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The Rockefeller Foundation Invests in Satellite Data & AI to Accelerate Economic Development and Climate Resilience in Africa
Release Date:
08/29/2022
... level — which is critical, because efforts to drive change in energy, agriculture, and transportation must be ... dynamic and practical understanding of how constrained resources can best promote livelihood...
Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart
Release Date:
05/15/2015
... can seed a movement and build momentum for large-scale change . The key with all of these ideas is to work at scale in a neighborhood: not just one school but all the schools offering healthy school lunches;...
National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship
Release Date:
05/16/2018
... initiatives aimed at advancing racial justice and social change throughout New York City’s largest borough. A ... be a national model for progressive, racially just social change thanks to the leadership of...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues
Release Date:
04/28/2021
... demonstrated the potential for significant institutional change , including new university leadership positions focused ... said David Myers, president and CEO of AIR, which is co- funding one of the grants...
Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... introduced her to a wider network.” Sponsorship, not just mentorship , of other women, is critical for ... the promise and potential of pop culture to advance social change in #PopJustice , a new report series...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
Release Date:
06/22/2023
... cohorts of changemakers to accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities and around the world. SNF’s ...
17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies,...
Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... Independence Community Foundation into a full-fledged charity in 2009. The feeling was that as the borough grew in ...
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, technology, engineering and math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable...
Citi Launches Citi Bike for Good to Support Three of New York City’s Leading Not-for-Profit Organizations
Release Date:
09/18/2015
... for Good to Support Three of New York City’s Leading Not -for-Profit Organizations Citi today announced Citi ... to support three of New York City’s most impactful not -for-profit organizations when they ride...
Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'
Release Date:
12/02/2015
... 'Threat' Russian authorities have barred the pro-democracy charity network founded by billionaire philanthropist George ... Russian Federation and the security of the state" but did not offer...
Why Salesforce Has A Chief Philanthropy Officer
Release Date:
02/23/2017
... at least 1% of their time, equity, or product annually to charity . Since the program launched over two years ago, more ...
Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 Million From Rockefeller Estate
Release Date:
04/24/2017
... age of 101, had planned to give the bulk of his wealth to charity upon his death... Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 ...
Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Michael Bloomberg, Jeff Skoll, and Bill and Melinda Gates are expected to host new gatherings that promise to update what used to be the philanthropic get-together of the year: theClinton Global Initiative, filled with celebrities, rich donors, high...
Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Nonprofits generally express moral support for fair employment standards while they often face what’s become known as "operational anxiety" as they try to figure out how to pay for rising costs that for-profit businesses and governments can more...
What Business Can Learn From Buddhism
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... century. Organisations, especially in the non-profit and charity sector, can re-energise their employees by aligning ...
IRS Audit Guides Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... the guide specific to 501(c)(3) private foundations is not available but noted as “coming soon.”) There are ...
How Salesforce.org Strives to Connect Companies and Nonprofits (Podcast)
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... of Giving features Rob Acker, CEO of Salesforce.org, the charity -focused wing of the software giant started by ...
NCF Welcomes Elizabeth Mendez Berry and Isaac Luria as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture
Release Date:
12/16/2016
... shape strategies focused on arts and culture, narrative change and pop culture that integrate across the ... about race, class, gender and ethnicity through culture change , pop culture strategies and stories...

