Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America
Release Date:
02/10/2013
... Excellence. Thanks to $1.35 million in recently awarded funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation, The ...
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Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting
Release Date:
04/16/2013
InsideClimate News, a five-year-old nonprofit environmental journalism outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its investigation of a pipeline oil spill in Michigan.
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust-fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust Chief Fiduciary Counsel James L. Kronenberg.
2013 Black Male Achievement Fellows Announced
Release Date:
06/12/2013
... eight organizations, will receive $70,000 in seed funding for their innovative nonprofits.... 2013 Black Male ...
Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities
Release Date:
06/07/2013
... participation continues to drop more than a year after a funding controversy involving Planned Parenthood... Komen ...
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s annual conference.
Robin Hood Gala Brings in $60-Million for Antipoverty Groups
Release Date:
05/14/2014
New York’s Robin Hood Foundation raised $60-million for poverty-fighting efforts Monday night at its annual gala, the biggest event on the city’s philanthropic social circuit, writes The Wall Street Journal
New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...
Dodge Foundation President Weighs in on NJ Sewer System Challenges
Release Date:
03/13/2015
... from so-called combined sewer overflows -- but necessary funding may not be forthcoming New Jersey yesterday issued ...
Bruce and Suzie Kovner Receive 2016 Simon Philanthropy Prize
Release Date:
04/12/2016
The Simon Prize carries a $250,000 award, which goes to a charity of the winner's choice.
Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... will each receive $275,000 “in flexible, multi-year funding as well as financial and legal counseling, ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... 1 diabetes. PDT has secured more than $5 million in funding through a combination of grants from JDRF, the ...
Verizon Foundation Donates $10K to MAP Intl. to Help Storm Survivors
Release Date:
02/08/2017
The funds will support 1,000 personal hygiene kits for south Georgia tornado victims.
Hospitals: We Want Billions Back if Obamacare Dismantled
Release Date:
02/10/2017
... dismantle the Affordable Care Act, we want the billions in funding we received before the law was enacted. WSJ's Melanie .....
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... pursue groundbreaking research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. We would love your help to ensure that ... talented, eligible early-career scientists know about this funding opportunity...
The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings
Release Date:
10/04/2017
As the federal government plans to step up deportations of immigrants, the Fund for New Citizens in The New York Community Trust recently announced $974,000 in grants to 15 groups to help New York City's immigrants understand their rights and...
How the Rockefeller Auction is Leaving an Inspirational Legacy
Release Date:
05/08/2018
The auction is estimated to bring in a record-breaking $1 billion, specifically endowing a select number of charities.
Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/21/2019
... physician-scientists. The Prize, totaling $4.2 million in funding awarded, emboldens early-career investigators to pursue research projects at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. Recipients receive $...
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,...
Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... the same problems – poverty, disease, the environment, education reform, you name it – that have dogged our ...