Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... more donors allocating a greater portion of their wealth for charitable purposes,” said Vic De Luca, Noyes ...
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Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
07/15/2015
... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as senior program officer for arts and cultural heritage starting in October. Ms. ... Jacob’s Pillow, established in 1933 in Becket, Mass., for 17 years, during which time it...
PHI Granted $50,000 Award to Commemorate Retirement of President of John A. Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
07/15/2015
... H. Rieder, Ed.D., who as president led the Foundation for nearly 20 years until her retirement this spring. Dr. ... are doing to improve the lives of people who care for individuals who need home or...
Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant
Release Date:
07/16/2015
... and has put the White House on firm footing to push for a strong international climate accord in Paris at the end ... from coal to renewable energy, and is providing a model for other communities as they...
Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes
Release Date:
07/30/2015
Jane Forbes Clark, Chairman of the Baseball Hall of Fame, outlines some of the foundation's work in Cooperstown.
Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?
Release Date:
09/28/2015
... of giving surprisingly prevalent, the care and support for the communities where the travelers visited was especially important for millennials, families and affluent households. ... helps the traveling public...
Ellen Liu, Director of Women's Health, Ms. Foundation for Women, Selected as American Express NGen Fellow
Release Date:
10/27/2015
Ellen Liu, Director of Women's Health, Ms. Foundation for Women, Selected as American Express NGen Fellow ... Ellen Liu, Director of Women's Health, Ms. Foundation for Women Lindsay Louie, Program...
In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Release Date:
11/04/2015
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell Clark, died at his home in Woods Hole, MA on October 24, 2015 at the age of 93.
Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director
Release Date:
11/16/2015
Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel ... is delighted to announce the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) and the appointment of ... CCA...
Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings
Release Date:
12/09/2015
Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings Matt ... folks from abusive lenders who charge 400% a year interest for a “payday loan” or help them to budget better, much less save...
Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health
Release Date:
12/18/2015
... metaphor of the frontier has always served as a touchstone for American optimism. ReThink Health, an initiative of the ...
On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)
Release Date:
01/04/2016
... entities and received generous tax deductions in order for those monies to fund charitable work in the world. Yet ... of those funds is expended on charitable donations for the public good. The great majority...
JP Morgan Chase Institute Report: Understanding Income Volatility & the Role of the Online Platform Economy
Release Date:
02/19/2016
... Institute explores their level of income volatility and, for the first time, looks at the growing usage of online ...
Susan L. Solomon, Co-Founder of New York Stem Cell Foundation, is on a Quest
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... Susan L. Solomon to leave a career in law and business for medicine. Ms. Solomon, 64, co-founded the New York ... research institute has gained more notice lately for its breakthroughs in stem-cell research,...
Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities
Release Date:
03/08/2016
... Bureau, we'll have to wait until the 150th observance for the wage gap between men and women to close. The women ... on this day in 1857 and again in 1908 demanding safer working conditions, a ten-hour...
Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... a bloodthirsty mob and other dangers; the only doctor for half a million people in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains; a Pakistani advocate for indentured laborers who helps extricate them from debt; ... Armenian genocide...
Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club
Release Date:
03/30/2016
... announced that all of its 800 employees are eligible for six-months parental leave, half of it full pay, three ... professional accomplishment” — one rooted in gratitude for her own experience enjoying four-...
Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas
Release Date:
05/06/2016
Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas The push for an increase in ... power of low-income families and advocacy organizations...
Ford Foundation Is A Sponsor of New Exhibits at the Muhammad Ali Center
Release Date:
06/22/2016
... death earlier this month. “The project’s been ongoing for months,” Donald Lassere, president and CEO of the Ali ...
Brad Tito Joins Westchester Community Foundation Board Of Advisors
Release Date:
11/08/2016
... to its Board of Advisors. The Board provides leadership for carrying out the Foundation’s mission to promote ...