Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
01/07/2015
... 84% of low-income adults have access to a mobile phone and 1 in 3 mobile phone owners have used their phone to look up ...
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Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy
Release Date:
11/08/2012
Philanthropy New York is working intensively with Regional Associations throughout the ...
State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage
Release Date:
02/05/2015
... ever before – which means more money stays with the hard- working men and women who earned it in the first place…” ...
NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day
Release Date:
03/09/2015
NoVo Uses International Women's Day to address gender inequality and sexual violence worldwide.
Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... or whether civilians were among those killed. Now, working with the Open Society Justice Initiative, researchers ...
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Program Announces 2015 Fellows
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... or their academic field, and were selected from a pool of 1 ,200 applicants. "I admire the Fellows' ambition, .....
Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children
Release Date:
04/24/2015
The foundation has announced a $1.5 million grant to the National Dance Institute.
Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/26/2015
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.
Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... the written word plus works of art and culture – from 1 ,600 institutions. “The Sloan and Knight foundations ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... were selected to take advantage of one year of free co- working space in BCF’s new headquarters at 1000 Dean ...
Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program
Release Date:
08/04/2015
The Fellows were selected based on demonstrated leadership skills, as well as commitment to social issues and community development.
'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color
Release Date:
09/02/2015
In recent years, there have been few new efforts aimed at improving the lives of girls and young women of color.
Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects
Release Date:
09/21/2015
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $200,000 in grants to Connecticut nonprofits as part of an ongoing philanthropic initiative.
The John A. Hartford Foundation Approves Three Grants Totaling More Than $3.28 Million
Release Date:
09/29/2015
The grantees are Community Catalyst, The SCAN Foundation and ReFraming Aging.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
... years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes ...
Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace
Release Date:
10/13/2015
Research into what issues women face in the workplace finds equal pay, harassment, career opportunities,children, and work-life balance remain as concerns.
NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Philanthropist Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation, says foundations sometimes try to solve the world's problems themselves rather than acting as facilitators of change.
Wallace Foundation Funds Research to Evaluate Public-Private Model in Buffalo Schools
Release Date:
11/03/2015
In its three years of offering college scholarships and other services to students in the Buffalo Public Schools, "Say Yes" has greatly expanded its reach and political influence in the city. Now, it will be evaluated to determine its success.
Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues
Release Date:
11/03/2015
‘Dying in America,’ by photographer/filmmaker Carolyn Jones, launches website with resources for patients, families ahead of feature film.
Podcast: A Conversation with Gates Foundation's Health Expert Anita Zaidi
Release Date:
11/05/2015
In a recent seminar, Anita Zaidi, MD, an internationally recognized pediatrician and director of the enteric and diarrheal diseases program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discussed the issues impacting maternal and child health.