Carnegie Names Nine Philanthropists as Recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/26/2017
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Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship
Release Date:
06/28/2017
The Arcus Foundation announced the selection of 12 executive directors to participate in the Arcus Leadership Fellowship. Among this year’s fellows are a longtime grassroots activist organizing around issues of social, economic, and environmental...
Four Philanthropy Leaders Join Forum's Board of Directors
Release Date:
07/26/2017
Four philanthropy leaders from across the country have joined the Board of Directors of United Philanthropy Forum, the largest network serving philanthropy in America. The new Directors were elected by the Forum’s membership at its 2017 Annual...
American Cities Lead the Way Amongst 25 Climate Change Projects Competing to be C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Eleven US cities, including Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., are among the 25 finalists for the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017. These projects represent the most ambitious and...
ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Advocates say a food-stamp program that includes pet food would address a little-discussed gap in the social safety net: Currently, there is no federal program that helps low-income people care for their pets.
Pinkerton Foundation Adds $3.8 Million To John Jay Fellowship Initiative
Release Date:
01/25/2018
The Pinkerton Foundation announced the grant to John Jay College of Criminal Justice for continued support of the school’s Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative. Now in its sixth year, the Initiative provides funding for up to nineteen John Jay...
Poses Family Foundation and Citi Behind New Public-Private Partnership to Pull People With Disabilities Out of Poverty
Release Date:
02/08/2018
The new partnership centered on people with disabilities includes CCD, the de Blasio administration and the National Disability Institute. The Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities, the Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Consolidates Its Programs
Release Date:
06/05/2018
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is the latest major grantmaker to consolidate its programs in a bid to be more strategic. Its CEO explains that this wasn’t an easy process.
Andy Warhol Foundation is Embracing Social Engagement
Release Date:
07/27/2018
The foundation recently announced the 42 recipients of its spring 2018 grants, totaling $3.6 million. The selected organizations, which were chosen from a pool of 224 nonprofits, will receive grants ranging from $35,000 to $120,000. The funding...
Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Richard Alba, Justin Gest & Dowell Myers Cited in NYT Article on the Political Implications of Future Population Models
Release Date:
09/06/2018
The question of whether America will become a majority-minority nation — and when that might happen — is intensely disputed, of enormous political import and extraordinarily complex. Two articles that appeared in the opinion section of The Times...
United Hospital Fund Report Find's NY's Individual Health Insurance Market Held Its Ground in 2017
Release Date:
10/09/2018
Despite concerted efforts by Congress and the Trump administration to roll back key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), New York State’s individual health insurance market largely held its ground in 2017 in terms of enrollment, the cost of...
Inside the Joan Mitchell Foundation: How a Visual Arts Funder Is Evolving
Release Date:
11/08/2018
The artist Joan Mitchell passed away in 1992. Recently, her Blueberry set an auction record for $16.625 million at Christie’s New York, while her work at Art Basel collectively sold for approximately $35.5 million. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Museum of...
Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass
Release Date:
07/11/2019
The two weeks following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 ruling that the controversial citizenship question cannot be added to the 2020 census questionnaire has been a wild rollercoaster ride for anyone trying to track what’s been happening.
Community-based Wildlife Carcass Surveillance Is Key for Early Detection of Ebola Virus, Study Supported By Arcus Foundation Finds
Release Date:
08/28/2019
Human Ebola epidemics, like the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are known to start from a contact with wildlife infected with Ebola virus.
Monument to Commemorate Destroyed African American Land in Central Park Funded by Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
10/20/2019
A new sculpture will honor the Lyons family, black activists and property owners who once lived in Seneca Village, a community destroyed by the creation of the park.
Scientists to Create a "Gut Cell Atlas" with Funding from the Helsmley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
10/25/2019
Today, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced $13 million in new grants to create a Gut Cell Atlas, cataloguing the many cell types in the small and large intestines.
Eleven-Country Survey, Conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, Finds Doctors in U.S. and Abroad Have Problems Coordinating Care with Social Service Providers
Release Date:
12/10/2019
Primary care doctors in the U.S. struggle to coordinate care and communicate with other health and social service providers, according to results from the 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, published by the journal Health...
The Mosaic Network and Fund in The New York Community Trust Grants $4.5 million to Arts Nonprofits of Color in New York
Release Date:
02/04/2020
A collaborative fund in The New York Community Trust is supporting 27 projects to strengthen the organizational capacity of African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American arts groups.
ASPCA Shares Tips to Keep Pets Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic
Release Date:
03/17/2020
Pet owners encouraged to include pets in preparedness plans.
ASPCA Commits $5 Million in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Initiative to Help Shelters and Pet Owners
Release Date:
03/23/2020
ASPCA to distribute lifesaving grants to shelters and establish regional pet food distribution centers to provide emergency relief to at-risk pet owners.