Simons Foundation Backs Central Site for Life-Sciences Preprints
Release Date:
02/13/2017
Coalition of scientists and research agencies argue for a one-stop shop server.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports American Talent Initiative
Release Date:
02/22/2017
Building on its longstanding commitment to making education accessible to students of all socioeconomic backgrounds, Georgetown has become a founding member of the American Talent Initiative (ATI).
Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change
Release Date:
03/06/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $500 million in resilience since 2005 and developed 100 Resilient Cities , an organization that helps cities around the world organize plans for climate change and other disasters.
Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Fact Check on White House OMB Claim
Release Date:
03/10/2017
President Trump’s spokesman on Wednesday deflected concerns that a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act had yet to be scored by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office by questioning the agency’s track record.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Supports SDG Philanthropy Platform
Release Date:
03/13/2017
Foundations will contribute at least $364 billion to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to the Foundation Center. But philanthropy alone cannot foot the $3.5 trillion bill.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz Announces Increase of 2017 Program Grants Budget
Release Date:
03/15/2017
Recognizing the challenges to many of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s program priorities presented by the current political climate, the board of trustees has approved an increase in the Fund’s grants budget by nearly 12 percent for 2017, Fund...
Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa
Release Date:
03/28/2017
Development partners such as the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Germany’s GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and support their growth.
Bloomberg Launches Smart City Certification
Release Date:
04/11/2017
Two years after its inception, Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities program announced an initiative that will direct cities on how to use data to improve their smart infrastructure.
Rockefeller Foundation Supports 'Food for Soul' to Combat Food Waste
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Backing from the Foundation will enable Food for Soul to take its successful Refettorio model to some of the USA’s most vulnerable communities.
How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing
Release Date:
01/18/2018
The funder just announced $650,000 in grants to organizations that strengthen the field by providing resources and otherwise helping institutions that want to take the plunge.
New Journal From The Russell Sage Foundation Reimagines Approach to Eradicating Poverty
Release Date:
02/21/2018
The proposed policies could help lift 23.3 million people of color out of poverty.
Simons Foundation Announces 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Release Date:
04/02/2018
The Simons Foundation congratulates the 52 outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2018.
The New York Community Trust Issues A Request for Proposals (RFP) Focused on Programs Serving Immigrant Youth
Release Date:
05/08/2018
The New York Community Trust Issues A Request for Proposals (RFP) Focused on Programs Serving Immigrant Youth The Trust invites local, immigrant-led nonprofits to submit proposals for grants to support programs that serve immigrants (and/or children...
New Report by Russell Sage Foundation Trustees: A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health — The Public-Charge Rule
Release Date:
08/08/2018
RSF trustee Hirokazu Yoshikawa (New York University) and former visiting scholars Krista Perreira and Jonathan Oberlander (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) have authored a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine that examines the...
Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to Invest $50 Million on Social Impact Data
Release Date:
01/29/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will invest $50 million over five years to build the field of data science for social impact, starting with a $20-million investment in DataKind.
Trinity Church Wall Street Creates COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
Release Date:
03/18/2020
... response. Please contact us at GMITeam@trinitywallstreet. org if you have any questions. Trinity Church Wall Street ...
Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund With Seed Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
04/08/2020
... forward. Grant applications open today at artistrelief. org . An unprecedented national, multidisciplinary ... donations to Artist Relief can be made at artistrelief. org ... Coalition of Arts Funders Launches...
Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $4.3 Million For Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program
Release Date:
01/28/2021
... Emergency Grant Program Gerstner Philanthropies ( gerstner. org ) announced today that it has awarded $4.3 million to 36 ... FL; and Boston, MA and are listed here: https://gerstner. org /program-areas/helping-...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Shares Findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 Process
Release Date:
04/01/2021
The findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 process are informing over $3 million in new grants through the next phase of the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund.
JP Morgan Makes Philanthropic Contribution to Support Servicemembers and Afghan Resettlement Efforts
Release Date:
09/02/2021
JPMorgan Chase is making a $1 million philanthropic contribution to continue to support servicemembers and veterans, and to aid Afghans seeking better, safer lives.