Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... more than 100 years. From seeding the Green Revolution to building the field of impact investing, these moments of ...
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Ford Foundation Is A Sponsor of New Exhibits at the Muhammad Ali Center
Release Date:
06/22/2016
Construction soon will begin on new exhibits at the Muhammad Ali Center after work was delayed following humanitarian and boxing champion Muhammad Ali’s death earlier this month.
11
Aug
2016
Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar
Thursday, August 11, 2016 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... families have a hard time explaining their work to and building relationships with the media. Many foundations ...
Proteus Fund Reports on Orlando Rapid Response Fund Grantmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2016
After the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016, Proteus Fund quickly launched a Rapid Response Fund to support LGBTQ and Muslim, Arab & South Asian communities grappling with the implications of this massacre.
Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... Resilient Cities Network While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their ...
Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation
Release Date:
03/29/2017
Vivian Tseng has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Program, of the William T. Grant Foundation. In this role, she will work closely with the President and Board to shape the Foundation’s strategic directions.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data In Mobile, Ala., building -code inspectors armed with smartphones and Facebook .....
Calls for Nominations for 2018 Casey Excellence for Children Awards
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... parent, or kinship caregiver — who is committed to building hope for children, families and their communities. ...
Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... foundation’s priorities in recent years have included building resilience in cities throughout the world, bringing ...
Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... forward to exploring ways we can find common ground by building on these key features of our scholarship.” ...
Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Bloomberg announced featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring heads of state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic growth, and the related societal challenges - from...
Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020.
Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Is New York City significantly better prepared for the next big one? My answer is “No.”
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change
Release Date:
10/20/2017
... of global businesses and national and sub-national leaders building on the momentum of the Paris Agreement to initiate ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky
Release Date:
11/20/2017
The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... calls joining ideas together to form strong sentences a building block of language and writing. “For teachers, it ...
Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor
Release Date:
01/08/2018
... has an opportunity to continue its leadership in building a fair society. So far, it has missed the mark on an ...
Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize
Release Date:
01/25/2018
Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize The Milbank Memorial Fund has teamed up with AcademyHealth to establish a new annual award that recognizes state and local efforts to advance...
05
Feb
2018
Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, February 5, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... landscape, how funders are approaching longer-term power- building investments in states, and what pathways can be ...
Rauch Foundation Releases Report, Minding the Gaps, On Early Childhood Development
Release Date:
02/01/2018
... promoting mental-health support for day care centers, and building a robust regional referral network for children’s ...