David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/08/2017
... died in March at age 101. The money from the sales will fund pledges he made more than a decade ago to a dozen ...
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Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization,” examined how large multipurpose youth organizations can best...
Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Advocating for the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through a variety of channels is the goal of the grants in the winter Arcus Foundation portfolio. From working with transgender and intersex groups to faith leaders and regional...
New Tax Law Might Force Newman's Own to Put Itself up for Sale
Release Date:
01/10/2018
... legislative fix, potentially as part of any deal to fund the government past Jan. 19. Newman's Own had hoped to .....
Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants
Release Date:
01/11/2018
Five national organizations awarded grants, advancing the Foundation's $100 million commitment to impact investing
Supported By The Taft Foundation, Rising Tide U Launches New Online Program, The Autism Advantage
Release Date:
01/31/2018
Rising Tide U (RTU), providing a road map for families who believe starting a business is their only way to help loved ones with autism build a future, along with University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism & Related...
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LGBTQ Funders Social Network
Thursday, February 22, 2018 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Philanthropy New York are partnering to support an informal, local group of philanthropic professionals who are LGBTQ and their funder allies. We plan for this to be primarily a social networking group...
NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Partnership for Freedom today announced the three winners of its Pathways to Freedom challenge. Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis were selected to participate in a first-of-its-kind anti-trafficking challenge to develop citywide approaches to...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
02/21/2018
As Part of the Bloomberg American Cities Initiative, Challenge Will Invest $17.5 Million in Grants and Technical Assistance to Discover Innovative Solutions to Urgent Local Issues
F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments
Release Date:
02/26/2018
Clara Miller, who has headed the F.B. Heron Foundation for the past three years, wants to take the ultimate impact investing step: to go "all in".
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region
Release Date:
03/30/2018
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has thrown fully into the battle to turn around battered communities.
Salesforce.org Continues Its Commitment to Public Schools
Release Date:
04/09/2018
... gift to Indianapolis Public Schools. The gift will fund a new information and technology academy within one of ...
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action
Release Date:
04/13/2018
This spring, the William T. Grant Foundation announced two new grant programs focused on getting social research out of the ivory tower and into actual policy and practice.
Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country
Release Date:
05/02/2018
With grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies and oversight from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity, the Department of Probation funded 19 community-based organizations to hire mentors for people ages 16 to 24
Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust
Release Date:
06/19/2018
... Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund , an initiative with the Ford Foundation and actress ...
Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director
Release Date:
06/20/2018
The Weinberg Foundation welcomes Darius Graham as the Foundation’s newest program director. Graham will be responsible for refining and communicating the Foundation's place-based philanthropic strategy for Baltimore, working across sectors to...
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats
Release Date:
06/25/2018
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and personal fortune behind...
Eugene M. Lang Foundation Takes Action With New Grant For Immigration Lawyers
Release Date:
07/10/2018
At a time when migrant families remain separated as a result of the Trump administration’s "zero tolerance" immigration policy, Avatar actor Stephen Lang and the New York-based Eugene M. Lang Foundation are taking action.
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) RFP for Round 13 of the Partners for Places Grant Program
Release Date:
07/19/2018
The grant program provides partnership investments between $25,000 and $75,000 for one year projects, or $50,000 and $150,000 for two year projects, with a 1:1 match required by one or more local foundations.
Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY Member, Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away
Release Date:
08/16/2018
Joyce Marie Joyce Marie Bove, age 67, of New York City, formerly of Stoneham, MA passed away on August 15, 2018 at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York City after a long and courageous battle with cancer.