$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities
Release Date:
09/02/2015
... systems (GIS) that present complex histories in the form of interactive maps, to 3-D modeling technologies that ...
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UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors
Release Date:
09/25/2015
Hafid is one of four newly-elected nonprofit leaders to NCRP's board of directors.
COF Briefing on the Hill: Opportunities to Encourage Charitable Giving
Release Date:
10/19/2015
The Council on Foundations will participate in a briefing on Capital Hill for the Philanthropy Caucuses in the House and Senate this week.
Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia
Release Date:
11/23/2015
... director Uk Krisna, Center of Khmer Studies (CKS) hopes to form a “network of Southeast Asian scholars in the ...
UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'
Release Date:
02/18/2016
A rigorous approach to measuring charitable ROI (return on investment) is becoming more popular in the Jewish communal world and UJA-Federation of New York, which will celebrate its centennial next year, is wading into this world of metrics...
Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers
Release Date:
03/04/2016
... deal proposal, bankers and other employees at the firm can form teams and pitch their nonprofit. The winner, chosen by a ...
Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President
Release Date:
06/09/2016
The Capital One Foundation has undergone a change in leadership, with former long-serving President Carolyn Berkowitz stepping down to pursue other opportunities.
Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction
Release Date:
09/20/2016
Insha Rahman, Senior Planner at the Vera Institute, comments on the recent PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic."
Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed
Release Date:
11/11/2016
... Democracy is producing a genuine threat to the American form of self-government...” Century Foundation Fellow Asks ...
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity
Release Date:
02/27/2017
The Intersectional Self questions how notions of femininity (and alternately, masculinity) have shifted in the context of newly defined gender identities, and how family structures have been reimagined and reshaped through relatively recent advances...
Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia
Release Date:
04/03/2017
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced grants totaling $5.2 million to the Australasian Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation and the Chinese University of Hong Kong to study environmental factors that influence the...
Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... Insight to support foundation openness activities in the form of regional cohorts and dialogues. As part of the ...
Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... Arts to Well-Being Neighbors performing in a local theater form friendships. Art galleries become gathering places. ...
Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... and unexpected work might take shape. New ideas could form as computer scientists and researchers from a variety of ...
A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others
Release Date:
05/23/2017
... make a profit, these places are experimenting radical form of conscious capitalism: Cover costs, pay fair wages, ...
A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems
Release Date:
05/30/2017
... by discovering the principles of how microbial communities form and function. . , A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation ...
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... jazz musicians who continue to shape and drive the art form . This year's festival runs August 23 through August 27 .....
Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
In East Harlem, the city is considering a change in zoning rules, encouraging developers to build and allowing them to build bigger. In exchange for the new construction, the neighborhood would get concessions from developers (some form of...
Artists Behind ‘Tribute in Light’ 9/11 Memorial Continue to Inspire: ‘People Could Start Looking Up Again’
Release Date:
09/11/2017
On the night of September 11, 2001, artists Paul Myoda and Julian LaVerdiere watched from Brooklyn as an ashy and gaseous cloud formed over the remnants of the World Trade Center.
Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Billionaire developer Stephen Ross and the New York-based Ford Foundation are teaming up with The Platform LLC to make a $27.5 million investment in bringing housing to Detroit neighborhoods.