William Moon Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Release Date:
07/14/2022
... overseen by RSF, that focus on the barriers to immigrant integration in American society. “I am honored to join ...
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Dec
2012
Awarding Prizes: A Unique Tool for Philanthropic Impact
Thursday, December 13, 2012 -
8:00am to 11:00am
In recent years, a growing number of foundations have developed the awarding of prizes as a strategy for achieving their philanthropic goals. Prizes have the potential to advance a foundation’s mission in ways that can substantially augment the...
Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations
Release Date:
02/13/2020
UCLA computational biologists have discovered that four populations in West Africa can trace about 8% of their genetic ancestry to an archaic hominin, an extinct relative of humans that branched off from the hominid evolutionary tree more than 600,...
Mark Baumgartner Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Chief Investment Officer
Release Date:
12/02/2020
The foundation’s philanthropic endowment will be managed by the former CIO of the Institute for Advanced Study.
24
Aug
2023
Capitalizing on the Courts: Litigation for Immigrant Justice - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, August 24, 2023 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... of law and immigrant justice The role of litigation in advancing a broader social and racial justice agenda Concrete ...
09
Apr
2013
Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -
8:45am to 10:30am
The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC
... creates a supportive environment for sharing knowledge and resources , testing ideas with peers, and strengthening ... infrastructure. Although our organizational needs, resources , and systems vary, there’s...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant Helps Launch AGU Ethics and Equity Antiharassment Initiative
Release Date:
07/12/2019
... Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools. This initiative is designed to ... that affect gender discrimination through new educational resources and validated...
African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'
Release Date:
04/22/2013
... — grant-makers and social investors — committed to advancing equity and opportunity in the developing world. APF ...
PNY Members Briefing Preliminary Planning Form
Initial interest form for PNY members to convene a members briefing.
Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari
Release Date:
04/15/2014
MSBPhilanthropy Advisors's Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari talks service through philanthropy on BlogTalk Radio.
Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors
Release Date:
05/06/2014
A New York Times article discusses research on donor disclosures by Transparify, a survey funded by the Open Society Foundations.
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
In partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, Northwestern University has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program designed to advance the study of...
Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever
Release Date:
06/16/2014
The Simons Foundation has given the University of Hawaii at Manoa $40 million—the largest gift of its kind the university has ever received—for marine life research.
With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran
Release Date:
06/18/2014
... grant specifically for its Iran program, with the goal “ advancing just and durable peace.” RBF has also been a ...
The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge
Release Date:
07/08/2014
The Giving Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans, but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced 125 years ago when Andrew Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie Corporation of New York, wrote an essay encouraging other...
Bill de Blasio’s Mayor’s Fund Raises $120K for Two Murdered NYPD Officers
Release Date:
12/29/2014
The Mayor's Fund received pledges from JPMorgan Chase, Rudin Family Foundation and Verizon, among others.
Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"
Release Date:
02/12/2015
The program will offer specialized training to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, among other illnesses.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/23/2015
Women account for half the college-educated American workforce but only 28 percent of science and engineering workers.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids
Release Date:
08/21/2015
One in every five American children and adolescents are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders.