Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’
Release Date:
05/22/2018
... in San Francisco and Oakland. Salesforce and Salesforce. org , the foundation arm of the company, have given $220 ...
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A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities
Release Date:
06/25/2018
For Surdna’s environment program, that focus is uniquely all about infrastructure, including sustainable and equitable water infrastructure in American cities, ranging from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $20 Million Natural Climate Solutions Initiative
Release Date:
09/11/2018
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation today announced a $20 million commitment to support natural climate solutions – the protection, restoration and management of land to capture and store carbon and effectively mitigate climate change.
Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South
Release Date:
09/20/2018
The Southern Cumberland Plateau is a rugged landscape of ancient rock and hardwood forest in the Appalachian Mountains that’s home to an extraordinary number of plant and animal species. It’s also considered a resilient landscape, meaning even as...
ASPCA, Part of Collective Collaborating to Provide Critical Funding for Local Agencies Assisting Animals Impacted by Hurricane Florence
Release Date:
09/25/2018
... a centralized website — http://www.animaldisasterfunding. org / — which will be reviewed jointly by the five ...
How Open Road Alliance is Helping Cure a Blind Spot for Philanthropists
Release Date:
10/02/2018
Laurie Michaels, Open Road Alliance Executive Director Maya Winkelstein and Caroline Bressan, director of social investments, speak with Bloomberg to discuss the venture
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches New Blog Series on Trust-Based Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/17/2018
The new blog series, to be published biweekly throughout the fall, explores the trust-based philanthropy approach Robert Sterling Clark Foundation takes in itswork.
DDCF Creates Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship
Release Date:
03/12/2019
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the creation of the Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship, an inaugural program which will open for application in April 2019 to clinical investigators currently engaged in subspecialty...
If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers
Release Date:
03/18/2019
The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...
New Report from United Hospital Fund Finds Wrong choice in nursing home can cause ‘devastating consequences,’
Release Date:
03/14/2019
Enhancing transparency and improving the planning process before hospital discharge are among recommendations in a new report on improving post-acute care transitions. “Pathways to Progress on Difficult Decisions in Post-Acute Care” by the United...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with EdVestors to Bring Arts Internship Program to Boston High School Students
Release Date:
03/13/2019
EdVestors , a school improvement nonprofit in Boston, today announced a new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to bring the Bloomberg Arts Internship program to Boston. Twenty-five rising high school seniors will have paid internships this...
Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 Annual Report: Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/13/2019
Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy: “In the year ahead, as political candidates debate what to do in the future, we will work to improve the present by expanding our efforts”
New York Life Foundation Awards Grants to Out-of-school Time Programs to Help Middle School Students Transition to 9th Grade
Release Date:
08/05/2019
The New York Life Foundation in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance today announced $1.35 million in new grants, to be awarded to 26 youth development organizations across the country to support middle school youth during the out-of-school...
The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis
Release Date:
09/05/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced $3.7 million in grants that will benefit four U.S. cities to help drive responsible private investment in Opportunity Zones.
First Phase of Love My Air Denver Program Measures Air Quality to Tackle Asthma Rates and Track Pollution with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies
Release Date:
10/17/2019
The program focuses on lower income neighborhoods where residents tend to be more vulnerable to dirty air.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Avera eCare Grant to Establish National Telehealth Certificate Program
Release Date:
10/21/2019
Avera eCARE has been awarded a $4.3M grant to develop and launch a national telehealth certificate program to standardized quality of care through telehealth platforms.
Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations
Release Date:
02/13/2020
UCLA computational biologists have discovered that four populations in West Africa can trace about 8% of their genetic ancestry to an archaic hominin, an extinct relative of humans that branched off from the hominid evolutionary tree more than 600,...
PNY Supports Inclusion of Nonprofits in COVID-19 Legislation
Release Date:
03/16/2020
On Saturday, March 14, 2020, Philanthropy New York took a position to urge Congress to include nonprofit organizations in the COVID-19 stimulus package to ensure the sector can remain financially viable and provide essential services to communities.
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits $20 million in COVID-19 Assistance to Strengthen Global Pandemic Preparedness and Support Vulnerable Communities
Release Date:
03/19/2020
The Rockefeller Foundation is committing $20 million to create a better tracking and management system for COVID-19 and address the needs of America’s workers, families, and vulnerable communities around the world.
Open Soceity Foundations to Increase Commitment to Global COVID-19 Response
Release Date:
10/07/2020
As COVID-19 continues to devastate communities around the world, the Open Society Foundations today announced $70 million in global investments.