Ford Foundation's Tellado Named CEO of Consumer Reports
Release Date:
07/15/2014
... for Public Service, where she launched the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government and the Service to ...
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United Way of New York City Partners With Bank of America for Volunteer Day of Action
Release Date:
05/13/2015
One hundred volunteers assembled 2000 "Basics for Babies" kits.
Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2015
Analysis shows that if limits on premiums for older adults were relaxed, federal spending would rise.
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College
Release Date:
10/21/2015
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and others join in new initiative to examine public policy issues in charitable giving at Boston College Law School.
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.
Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt
Release Date:
02/09/2016
Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented on President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2017, saying it did not sufficiently address the key drivers of long-term debt.
Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda
Release Date:
03/30/2016
Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation's Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the college, along with the Tow Foundation for its work on juvenile and...
What Makes for an Effective Program Officer?
Release Date:
12/08/2016
Essential Skills and Strategies (ESS): Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice is an intensive peer learning program we offer each January to program officers and directors newer to the philanthropic sector
Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund
Release Date:
06/12/2017
Agnes Gund is partnering with the Ford Foundation, in the creation of a new fund, titled the Art for Justice Fund, and has sold a very valuable painting to kickoff the fundraising. She has asked other collectors to do the same, in the hopes of...
Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap
Release Date:
07/10/2017
In 2016, the Markle Foundation partnered with LinkedIn and Microsoft to create Skillful, a platform dedicated to filling “middle-skills” jobs in sectors like healthcare, the trades, logistics and other STEM-focused areas.
NoVo Foundation is Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality
Release Date:
07/19/2017
If a foundation’s mission is to build more healthy partnerships in the world, what better place to start than with their own internal partnerships? For Peter and Jennifer Buffett of the NoVo Foundation, developing their own partnership as a couple...
Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... on their health and cut benefits like maternity care. Places per capita spending limits on funding for the ...
Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Scantlebury, Vice President for Program and Strategy ( Places ), W.K. Kellogg Foundation Pamela Shifman, Executive ...
Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?
Release Date:
09/29/2017
It is well known that one of the keys to a high-quality education system are excellent teachers. Research has consistently identified effective teachers as the most important school-related factor influencing student achievement. Recognizing this,...
George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
10/18/2017
George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations, one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to a single foundation.
Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison
Release Date:
10/30/2017
A small but steadily growing prison education program continues to expand with the help of some big foundations. The Prison to College Pipeline Program (P2CP), one of several programs offered by the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of...
GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism
Release Date:
11/06/2017
... the news website GlobalPost, want future Schrekingers in places like Youngstown rather than Yangon. Starting in early ...
Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth
Release Date:
11/07/2017
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a compound essential to the formation of life on earth.
Bloomberg Donates $5 Million To Baltimore Police For New Cameras, Technology
Release Date:
12/04/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $5 million to help the Baltimore Police Department enhance crime-fighting technology — including buying more surveillance cameras, gun-shot detection software and license plate readers.
Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States
Release Date:
12/14/2017
... uninsured rate for children under age 19 also fell in most places , dropping by at least two percentage points in 33 ...