COF Briefing on the Hill: Opportunities to Encourage Charitable Giving
Release Date:
10/19/2015
... is part of the Council on Foundations' work to revive the Philanthropy Caucuses in the House and Senate. The briefing .....
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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director
Release Date:
10/27/2015
... Incoming Executive Director Emerging Practicioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) is delighted to announce that Tamir ...
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Climate change, inequality and a broken criminal justice system are the issues du jour, and are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’s largest philanthropies.
In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize
Release Date:
11/12/2015
... quite like this. For us, the prize was an experiment in philanthropy . . . In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders ...
Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing
Release Date:
11/17/2015
... realization that, along with government aid and charitable philanthropy , financial institutions can help solve some of ...
Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth
Release Date:
01/08/2016
... they can get. Many foundations recognize the role that philanthropy can play in creating better outcomes for these ...
Jane Forbes Clark of Clark Foundation Speaks at Baseball Hall of Fame on Family Legacy and Generosity
Release Date:
01/11/2016
... asked if it was fair to say her family's generosity and philanthropy all came from a sewing machine. . . Jane .....
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.
Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)
Release Date:
02/08/2016
What Works Cities, founded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, named former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and former New York City Chief Analytics Officer Mike Flowers 2016 What Works Cities (WWC) Senior Fellows. They will be providing expert...
NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements
Release Date:
03/17/2016
... one of society’s most marginalized groups. Does philanthropy really have a useful role to play in ...
Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... Foundation. Upstart is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Artists, Investors and Innovators Join ...
Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’
Release Date:
04/18/2016
A survey, released Thursday by philanthropies John A. Hartford Foundation, California Health Care Foundation and Cambia Foundation, showed 46 percent of physicians frequently or sometimes feel unsure of what to say when broaching the subject with...
Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
... Day Recent years have seen a gradual but marked shift in philanthropy , from a traditional emphasis on program- or ...
F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact
Release Date:
06/10/2016
... approach should be applied more generally to foundation philanthropy . With that in mind, we set about to build and ...
Morgan Stanley Renews Commitment of $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... start in life,” said Joan Steinberg, Global Head of Philanthropy at Morgan Stanley and President of the Morgan ...
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, ranks as the most...
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... new report from our organization, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). But there is bad news, too, and some may ...
Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit
Release Date:
01/06/2017
Kelly Henning, who leads Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health efforts, writes in Health Affairs about the foundation's progress and challenges with supporting tobacco control measures globally.
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Release Date:
01/12/2017
The Future Cities Accelerator announced 10 $100,000 grants to organizations devoted to improving the lives of the urban poor, with the hope that some will be successful enough to export to other cities.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy , it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a .....