Foundation Center Appoints Two New Board Members
Release Date:
12/03/2014
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Sophia Stewart Joins Ford Foundation as Department Coordinator
Release Date:
07/01/2013
Sophia P. Stewart is the new Department Coordinator in the Office of Communications at the Ford Foundation. Before joining the foundation, Stewart was the Office Coordinator at The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO/CSW/NY).
Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast
Release Date:
10/23/2015
The Ford Foundation, along with artists, arts organizations and community leaders, will present a live webcast of the Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS) launch event.
Rockefeller Foundation Funds Tickets for Students to See 'Hamilton'
Release Date:
10/28/2015
The hit musical “Hamilton” has excited critics and audiences with its hip-hop exploration of America’s revolutionary era. Now educators and philanthropists are hoping it will excite high school students as well.
Citi Foundation Supports Young Entrepreneur Challenge
Release Date:
11/03/2015
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) brings together young entrepreneurs together into a series of competitions. This year's winner entered a locket to protect from assault.
Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined
Release Date:
11/20/2015
In Syracuse, almost two-thirds of the black poor live in high-poverty neighborhoods, defined as areas where 40 percent or more of residents live below the federal poverty threshold, according to an analysis of census data by Rutgers professor Paul...
Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
A recent Center for Strategic and International Studies event, 'Impact Investing: An Opportunity for Development?,' brought together a panel of experts to discuss impact investing and its potential to address global issues.
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Tow Foundation-supported residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.
Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art
Release Date:
03/07/2016
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has decided to adopt a new policy of making images of Rauschenberg work much more widely available free.
NYTimes Examines the Legacy of Newman’s Own Foundation
Release Date:
11/03/2016
Mention the name Paul Newman and many movie buffs will describe the charismatic actor with the piercing blue eyes who starred in films like “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Sting” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.
Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids
Release Date:
03/27/2017
The games where distributed through their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,000 from the Aetna Foundation.
Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress
Release Date:
07/31/2017
I could not stop thinking about my initial discomfort. It nagged at me. What had caused this feeling of displacement? This was not my first time in an elite space. And I'm actually accustomed to feeling like I don’t fit in with those kinds of...
Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election
Release Date:
12/13/2017
Ms. Foundation for Women President and CEO Teresa C. Younger releases statement in response to the Alabama Special Election.
Peterson Foundation on National Debt Surpassing $21 Trillion
Release Date:
03/19/2018
Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented on our nation surpassing the $21 trillion mark in outstanding debt, as noted in the Daily Treasury Statement.
How The Prudential Foundation Centers Community in its CSR
Release Date:
05/04/2018
CSR with Prudential is done through “an inside out and an outside in perspective”—using the company’s skills to work on a community’s problem and accepting outside help for its decision-making.
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation is a Proud Supporter of the Special Olympics
Release Date:
10/29/2018
A three-year, $10 million grant by SNF aims to increase the impact of Special Olympics’ school-based inclusive sports and education programming in expanding it to more schools around the world.
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each receive a $1 million grant as part of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a joint funding opportunity from The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Each...
Simons Foundation Provides Annual Grants to Scientists in Ukraine
Release Date:
01/25/2023
The Simons Foundation in New York is providing annual grants to the country’s chemists, biologists, physicists and mathematicians.