Site Search

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

Technology

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

09 Oct 2014

Mission and Impact Investing: Overcoming Resistance and Getting Started - Webinar

Thursday, October 9, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Family foundations and family offices are increasingly turning to mission (or impact) investing strategies as a key tool for aligning investments and operations with their mission and objectives. How can you engage your board in a thoughtful...

Find More By

Audience

Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

To Serve Racial Equity, What Are You Doing Less Of?

Release Date:

10/28/2020

... and Strategy. A few weeks back, I was running a workshop on tools to address institutional racism within our ... white supremacy: budgets and rest. The first frame focuses on how budgets are moral documents...

Find More By

News type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System

Release Date:

01/08/2021

... Inc., recently convened its inaugural summit on decriminalizing mental illness. During the three-day event in December 2020, Sozosei brought together more than ... academics, philanthropic leaders, and other...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Sozosei Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust adds Nevada to Rural Healthcare Program, grants more than $11.3M to hospitals for advanced equipment

Release Date:

11/02/2021

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has added Nevada as the eighth state in its Rural Healthcare Program

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Human Services

Related Organizations

Evelynn M. Hammonds Joins Arcus Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... has announced that Evelynn M. Hammonds, a renowned scholar on the history of scientific and sociopolitical concepts of ... concepts of race and sexuality; the history of disease and public health; gender in...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Arcus Foundation

Heather Nesle Joins New York Life as President of the New York Life Foundation

Release Date:

12/11/2013

... Mr. Boccio said, “Chris Park has had a remarkable impact on the company, launching the Foundation’s focus in support ... bereavement issues and expanding the national discussion on the issue. We wish her well...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

New York Life Foundation

Vision and Purpose for Long-Life Foundations

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... increased significantly. Proponents of setting time limits on foundations have been prolific in their writing and public speaking and have argued compellingly that spending ... core issue in philanthropy today...

Find More By

News type

President's Message

PNY News

Topic(s)

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Related Organizations

Leon Levy Foundation Names Robert F. Goldrich President

Release Date:

06/11/2015

... finance and economic development, in both the private and public sectors. He served six years in the Bloomberg ... Deputy mayor Robert K. Steel. He led the Mayor’s Office on economic development in the borough...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Community Development

Education

Related Organizations

Leon Levy Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... Smith Noyes Foundation. He will assume the presidency on February 1, 2016. Lopez-Rendon is the former Executive ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Related Organizations

Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

05/03/2017

... York University School of Medicine, and has a master of public health degree from Columbia University. The selection ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche Generating public concern about less widely known diseases—and ... Legatum Foundation, which, since 2006, has focused on the problem of neglected tropical diseases...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Related Organizations

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs

Release Date:

01/29/2018

... and related materials from U.S. naval vessels focusing on the period from 1861 to 1879. Project funding was awarded to the university by the Council on Library and Information Resources, which is supported by...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Revson Foundation Releases New Report by Tony Proscio, Out of Print – The Case for Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism in a Time of Market Upheaval

Release Date:

02/02/2018

... Philanthropy & Civil Society at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, explores the current ... landscape of local journalism, with a particular focus on the role that philanthropy could...

Find More By

News type

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Provided Critical Funding to Voting Block, a New Jersey Collaborative Reporting Effort

Release Date:

02/08/2018

... dialogue in New Jersey, amplify local priorities from the public for the next governor’s agenda and deepen engagement ... using our “Political Potluck” guide and reported on the gubernatorial election through...

Find More By

News type

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

Jessie Smith Noyes Report Finds Gaps, Opportunities in Impact Investment Field

Release Date:

06/26/2018

... align its endowment with its social justice mission. Based on thirty-four responses from impact investment advisors to ... while 44 percent had a dedicated impact team or expert on staff. The report also found...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Related Organizations

Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for its Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards

Release Date:

09/23/2021

... Time. Overview Microbes inhabit and sustain all habitats on Earth. In the oceans, microbes capture solar energy, ... theory. Investigators must be currently active in research on microbial ecology and/or...

Find More By

News type

RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Science

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... findings from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ project on "Theory of the Foundation." Melissa Berman, head of RPA, ... your operating model around that. For Heron, the focus on mission investing...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

The Wallace Foundation

TIAA-CREF

F.B. Heron Foundation

Episcopal Health Foundation

“El Negro Bembón”: Puerto Rico’s Invisibility Crisis Before and After Hurricane Maria

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... Family Fund and Andrus Family Philanthropy Program on October 27, 2017. I am yet again drawn to the musical ... singer Ismael Rivera and composer Cortijo as I reflect on a national crisis. While its melody is...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Andrus Family Fund

The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... average of 50 hours per week at work and another 44 hours on domestic duties; a single mother faces even tougher work demands, with 63 hours at work and 31 on domestic responsibilities . Given this reality, we...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area