NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing
Release Date:
04/17/2017
... must spend at least 5 percent of their endowment every year on charitable purposes. In Ford’s case, that amounts ...
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NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement
Release Date:
04/17/2017
This conversation features Talia DeRogatis , Public Policy and Community Engagement Liaison & Gabriella Marrero, student at Henry Street Settlement.
Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... improve quality of life for ordinary New Yorkers. The two- year study, by the Social Impact of the Arts Project at Penn ...
Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee
Release Date:
04/24/2017
Lisa joins John Levy (Chair), Myra Drucker and William Goetzmann, who currently serve as independent advisory members on the Investment Committee.
Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs
Release Date:
05/01/2017
A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford Foundation and the Kapor Center for Social Impact set out to better understand why people leave theoretically cush tech jobs.
Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala
Release Date:
05/12/2017
On May 11, 2017, the Schott Foundation for Public Education marked 25 years of fighting to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, community and philanthropy figures who have led the charge for education...
Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution. The three- year awards are intended to help launch the careers of ...
Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
05/18/2017
... accidents, which kill 44 million people globally each year . Because the majority of the world’s population lives ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement
Release Date:
05/19/2017
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that African- Americans and Latinos have less financial security than whites and will rely on fewer sources of income during retirement.
With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications
Release Date:
05/19/2017
The framework of the standards, consisting of three different dimensions, is a vision of how the National Research Council indicates what it means to be proficient in science.
Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online
Release Date:
05/22/2017
The Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which has made road safety a top priority .
Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... Refugee Crisis The Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year . According to the United Nations High Commissioner for ...
Clark Foundation-Sponsored Forum Considers How NY Nonprofit Contractors Can Address Late and Under Payment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... City had owed one nonprofit $44 million for more than a year after services had been delivered. Bauer characterizes ...
Citi Foundation Announces $4M Youth Workforce Fund: Grant Opportunity for Nonprofits Connecting Young Adults to Employment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... Progress, the $4 million competitive Fund will award one- year grants of up to $250,000 to community organizations in ...
Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... can cover outright. The good news is that, in just a year and a half since the call came out, the impact investing ...
Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... be rolling out additional targeted studies over the next year . Mellon's grantmaking tends to focus on the young and .....
Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio
Release Date:
06/13/2017
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio, including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone
Release Date:
06/19/2017
The Pershing Square Foundation stands out by backing some truly innovative grantees—and it highlighted social innovators through two panels.
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...
Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... an equity lens into their work. PLACES fellows embark on a year -long process focused on creating more equitable ...