Site Search

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

Related Organizations

American Express

'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

Release Date:

06/03/2014

A new commercial from American Express, presented like an investigative nonfiction film, exposes the high costs of living outside the traditional financial system.

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Communications

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

American Express

In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth

Release Date:

07/13/2014

A major shift is taking place at the JPMorgan Chase Foundation as it moves away from "broad-based giving" to a focus on "economic growth," according to Bruce McNamer, chief executive.

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Community Development

Economic Security

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office

Release Date:

10/28/2014

Senior Program Officer, Nicolette Naylor, will become head of Ford Foundation's South Africa office.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation-Funded Study Shows Younger Women Delay Seeking Help for Heart Attacks

Release Date:

02/25/2015

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women under age 55.

Find More By

News type

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Related Organizations

Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

Release Date:

07/15/2015

Ms. Baff is currently the executive and artistic director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

PHI Granted $50,000 Award to Commemorate Retirement of President of John A. Hartford Foundation

Release Date:

07/15/2015

The John A. Hartford Foundation’s Board of Trustees gave Dr. Rieder the opportunity to select one of its grantees to receive the one-time award to commemorate her retirement.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The John A. Hartford Foundation

Related Organizations

Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

Release Date:

07/16/2015

In 2009, the pollution from the 200 coal plants now slated for retirement caused 6,000 heart attacks, 60,000 asthma attacks and 3,600 deaths each year.

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

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.

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Clark Foundation

Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?

Release Date:

09/28/2015

Tourism Cares has released 'Good Travels,' the first study of the philanthropic habits of American travelers, which was supported by American Express.

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

American Express [corporate]

Related Organizations

American Express

Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

Release Date:

10/08/2015

Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

Related Organizations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

Release Date:

11/16/2015

The Simons Foundation announced the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the appointment of David Spergel as its director.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Science

Technology

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

Release Date:

11/18/2015

... sites across the country, have accomplished this feat by working in unison to raise public awareness of brain donation ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

Release Date:

12/09/2015

Rockefeller backs start-up that uses big data, electronic communication and insights from behavioral finance to nudge folks to make smarter choices.

Find More By

News type

The Rockefeller Foundation

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

Release Date:

12/09/2015

The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.

Find More By

News type

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Funding Area

Arts

Education

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... know that these figures can't be changed overnight, but by working in communities to reach people where they are, I know .....

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Aetna Foundation

Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health

Release Date:

12/18/2015

Laura Landy, founder & chair of ReThink Health and president & CEO of the Rippel Foundation, writes about understanding the frontiers of health policy and practice, while boldly pursuing a vision: a United States in which all the sectors...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Related Organizations

On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

Release Date:

01/04/2016

Philanthropic and investment leaders have come to recognize that grants and investments can have both financial returns and social impact - and that strategic alignment and integration with mission is important to maximize real change.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area