Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013
Release Date:
10/26/2013
... 33 percent increase in dollars over the same period last year . Almost a quarter (23 percent) of the outgoing grant ...
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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education
Release Date:
12/08/2013
The first round of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust's $43 million Brooke Astor Funds for New York City Education, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... will be ready to teach America’s students by the year 2016, thanks to a big push by large philanthropies like ...
A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project
Release Date:
02/28/2014
The National Priorities Project, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership
Release Date:
03/25/2014
Opportunity International andThe MasterCard Foundation plan to help 7 million out of poverty with $22.7 million partnership, reports Forbes.
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.
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate ...
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... Mellon Foundation Chicago Objects Study Initiative, a four- year , inter-institutional pilot program designed to provide ...
NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Walmart announced that it distributed $3 million last year to charities here, including $1 million to the New York ...
NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... using a contentious gifted admissions exam for 4- and 5- year -olds that was put in place under former Mayor Michael R. ...
NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project
Release Date:
06/23/2014
... lends New York residents portable Wi-Fi hotspots for a year . The library was among those who best responded to ...
Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies
Release Date:
06/23/2014
... million from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in a three- year , collaboration to increase the number of indigenous ...
Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
Laura Packer has been named executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, effective July 22.
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...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort
Release Date:
07/17/2014
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.
American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade
Release Date:
07/26/2014
The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical American household has declined by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Longtime Carnegie Associate Awarded Top Mathematics Medal
Release Date:
08/14/2014
Phillip A. Griffiths, Professor of Mathematics and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a longtime associate of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has received the Chern Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues
Release Date:
08/20/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use innovation to tackle major challenges and improve urban life.
Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, plans to refocus grant distribution to sectors the foundation is not currently funding, but has supported in the past.
Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.
Release Date:
09/03/2014
Michael R. Bloomberg will return to Bloomberg L.P. at the end of the year and will run the company for the foreseeable future.