Jim Simons, the Numbers King
Release Date:
12/13/2017
Jim and Marilyn Simons became major charitable donors in the nineteen-nineties, when they launched their foundation. The Simons seeks to heighten the foundation’s impact on the sciences.
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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects
Release Date:
01/16/2018
The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today announced nearly $110,000 in grants for 11 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12.
Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members
Release Date:
01/16/2018
The Westchester Community Foundation has elected Dale Akinla, II, CFP® financial advisor and wealth management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of the Board since 2012. Mr. Akinla has held a number of...
Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"
Release Date:
03/15/2018
... boasts a background working for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , J.P. Morgan Chase and the US Mission to the United ...
Ralph Wilson Foundation Launches STEM Initiative in New York, Michigan
Release Date:
03/20/2018
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has announced the launch of STEM 2035, an initiative aimed at strengthening the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) pipeline in western New York and southeast Michigan.
Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Release Date:
04/25/2018
$6.2 million in philanthropic support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Moody's Foundation - Reshape Tomorrow™ RFP
Release Date:
04/20/2018
Moody's is seeking proposals from best-in-class nonprofits that support individuals to grow their small businesses.
Moody's Foundation - Reshape Tomorrow™ RFP
Release Date:
04/20/2018
Moody's is seeking proposals from best-in-class nonprofits that support individuals to grow their small businesses.
Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series
Release Date:
06/15/2018
On Friday, June 15, 2018, PBS will premiere Ford Foundation funded BREAKING BIG, a 12-episode documentary series, explores the unexpected journey to success of some of the world's most influential artists, innovators, political leaders, athletes,...
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Continues Commitment to Great Barrier Reef Conservation Efforts
Release Date:
07/17/2018
Tiffany & Co. Foundation announced today that it has committed approximately $1.4 million AUD ($1 million USD) to help protect and restore Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2018
... in Music initiative. The initiative is designed to fund the musical education of middle- and high-school-age ...
Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting
Release Date:
11/01/2018
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation today announced $1.2 million in emergency grant funding as an immediate response to the shootings that claimed 11 lives and wounded six individuals this past Saturday at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh...
Carnegie Corporation of New York of New York Helps Support Fellowship Program Providing Post-Harvey Legal Aid
Release Date:
11/20/2018
A new $4 million program is funding 20 Houston-based legal fellows to provide aid after Harvey.
Salesforce Commits to Adding 1,000 New Local Jobs
Release Date:
11/30/2018
Salesforce and Salesforce.org are committed to investing in young people from the classroom to the boardroom.
Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life
Release Date:
12/11/2018
In this Insights , Atlantic highlights the steps it took to address the challenges the foundation faced in navigating its path toward the end while seeking to accomplish ambitious programmatic goals: how limited life shaped investment, staffing,...
Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/13/2018
... identity. Indeed, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund , which she launched in 2008, will close 2018 by ...
Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program
Release Date:
02/06/2019
Rahima Nasa, an alum from the Class of 2017, has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow for FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary series. The new year-long journalism fellowship program is funded by The Tow Foundation,...
Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees
Release Date:
02/25/2019
The Ford Foundation has elected Henry Ford III as a board member. He is the great-grandson of Edsel Ford, who created the foundation in 1936. It is the first time in more than 40 years that a Ford family member serves as a trustee.
SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition
Release Date:
02/21/2019
Johanna Van Fleet may still be in high school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that winning advice to a famous entrepreneur! Van Fleet recommended an...
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) has announced a hundred and twenty-seven grants totaling $24 million in support of research focused on defining, measuring, and treating Parkinson's disease. In support of defining and...