Century Foundation and the 74 Present Case Studies on Diversity-Driven Classrooms
Release Date:
05/29/2018
From California to Rhode Island, Four Case Studies of Schools That Have Baked Diversity Into Their School Design.
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Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Emmett Carson, who in recent years raised billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his job as chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast
Release Date:
07/03/2018
Skillful has helped Colorado employers discover the value of workers without college degrees and now more states are joining in this effort to transform hiring practices and workforce development.
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing
Release Date:
07/05/2018
For many institutions, especially those with social justice missions, there are big questions about how exactly to execute a hugely varying set of tactics that get lumped under the same rubric of impact investing. One of those institutions is the...
United Hospital Fund, New York Community Trust and Altman Foundation Launch Second Phase of Early Childhood Development Initiative
Release Date:
07/09/2018
Eight hospitals are partnering with community-based organizations across NYC, with funding from United Hospital Fund, Altman Foundation, and The New York Community Trust
Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $1.3 Million to Support Recovery and Resilience for Puerto Rico's Underserved Healthcare Centers
Release Date:
08/02/2018
Grants to The Solar Foundation and Direct Relief will bring solar power and better infrastructure to health clinics, ensuring continuous care for Puerto Rican communities in need.
Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India
Release Date:
09/05/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation recently announced it will invest $20 million to expand energy access in rural India over the next three years. Off-grid renewable minigrids, as microgrids are known in India, figure prominently in the foundation’s plans.
Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge
Release Date:
09/17/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Applaud the 20 Finalists Advancing to the Final Round of the Communities Thrive Challenge and the 63 Semi-Finalist Organizations
Report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Finds Funder Collaboratives for Systems Change Gaining Momentum
Release Date:
10/01/2018
Based on interviews with three dozen individuals who work with or in funder collaboratives or organizations focused on achieving the kind of scale needed to create systemic change, the report, Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems: Approaches...
Latest Installation of OSF’s Annual Moving Walls Series Depicts Migrants ‘As They’d Rather Be Seen’
Release Date:
10/09/2018
The series is dedicated to social justice, and this year, the topic is migration. The show opened on September 26 at the group’s office in New York City and runs until July 2019.
Cricket Island Foundation Releases New Case Study on the Impact of Small Foundations
Release Date:
09/18/2018
“Cricket Island Foundation A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment“ offers a detailed look at the assessment, its findings, and how the results catalyzed shifts in our grantmaking practices.
Journalism Needs to Reinvent Itself: A Q&A with OSF’s Maria Teresa Ronderos
Release Date:
09/19/2018
Ian Graham speaks with Open Society Foundations' Maria Teresa Ronderos to learn more about how ever-evolving threats to media freedom and independence worldwide have impacted the way she approaches funding media at OSF.
David Rockefeller Gift Raises Rockefeller Brothers Fund Endowment to $1.2 Billion
Release Date:
10/25/2018
A generous gift from the estate of David Rockefeller has raised the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) endowment from approximately $960 million to over $1.2 billion.
New Survey from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Shows Increases in African American Curators and Women in Leadership Roles
Release Date:
01/29/2019
The survey documented that among repeat participants who are AAMD members, the percentage of curators who are African-American has doubled—from 2 percent in 2015 to 4 percent in 2018—an increase of 21 positions.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces National Awards to 16 Arts Organizations Leading the Arts Sector
Release Date:
02/07/2019
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation today announced 16 arts organizations receiving awards in recognition of their existing bodies of work and for their potential continued impact on their respective...
New York Community Trust to Provide Accessible Tickets in New York City
Release Date:
02/13/2019
The one-year grants will gift each of the theatres amounts ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 to support community access programs, discounted ticket outreach, young member programs, and more. The fund aims to diversify audiences and reach potential...
NoVo Foundation Commits $10 Million to Help End Sexual Exploitation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
The New York City-based NoVo Foundation has announced a three-year, $10 million commitment in support of programs in the United States aimed at reducing and preventing commercial sexual exploitation.
Gerstner Philanthropies Makes New $15 Million Commitment to Create the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute
Release Date:
02/20/2019
New endeavor will advance blood-based biopsies and other technologies to speed cancer diagnosis and track patients’ response to therapies
Community-Based Organizations Across The U.S. Receive $10 Million Through The Citi Foundation And LISC
Release Date:
02/20/2019
40 nonprofits will expand their work to provide 10,000 displaced workers with the skills and training needed to compete for jobs in growing sectors including healthcare, transportation, technology, and construction.
New York Life Foundation Supports Summer Reading and Education at NYC Public Libraries
Release Date:
04/30/2019
... To learn more, please visit www.newyorklifefoundation. org . The New York Public Library is a free provider of ... more around the globe who use its resources at nypl. org . To offer this wide array of free...