Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
... research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk research. ...
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NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust
Release Date:
04/13/2016
The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows through on those goals to achieve results, a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Philamplify initiative...
Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It
Release Date:
06/14/2017
... of their annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple ...
Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement
Release Date:
10/27/2017
... library giving can be summarized in a single word: access. Funders including the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the John ...
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Apr
2018
Civil Conversations in Uncivil Times - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, April 19, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... for family foundations? What are the biggest mistakes that funders make when trying to provide a forum for these types ...
SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia
Release Date:
11/27/2017
... by nonprofit executives and boards, and the need for funders to support nonprofit overhead—its natural focus was ...
How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... critical electoral importance.' The fund has invested $ 1 million this year and will spend an additional $2 million .....
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2018
Tipping Points: Philanthropy's Role in Changing the Narrative of Power
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... The WomanHOOD Project Designed for All interested funders . Registration 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Check-in 9:00 AM - ... by which organizer you were invited. (no fee) Non-Member Funders : Please email register@...
Championing Colombia’s LGBTI Movement: Latest Report from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Release Date:
02/18/2021
... recommendations for researchers and international funders . Championing Colombia’s LGBTI Movement: Latest ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Neill Coleman as Vice President, Global Communications
Release Date:
07/02/2012
... and opportunities of globalization. I look forward to working with Neill to ensure that communications informs and ...
Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
08/22/2013
... entrenched issues facing the region, and I look forward to working with him.” Abramovay was nominated to become ...
Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking
Publication date:
09/2005
Whether it's introducing new ideas into your foundation or offering constructive feedback to a grantee, grantmakers can develop personal strategies to meet the "soft" challenges of grantmaking. Effective personal strategy helps practitioners use their understanding of self and role - as learner, analyst, bridge builder - to manage the tensions that come with the job. In this guide, contributors discuss the elements of personal strategy and how it helps grantmakers to leverage their strengths in service to their objectives. The guide also explores why some grantmakers are able to think and...
TD Charitable Foundation Awards $2.5 Million for Affordable Housing
Release Date:
12/11/2012
... annual Housing for Everyone competition to nonprofits working to provide transitional housing and homeless shelters ...
Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms
Release Date:
02/15/2013
Mr. Bagwell, a director and producer of some of the most influential documentaries about the civil rights movement and the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Greek Organizations
Release Date:
02/05/2013
The organizations are working to ease the effects of the ongoing socioeconomic ...
The Met and Crystal Bridges to Share a Trumbull Portrait
Release Date:
03/14/2013
A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, the celebrated Revolutionary War-era painter, has been given by its owner, Credit Suisse, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas in a 50-50...
CECP Announces 2013 Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy
Release Date:
02/26/2013
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy awarded its Chairman's Award to IBM for the Smarter Cities Challenge, a three-year, $50 million competitive grant program to make cities around the world smarter and more livable.
Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This initial commitment to support district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point.
New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief
Release Date:
08/07/2013
... and individuals committed to supporting local nonprofits working in communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. The New ...
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passes Legislature
Release Date:
09/12/2013
Bend the Arc was among the organizations mobilizing support in California on behalf of legislation requiring overtime pay for domestic employees, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.