New Philanthropy Center, Fund for 2025 Respond to Funders’ Needs
Release Date:
10/24/2014
... engagement options, and growing our public policy work; improving our technology infrastructure; and developing ...
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Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments
Release Date:
03/03/2015
OSF and Atlantic are among funders taking action to improve life outcomes for boys and men of color in the United States.
Laura Washington Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Director of Communications
Release Date:
04/14/2015
Washington comes to the Mellon Foundation from the New-York Historical Society.
City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2015
The funding will impact as many as 150,000 middle school students.
25
Aug
2015
Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -
1:15pm to 2:45pm
The opening webinar to the Global Climate Security series will examine the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based webinars to follow. This webinar will address climate risk and...
Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
... assets—in its case in blended-learning strategies for improving our nation’s schools. It wasn’t always ...
Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The Overdeck Family Foundation supported research showing a marked increase in math achievement for children using a program called Bedtime Math. The research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science.
BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation
Release Date:
10/19/2015
The newest trend, however, is not just about a woman's donation, it's about women's collective philanthropy -- pooling funds together to exponentially increase community impact.
NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color
Release Date:
10/23/2015
... few new philanthropic efforts are aimed specifically at improving the lives of girls and young women of color. ...
Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)
Release Date:
11/12/2015
... many investors willing to take on the hard, unsexy work of improving implementation at a significant scale. . . ...
Columbia University School of Nursing to Become New Home of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare
Release Date:
11/17/2015
Columbia awarded 10-year, $11.1 million grant to house Jonas Center; from its new base in the School of Nursing, Center will build on its legacy as a national philanthropic leader and champion for nurses.
Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals
Release Date:
12/15/2015
New research from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University shows an area of the brain - long associated with negative behaviors - can also influence kindness and what might be called charitable giving in humans.
Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer
Release Date:
02/02/2016
... Community Foundation, an organization committed to improving all sectors of Westchester County,” said Tara ...
Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech
Release Date:
02/17/2016
A group of five national foundations - Ford, MacArthur, Knight, Open Society and Mozilla foundations - are working to promote the use of the Internet for social good, and has announced grants totaling $18 million to strengthen the emerging field of...
Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia.
Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People
Release Date:
02/23/2016
For those who struggle with obesity, losing as little as 5% of body weight is enough to reap significant health benefits, according to a study published February 22 in Cell Metabolism.
18
Mar
2016
The Global Goals in New York City
Friday, March 18, 2016 -
9:00am to 2:00pm
As American philanthropy grapples with local challenges, how do our solutions and experiences link to challenges elsewhere around the globe?
The Daphne Foundation Appoints Yvonne Moore to Its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... and is co-author of the report “Bridges to Independence: Improving Transitions to Adulthood for Youth Served by the ...
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
04/28/2016
Insight Dialogues, a live event and digital content series focused on sparking global conversations and action around the most pressing issues of our time will facilitate an exchange of ideas and inform the Foundation's ongoing work to improve the...
15
Jun
2016
CFF Annual Gathering
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Join us at the CFF Annual Gathering to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system!