Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... quality of relationships funders have with nonprofits and communities is central to the impact they’re able to ...
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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize
Release Date:
09/07/2016
At least five New York based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year – for up to three years – to enable them to pursue groundbreaking research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking.
Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New York City as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Release Date:
09/08/2016
Hunte will serve as a strategic thought partner to the President and play a critical role in the design, coordination and implementation of the President's initiatives, both internally and externally, at UWNYC.
Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America
Release Date:
09/15/2016
... impact their children, their own safety, and their communities . Raising Our Nation looks at how barriers to ...
Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
10/03/2016
... access, opportunity and inclusion for underrepresented communities and young people in the entertainment industry ...
Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project
Release Date:
11/18/2016
... and organizations to support new work and bring dance into communities across the U.S. To date, NDP has supported 342 ...
Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project
Release Date:
01/12/2017
The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.
Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/21/2017
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships.
Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health
Release Date:
03/17/2017
... a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy Communities grant program. The grants are from $50,000 to ...
Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit
Release Date:
03/22/2017
Launched in partnership with Midtown Detroit, Inc., with support from the Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation, the program is also designed to respond to recent rental cost increases in Midtown and to address a near-term housing supply gap as...
Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties
Release Date:
03/29/2017
The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this summer, thanks to grants and material donations from Garnier®, TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation.
Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative
Release Date:
04/04/2017
SPARK is proud to announce it has expanded the research collaborative this year to include four new sites: the Geisinger Clinic of Pennsylvania, Maine Medical Center, Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Iowa.
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.
MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur
Release Date:
05/03/2017
In a competition that featured more than 100 innovative entries from all over India, the entrepreneur who won is creating an android-based illustrative money management tool to be used on low cost smartphones by sub-illiterate groups.
A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others
Release Date:
05/23/2017
Newman’s Own was an early adopter of the idea of a philanthropic enterprise. Now, it’s helping to coalesce a new movement.
Citi Foundation Announces $4M Youth Workforce Fund: Grant Opportunity for Nonprofits Connecting Young Adults to Employment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
The Citi Foundation, in partnership with America's Promise Alliance, invites leading non-profit organizations to submit innovative program ideas focused on connecting low-income young people, ages 16-24, with workplace skills and employment...
NYS Health Foundation Co-Authors Column on Blocking Immigrants from Essential Services
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... technology, medicine and entertainment; and immigrant communities pay over $10 billion in property and income taxes ...
Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award
Release Date:
07/20/2017
One in four people in the world is unbanked, leaving them completely outside the system of formal financial services which can serve as bridge out of poverty. As a direct result of its Inclusive Finance efforts—led by Bob Annibale, global director...
Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... to fighting pollution and improving the health of communities . Participants included representatives from the ...
Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures
Release Date:
07/27/2017
The Folger Shakespeare Library has been awarded a four-year, $1.5 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a collaborative research project, Before Farm to Table: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures.