Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
07/15/2015
Ms. Baff is currently the executive and artistic director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
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BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation
Release Date:
10/19/2015
... Forum. This network boosts over 10,000 members across the nation . All member organizations use a similar democratic ...
Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director
Release Date:
11/16/2015
The Simons Foundation announced the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the appointment of David Spergel as its director.
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.
Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida
Release Date:
12/10/2015
A smartphone app might help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida improve their daily self-management skills, which can help prevent skin wounds and other complications, according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health &...
Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms
Release Date:
01/26/2016
For microorganisms in the oceans -- including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every day -- viruses are a major threat. But a paper to be published Jan. 25, 2016 in the journal Nature Microbiology shows that there's...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... resonates not only in our neighborhoods but around our nation . The organization is targeting the most critical ...
The Daphne Foundation Appoints Yvonne Moore to Its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/28/2016
The Daphne Foundation has announced the election of Yvonne Moore to its Board of Trustees. A private family foundation founded in 1991 by Abigail E. Disney & Pierre N. Hauser, The Daphne Foundation focuses its investments in organizations that...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... growing (America will, for example, be a majority nonwhite nation by midcentury) and that many dimensions of difference ... honest questions and questioning, to move us as a nation toward envisioning our...
Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million
Release Date:
12/09/2016
ArtPlace America, a public-private partnership that works to position arts and culture as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development, has announced grants totaling $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in...
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2017
Family Philanthropy Stories- Capture the Legacy of your Giving with NCFP and The History Project- Webinar
Thursday, January 12, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Why, in 2017, are we still relying on grandma’s photo albums and poorly scanned Facebook uploads to preserve our family histories?
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May
2017
Balancing Family Privacy and Public Trust: Transparency in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, May 11, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
While transparency is an important value in principle, what do you do when your foundation’s privacy is also your family’s privacy? How do we balance the need for public accountability with a family’s right to privacy?
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2017
21st Century Philanthropic Pipelines for Twentysomethings - Webinar
Thursday, June 8, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
How do we inspire and prepare the best generation of philanthropic leaders for the field and for our family work?
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Sep
2017
The First Year in the Life of a New Executive Director - Webinar
Thursday, September 14, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
How can your board develop a transition plan to maximize your new executive director’s prospects for success?
PhilTV This Week: March 3, 2017
Release Date:
03/03/2017
Featuring Open Society Foundations, NY Women's Foundation, Charitable Giving Report and more.
‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
07/11/2017
William D. “Bro” Adams, former president of Colby College and past chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is joining the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior fellow.
Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published
Release Date:
07/26/2017
... support given children and families in every other wealthy nation in the world. The lack of investment in our youngest ...
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Dec
2017
Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar
Thursday, December 14, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Domino effect. Snowballing. Chain reaction. Ripple effect. Reverberation. There are plenty of ways to describe this simple truth: small actions can have big results.
NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... to be another partisan conflict? What if Congress and the nation could instead declare a ceasefire, return to normal ...
Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Epidemiologists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism last month reported a jarring trend: Problem drinking is rising fast among older Americans.