Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc.
Release Date:
05/15/2015
Bobbi Silten and Dan Henkle have new roles in the organization.
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Nonprofit Insurers Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules
Release Date:
08/20/2015
The most pronounced underwriting losses stem from the Medicare Advantage line of business, which allows private health plans to administer the government insurance program for Americans over the age of 65.
Surdna Foundation Invites LOIs for Environmental Infrastructure Programs
Release Date:
09/10/2015
Surdna seeks nonprofits that improve urban infrastructure systems that maximize positive impact while minimizing negative consequences.
MetLife Releases 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/23/2015
MetLife Foundation provided more than $27 million in financial inclusion grants in year two of its $200 million, five-year commitment.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that enables grantmakers to be most effective.
Opinion: Health Reform Lives!
Release Date:
11/23/2015
To the right’s dismay, scare tactics — remember death panels? — and spurious legal challenges failed to protect the nation from the scourge of guaranteed health coverage. Still, Obamacare’s opponents insisted that it would implode in a “death spiral...
New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work
Release Date:
12/10/2015
Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...
Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows
Release Date:
04/08/2016
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2016 class of fellows. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were selected from a group of nearly three thousand applicants.
Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds
Release Date:
04/28/2016
A $420 million Ford Foundation program that funded the advanced education of social justice leaders from marginalized groups led to significant positive change in communities and organizations around the world, a report from the Institute of...
John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Release Date:
05/03/2016
In this newly created position, she will help to oversee the Foundation's Innovation and Education portfolios.
Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... four respondents reported they had no women in leadership positions at their current employer and only 34% thought that ...
Funded by the New York Community Trust, Redford Center Establishes Filmmaker Grants
Release Date:
06/22/2016
The pilot program will focus on environmental projects.
Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged
Release Date:
06/28/2016
Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.
Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity
Release Date:
08/17/2016
Yesterday, the Los Angeles area Weingart Foundation declared itself all-in on equity, setting this as its exclusive focus.
UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to-School
Release Date:
09/07/2016
About 200 volunteers of all ages came together last week through the UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success program to fill backpacks with donated school supplies destined for local children in need of a hand to start the school year on a...
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization
Release Date:
11/23/2016
All Hands Volunteers, the leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund.
Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Whether you call it gig working, the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media.
Ford’s Walker Talks Philanthropy in CNBC Interview
Release Date:
02/07/2017
The key to understanding this moment in American history—in black history—is empathy. That's what Darren Walker is saying. One could argue that if anyone is positioned to understand this dizzying landscape, he is.
NYCT's Kerry McCarthy: Trump Cuts that Hit Arts Will Also Hurt Health in NYC Neighborhoods
Release Date:
04/04/2017
Kerry McCarthy, Program Director of Thriving Communities Arts & Historic Preservation at the New York Community Trust writes, "When cultural funding is cut, communities suffer in unexpected ways."
PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem
Release Date:
04/18/2017
One of the PIMCO Foundation’s philanthropic focus areas is gender equality, which coincides with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 to “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”