The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... were nominated by research institutions in the United States and selected by the Rita Allen Foundation’s ...
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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... and seeks to reduce mass incarceration in the United States . This new Art for Justice Fund — to be announced ...
NY Community Trust, Mellon, Ford Among Supports of New York Live Arts 2017-2018 Season
Release Date:
07/03/2017
... and multi-dimensional view of our world will emerge," states Jones. New York Live Arts will open its season with .....
Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Seeks Proposals for Investigator Awards
Release Date:
07/10/2017
Established by the Simons Foundation to advance knowledge of the processes that led to the emergence of life, the Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life supports creative, innovative research on topics such as the astrophysical and planetary...
Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste
Release Date:
07/25/2017
Food Tank, in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family Foundation, will present a one-day summit on September 13, 2017, at the WNYC Greene Space in...
Seeking Just & Sustainable Communities: Surdna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $14 Million
Release Date:
07/26/2017
... to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States . Second-quarter grants were awarded in the ...
The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced
Release Date:
09/05/2017
The 2017 NCRP Impact Awardees have been announced.
Carnegie Corp.’s Academic Leadership Award Recognizes Seven University Presidents
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Carnegie Corporation of New York today named seven exceptional American college and university presidents as recipients of its Academic Leadership Award. The honor consists of $500,000 in support for each winner’s academic initiatives.
Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Two Google veterans have developed a convenience concept called Bodega that they’ve been testing in 30 San Francisco-area locations and now want to roll out to other markets, according to Fast Company. Bodega is a five-foot-wide pantry box filled...
Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey.
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Census 2020 - Time to Act - A Webinar Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum
Monday, October 30, 2017 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
"If you underfund the Census, you get an undercount," says Kenneth Prewitt, who directed the bureau during the 2000 Census.
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/03/2017
The Wallace Foundation’s latest report, “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, Partnerships and Fidelity,” is the latest entry in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “field of scale-up studies.”
Ms. Foundation Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Changes to Obama Era Contraceptive Rules
Release Date:
10/11/2017
... this country into a backwards, regressive, and divided states of America. The Ms. Foundation for Women and our ...
“El Negro Bembón”: Puerto Rico’s Invisibility Crisis Before and After Hurricane Maria
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... political forces that shape budget allocations and nation states . Can we, in philanthropy, do both? Can we focus on the ... that was almost double the poorest state in the United States . The day before the...
Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times
Release Date:
11/02/2017
Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
11/06/2017
... has been so successful that 235 cities in the United States and United Kingdom , Phoenix included, now ...
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Nov
2017
New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
New York Foster Youth Funders Group is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster...
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... was asked whether extra security was needed at the United States Conference on Mayors in NYC. Bloomberg responded, "I .....
Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.
Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... that there are a pretty good number of options for states and districts to consider when they want to adopt ...