Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... from academia, government, non-profits, corporations and foundations - will begin to work to translate them into ...
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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/21/2017
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships.
Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners
Release Date:
03/17/2017
The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has announced the twelve winners of the Water Window Challenge.
'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia
Release Date:
04/12/2017
Through its Building Bridges grants program, the DDCF is committed to finding common ground between American Muslims and non-Muslims through the arts.
Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio
Release Date:
06/13/2017
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio, including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... the heads of the Case, Ford, Heron, Kresge, and Kellogg foundations . The Industry Advisory Council is made up of ...
The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/25/2017
... it's something of a matriarchy. Sure, most of the biggest foundations are still run by men and male zillionaires get ... for their philanthropy. But women comprise most staff in foundations , half of all...
Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts
Release Date:
09/06/2017
In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations : a prize competition. The Empowering People ...
Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Closing the gender gap in agriculture, meanwhile, could have an even more profound impact on families and productivity in the developing world.
Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board
Release Date:
09/22/2017
Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board.
Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions
Publication date:
10/2017
... in 2015. Among its findings, the report shows that large foundations slightly shifted funding to support disaster risk ... • Grants awarded by 1,000 of the largest U.S. foundations totaled $158.1 million in 2015, a 30 percent ... of support. In the aftermath of the 2014 outbreak, foundations made large investments in disaster risk ...
Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"
Release Date:
03/15/2018
As the woman driving and directing Tiffany & Co.’s global sustainability agenda, Anisa Kamadoli Costa works across the iconic company’s partnerships in both for-profit and non-profit sectors.
Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program
Release Date:
06/19/2018
The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the appointment of Alisha Williams (preferred gender pronouns: she/her, they/their) as a Program Officer of the Social Justice...
New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
12/19/2019
A New Communications Director Joins City’s Community Foundation; Five Promotions Are Announced.
Gun Violence in the United States Is a Crisis of Public Health and Public Safety – and Philanthropy Is Stepping Up
Release Date:
01/14/2020
We have all become far too familiar with the sobering statistics. Each year, more than 100,000 Americans are killed or injured by firearms. Mass shootings may make the headlines, but the sad reality of everyday gun violence often gets relegated to...
Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014
Release Date:
03/17/2014
... Development and the Department of Commerce. His work with foundations began when he directed the Health Policy Research ... he was chair of the board of The Investment Fund for Foundations and a member of the...
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Jun
2016
ComNetworkNY Kick-Off: Cocktails and Conversation
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm
If you’re interested in meeting other communications professionals, learning about great work in the social sector, and having a good time, join us as we kick off ComNetworkNY! In cooperation with Philanthropy New York, we want to be the go-to group...
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Feb
2018
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XII: Dealing with Disruption - Framing Leadership Strategies for the Future
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -
8:30am to 12:00pm
Please join Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York for their twelfth Charity Effectiveness Symposium. Dealing with Disruption will focus on how nonprofit leaders can cope with...
2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows Bring Chinese Philanthropy Insights to the U.S
Release Date:
03/28/2018
This month, the Fund welcomed Oma Lee and Danxi Shen, young professionals in China’s growing philanthropic sector, as our 2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows.