: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization
Release Date:
07/11/2017
... “The PCPCC evidence report helps everyone learn what is working and what adjustments to make in their efforts to transform primary care. We hope it assists everyone working to strengthen the primary care...
Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications
Release Date:
08/23/2017
... Catalyst Program Seeking Applications For those working in the early childhood development sector, the Burke ...
Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth
Release Date:
11/07/2017
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a compound essential to the formation of life on earth.
NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... Since then, every two years, Move to End Violence has an open call for innovative leaders who are bringing ... intentionally emphasized the leadership of those from and working within marginalized communities...
New Report Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies Details Macro-Economic Benefits of Reducing Road Traffic Crashes
Release Date:
01/10/2018
... 34 per 100,000 in the five countries studied compared to an average of 8 deaths per 100,000 for the 35 member ... death and long-term disability from crashes affect prime working age people between 15 and 64...
NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Partnership for Freedom today announced the three winners of its Pathways to Freedom challenge. Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis were selected to participate in a first-of-its-kind anti-trafficking challenge to develop citywide approaches to...
Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors
Release Date:
02/22/2018
... at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination ...
Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund
Release Date:
04/06/2018
... collections or multimedia projects. Fellows will receive an honorarium of $10,000 and may request up to $5,000 in ...