Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
... Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Four months later, an 82- year -old nun and two other senior citizens broke into the ...
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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
A program to increase the vocabulary of poor children in Rhode Island, using technology to count every word spoken, is not achieving results expected. But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an interesting concept hasn't been...
Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers
Release Date:
04/04/2016
... by a gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This year ’s round of grantmaking will extend the range of ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs
Release Date:
04/19/2016
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as...
Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... said they had actually donated time or money in the past year to help refugees and many questioned their ability to ...
Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Following the 2008 financial crisis, Clark identified working capital as a much more critical need for the nonprofits in its portfolio.
Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President
Release Date:
05/11/2016
Leading experts and policymakers from across the political spectrum gather today to discuss the fiscal and economic priorities for the next president, at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2016 Fiscal Summit: Leadership for a Secure Future.
Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... peanut paste to feed malnourished children, and another in Year Up, a nonprofit group started in Boston that teaches ...
At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... gardens with French and English influences are gorgeous year -round, the blossoming roses make June one of the best ...
Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia
Release Date:
06/17/2016
... advocates. Those strange bedfellows joined forces this year to fight two pipelines in Georgia. The Palmetto Pipeline ...
With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence
Release Date:
06/17/2016
... Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the three- year program fosters tomorrow’s American operatic ...
As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment
Release Date:
06/17/2016
In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between proponents of social service-filled “community schools” and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’s most outspoken champions of those schools.
Supported by Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Riveting Short Film Takes You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees
Release Date:
06/21/2016
... Ronald Mambrasar and his 8- year -old son Valen as they explore the protected Bird's Head .....
Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
“This is a preference that preferences the already advantaged,” observed Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues.
Marist College, Rockefeller Archive Center Partner on Open-Source Technologies for Digital Archival Processes
Release Date:
08/24/2016
... contribution. The two main components of this two- year digital records infrastructure project are a repository ...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative
Release Date:
08/25/2016
... going back to the previous decade, like the seven- year -old, still-healthy alliance between the nonprofit ...
John A. Hartford Foundation's Fulmer to be Honored by New York Academy of Medicine
Release Date:
08/25/2016
... NYC initiative “The individuals recognized this year have each made significant contributions to the health ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...
Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New York City as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Release Date:
09/08/2016
Hunte will serve as a strategic thought partner to the President and play a critical role in the design, coordination and implementation of the President's initiatives, both internally and externally, at UWNYC.
Ms. Foundation for Women Will Join SheKnows Media for the Sept. 26 Panel on Next-Generation #Femvertising
Release Date:
09/21/2016
... which was revealed at Advertising Week in 2014. This year , however, nearly 4,000 people took the survey compared ...