LDN Fund Officially Launched
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... (UNCCD) in Ordos, China. With an initial target size of US $300 million, the LDN Fund is a first-of-its-kind ...
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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... $390 billion awarded to charities last year. The lion’ s share was from high net worth individuals, an estimated 91% ... with at least $1 million in liquid financial assets–by U. S . Trust, Bank of America’...
Pound Foolish
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... than 46 million people, or more than 14 percent of the US population. These hubs supply food pantries, churches, and ...
Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... in the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University' s Mailman School of Public Health, the first academic program in climate and health in the U. S ., lead the Consortium, with input from an...
Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Curtain At Macarthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation’ s 100&Change competition began as an experiment in openness, ... strategy, we decided to issue a public, open call: “Tell us what problems $100...
Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... to the New DACA Deadline Since President Donald Trump’ s administration ordered an end to the Deferred Action for ... some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U. S . in their youth to live, work...
How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... People love living near the coast. Only two of the world' s top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo Paulo — ... and Buenos Aires — are. Around half of the world' s 7.5 billion people live within...
More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help The tipster' s account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a ... to an anti-trafficking task force operating in Virginia' s Hampton Roads area...
New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law
Release Date:
10/05/2017
New York’ s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state’ s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an ... or honors diplomas in their federal graduation rate. It’ s...
Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... of crackdowns on immigration and increased raids from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Many worried ...
Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?
Release Date:
10/10/2017
Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’ s At Risk? Tucked into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a ... 2015. As part of the funding extension for the Children’ s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that year...
Six Useful Tips For Nonprofits To Keep Marketing Automation Personal
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... make its way to nonprofit organizations across the U. S . While much can be said about using marketing automation to ... that personal touch that is so important to a nonprofit’ s membership base. From drip...
Wallace Takes Arts Organizations From What They Think to What They Know
Release Date:
10/24/2017
... in October, NPQ reported on one of the foundation’ s studies on the subject of scaling. Broadway World alerts us to the foundation’ s Building Audiences for Sustainability (BAS) research ...
Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions
Publication date:
10/2017
... • Grants awarded by 1,000 of the largest U. S . foundations totaled $158.1 million in 2015, a 30 percent ... received the highest number of grants. • Large U. S . foundations distributed $26.6 million for complex ... for Economic Co-operation and Development and the U. S . Federal Emergency Management Agency, this new report ...
Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust
Release Date:
10/25/2017
... of the Interboro Community Land Trust (CLT), NYC’ s first citywide CLT. Its primary focus will be creating ... housing on that land to homeowners or developers. A CLT’ s board of directors typically consists...
Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement
Release Date:
10/27/2017
... including the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation and the Simons Foundation envision U. S . public libraries as open community spaces fostering ... City-based JPB Foundation...
Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods
Release Date:
11/13/2017
... grants tackle unequal access to everyday things that make us healthier in the long term, like spaces for exercise and ... local conditions have a tremendous impact on a person’ s health outcomes,” said Amy...
Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/16/2017
... Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U. S .-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 ... of homes and killed at least 55 people across the U. S . territory. "We have to...
As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy
Release Date:
12/11/2017
... projects and inform our overall strategy. They hold us accountable to the challenges they face every day growing up in Brooklyn' s neighborhoods as they actively engage in problem-solving .....
The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson and Admiral James Stavridis to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
12/11/2017
... ask for three better or more qualified people to support us in our mission amidst new and growing challenges,” ... Corporation. Hobson earned her AB from Princeton’ s Woodrow Wilson School of International...