LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund
Release Date:
07/16/2014
Nine LGBT-themed documentary films have been selected for support from the Arcus Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute.
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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs
Release Date:
07/28/2014
America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., M.B.A., founder and chief executive officer of the New York–based health care investment firm Consonance Capital, has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors.
Michael Hirschhorn To Step Down From IHRFG
Release Date:
08/07/2014
Michael Hirschhorn has announced plans to step down in the fall from his post as executive director of the International Human Rights Funders Group.
The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend
Release Date:
08/21/2014
As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is important to focus on building resiliency, writes Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, in a post that originally appeared on Medium.com.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Names Dalila Wilson-Scott Head of Global Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/08/2014
Dalila Wilson-Scott has been named Head of Global Philanthropy for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Share Your Thoughts: PNY’s 34th Annual Meeting!
Release Date:
04/30/2013
Thank you to everyone who attended our 34th Annual Meeting or watched the proceedings via our livestream broadcast! And special thanks again to the Ford Foundation for their generosity as our hosts. We asked you to share your thoughts on community...
Morgan Stanley Helps Address Housing, Health and Employment Needs in Washington D.C.
Release Date:
07/30/2015
Morgan Stanley is among the financial supporters of the $34 million initiative facilitated by the Healthy Futures Fund.
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College
Release Date:
10/21/2015
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and others join in new initiative to examine public policy issues in charitable giving at Boston College Law School.
Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed
Release Date:
10/22/2015
Round table discussion with the President to be live-streamed at The Marshall Project and Yahoo.
Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Eric Schneider, senior vice president for policy and research at the Commonwealth Fund, notes that state regulators typically have been more active in intervening against proposed mergers of providers such as hospitals in their states.
Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings
Release Date:
12/09/2015
Rockefeller backs start-up that uses big data, electronic communication and insights from behavioral finance to nudge folks to make smarter choices.
Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida
Release Date:
12/10/2015
A smartphone app might help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida improve their daily self-management skills, which can help prevent skin wounds and other complications, according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health &...
Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund
Release Date:
12/14/2015
The Andrus Family Fund welcomed Erik Estrada to its team this past week.
American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named
Release Date:
02/18/2016
As the intensive professional-development program from the New York Foundation for the Arts turns three, a new cohort of arts administrators has been selected.
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The Global Goals in New York City
Friday, March 18, 2016 -
9:00am to 2:00pm
... to our membership for a program hosted by Council on Foundations and SDG Philanthropy Platform to discuss how ...
Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
03/16/2016
An international committee deliberating on who would receive a new humanitarian award, created in memory of the Armenian genocide, has selected four relatively obscure humanitarians as finalists for the annual prize.
Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Major philanthropies like the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic investments—but they have been unusual.
New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana
Release Date:
08/25/2016
New York Life announced today that it will donate $100,000 to aid flood relief efforts in Louisiana with a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater...
Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation.