Site Search

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

Release Date:

06/03/2013

The Ford Foundation has also announced the appointment of Cara Mertes as Director of its JustFilms program . ... times,” said Darren Walker, Vice President of Ford’s Education ,...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

New York Health Foundation

Beyond a Portal, to Real Patient Engagement

Release Date:

04/10/2017

... the author, David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation A few weeks ago, I read an article ... you across a range of measures: quality, cost, experience, education ,...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Administrative Contact Directions

Publication date:

08/2017

... the administrative contact for your organization: Log in to our site and go to “My Account” on the upper right ...

Find More By

Resource type

Sample Document/Template

Bloomberg Philanthropies Releases Report on Importance of Local Climate Actions in U.S.

Release Date:

03/08/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies Releases Report on Importance of Local Climate Actions in U.S. Ahead of the Climate Leadership Conference, ... Action,” with forewords by United States Secretary ...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

Release Date:

07/09/2014

... future as a leading criminal justice advocacy institution in the United States. The Innocence Project works with ... by the justice system. Since 1992, 317 people (18 of whom served time on death row) have...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough During this season of giving, I will join millions of Americans in volunteering to feed the homeless, contributing to ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Appointments & Transitions

Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

Release Date:

07/03/2017

Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society The Board and staff of ... FJS after ten years as the executive director of Mama Cash in the Netherlands,...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Foundation for a Just Society

NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

Release Date:

11/15/2017

NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence Today, the NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, has named 21 ... intentionally emphasized the leadership of...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

NoVo Foundation

Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

Release Date:

02/22/2018

... Against Cancerous Tumors Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can ... drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a...

Find More By

News type

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

Release Date:

04/13/2018

... operate, is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’s office, and says that its goal is to “partner ... he said, “systemic change happens” through shifts in public policy. That view has led SVCF to put...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

Release Date:

08/14/2018

Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride In 2016, the Ford Foundation set out on an experiment—give ... justice nonprofits, with all funds going to a combination of general operating support and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Grant to Critical Path Institute to Advance Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

Release Date:

09/06/2018

... Institute to Advance Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease In a continuing effort to spur advancements in treating and ... (C-Path) to lay the groundwork for forming a collaboration of multiple...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

UN Secretary-General Taps UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg to Lead Climate Finance Leadership Initiative

Release Date:

09/27/2018

... Lead Climate Finance Leadership Initiative During the week of the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York, United Nations Secretary-General António ... initiative that will support a global mobilization ...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Ford Foundation Takes Another Stand On Census

Release Date:

10/19/2018

... Stand Up for the Count , to explain the importance of the census data. The census is in trouble. Here’s why, and what you can do about it. The ... and advocates are leveraging resources and relationships,...

Find More By

News type

Video

Funding Area

Census 2020

Public Policy

Related Organizations

Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian The Board of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has voted ... will award $100,000 to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) for...

Find More By

News type

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy

Release Date:

11/01/2019

Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, ... space for new voter suppression efforts, organizations working on voting rights have faced unprecedented pressure. ... expanded support to...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Public Policy

Related Organizations

ASPCA Takes on The Right Horse Initiative to Increase Equine Adoption Efforts Nationwide

Release Date:

11/18/2019

... ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today announced that it is expanding ... increasing the number of successful horse adoptions in the United States and...

Find More By

News type