Philanthropy Is the Go-To Partner for Risk
Release Date:
04/18/2013
... to eliminate mosquitoes and ward off malaria, to mapping cultural monuments and artifacts across Europe to prevent ...
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Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
09/30/2013
The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.
Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Release Date:
01/15/2014
Liza Sutherland has joined the staff of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, where she works with the Donor Services Team and engages with a range of family foundations, corporate clients and individual donors.
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...
The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies
Release Date:
08/14/2015
Bard College has been awarded a $2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the launch of an innovative Master of Music Degree Program.
Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... inequality, Elizabeth will guide efforts to examine how cultural narratives impact and shape social movements, and ...
Sloan Foundation Supports Science on Screen Film Series
Release Date:
04/28/2016
Funded by the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, BFS is one of only 23 independent non-profit cinemas from across the country awarded SoS grants to expand film and scientific literacy by creatively pairing...
Ford Foundation Takes a Stand On Income Inequality at Milken Institute Global Conference 2016
Release Date:
05/04/2016
... speaking to the average joe, their answers were more about cultural narratives, persistent prejudices, and rules of the ...
Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees
Release Date:
06/21/2016
Last month, four former Yonkers Public Schools students graduated from the private liberal-arts college in Vermont's Green Mountains with four-year degrees.
Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election
Release Date:
11/11/2016
... campuses nationwide pushed for greater sensitivity toward cultural differences, the distribution of the Texas State ...
Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/30/2016
... foundations, donating to universities, hospitals and cultural institutions is the norm. Less common are donations ...
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Release Date:
05/12/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse
Release Date:
09/07/2017
“Conquering” nature has long been the western way. Our hubris, and often our religious ideologies, have led us to believe we are above nature and have a right to subdue and control it. We let our technical abilities get ahead of our wisdom.
Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... States and abroad. Today, several studies illustrate the cultural changes that have elevated ethics and corporate ...
Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Millennials are becoming even more engaged in philanthropic causes in 2017 than they were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact Report. At the same time, employers continue to search for ways to engage millennials to...
In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens
Release Date:
10/02/2017
In April 2015, Aaron Bryant rushed to be there when demonstrations swept through Baltimore on the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral. He filmed protesters angered by Mr. Gray’s death throwing rocks, watched the helicopters overhead and listened to...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and others Redefine Arts Funding
Release Date:
05/18/2018
... of "relevance"—acknowledge "social, political, and cultural contexts?" Bloomberg Philanthropies and others .....
Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"
Release Date:
08/03/2018
Conceived, adapted, and directed by MacArthur Genius Grant winner Lee Breuer, "The Gospel at Colonus", is an ancient Greek tragedy turned into religious parable within the framework of the Pentecostal church, that unites cultures and époques, and it...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Officer Donald J. Waters to Retire
Release Date:
05/12/2019
... and risks attendant on the digital transformation of the cultural record, its preservation, and its dissemination. ...
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2015
Preparing Cities for Foreign Trade and Investment
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The Rising Importance of Cities - Philanthropy New York Spotlight Series More than half of the world's ... by unhelpful national governments around the world. This new urban age has implications for every...