Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Participants of 'Untraditional' Artist Residency Program
Release Date:
04/17/2013
... and artists will receive a combined total of $ 1 .475 million in grants for joint efforts to develop public ...
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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
05/15/2013
... The Open Society Foundations today announced an award of $ 1 .2 million to the 2013 cohort of Soros Justice Fellows. The ... grassroots organizers, policy advocates, and scholars. Working in 9 different states...
Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort
Release Date:
01/30/2014
Goldman Sachs and five other supporters will invest $18 million in a Massachusetts program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, the biggest "pay for success" project in the U.S., reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's philanthropic efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of...
Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s
Release Date:
05/17/2014
Cathy Schoe of Commonwealth Fund quoted in New York Times article on doctor's salaries.
11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color
Release Date:
05/30/2014
... color. In response, 11 of America’s leading foundations working together on a complementary private-sector initiative ...
Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash
Release Date:
06/20/2014
Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz and Chair Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the foundation's website to Dr. Richard Rockefeller, advisory trustee, who died in a plane crash on June 13.
Voices Of Brooklyn Communities Helping Refine Foundation's New Strategy
Release Date:
07/02/2014
Brooklyn Community Foundation, which already gets high marks for putting residents' voices at the forefront of its work, is taking that commitment to a new level.
Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"
Release Date:
07/22/2014
... of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. .....
Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors
Release Date:
08/13/2014
Two 2014 Fields Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and Subhash Khot, respectively.
Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees
Release Date:
08/14/2014
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has appealed a decision by a Florida court to award $24.6 million to three trustees who had administered the artist’s estate.
NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... goes to statewide associations and other organizations working on prevention.... NYCT, NoVo on Short List of ...
Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost
Release Date:
01/01/2015
... concern across the USA, where employer plans cover 60% of working -age Americans, or about 150 million people. Coverage ...
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 ...
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.