Arcus Foundation Establishes Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
Release Date:
12/04/2015
... Jacob Pinney-Johnson, and Janai Travis – will serve in their fellowships through June 2016. They will receive ...
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Commonwealth Fund: Latest Scorecard on Health System Performance Shows More Improvement Than Decline Across States
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... The 2015 edition of the state scorecard—the first one in the series to reflect a full year of the Affordable Care ... insurance expansions—finds that the uninsured rate for working -age adults declined ...
Q & A with Anisa Kamadoli Costa, President of Tiffany & Co. Foundation, about Sustainability Initiatives and Goals
Release Date:
01/04/2016
... by partnering with NGOs, investors and our employees in setting goals and measuring performance to build alignment ...
Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/11/2016
... The late Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to this disease in just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute ... for which there has been practically no improvement in treatment outcome for years,"...
Guardian: Are Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States?
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States? Ultra-rich philanthropists and their ... and are setting the global health and agriculture agenda in developing countries, according to...
Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery
Release Date:
01/25/2016
... designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters. Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the partnership will support cities...
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... This is an historic year for The Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2016, we have reached our 35th year of grantmaking, and also our last. In recent updates, I’ve discussed our culminating grants ... promote and...
UJA-Federation of New York Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS
Release Date:
02/09/2016
... $40M From Bankrupt FEGS The biggest unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity ... by FEGS to a large federation-sponsored retirement plan in which FEGS participated. UJA-...
Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'
Release Date:
02/10/2016
Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing' As official ... budget deficit with less and less concern. The drop-off in measures of concern over the deficit come, ironically, as .....
JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All
Release Date:
02/12/2016
JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All Energy costs can ... Efficiency for All (EEFA) seeks to combat this adversity in 12 states with a combination of private and public funds...
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... Art History and Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, working in tandem with The Fralin, the Kluge-Ruhe, and the Mellon ...
UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'
Release Date:
02/18/2016
UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy' My grandfather, may his memory be ... to experience hunger from his teen years spent suffering in various...
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation) One afternoon in late January, prominent New York restaurateurs, including ... of a new book by Saru Jayaraman, an outspoken leader in the food labor movement. It was not...
Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers
Release Date:
03/04/2016
Wall Street has recently seen its share of young analysts leave their six-figure salary jobs to join the scrappier worlds of start-ups, nonprofits and even food trucks. A new program for young analysts to compete for donations to a charity of their...
Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art
Release Date:
03/07/2016
... begun by Mr. Rauschenberg 18 years before his death in 2008, has been a part of this system. But after ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center
Release Date:
03/09/2016
... led by Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, has been accomplishing in Camden. “Across the country, innovators are ... developing a professional home for those who are involved in this rapidly growing field, we hope to bring...
Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... Museum and on the 2004 Howard Dean Presidential Campaign in Washington State. As Director of Development at the ... between philanthropic partners and city agencies in need of programmatic funding. Her work...
How Mobile Games Can Help You Identify Your Next Great Employee (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... kids that video games would help them land the right job in the future. But the exponential growth of technology ... skills, abilities, and intelligence do not come through in traditional hiring processes...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs
Release Date:
04/19/2016
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as...
Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
... Day Recent years have seen a gradual but marked shift in philanthropy, from a traditional emphasis on program- or ... organizations to build their management infrastructure in addition to (and in...