Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek
Release Date:
10/03/2014
... investment. Rockefeller may be one of America’s oldest foundations , but “we really believe that innovation is core ...
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The Ford Foundation Joins the Reporting Commitment
Release Date:
08/19/2014
The Ford Foundation recently joined the Reporting Commitment, an initiative to increase the accuracy, currency, and openness of grants data
Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study
Release Date:
05/29/2015
A pilot program will try to determine if mobile technology can help diabetes patients.
Designing Effective Foundation Program Strategy
Publication date:
02/2013
Strong grantmaking programs reflect a foundation's values, balance internal capacities with the external environment and address constituents' needs. TCC’s Ashley Blanchard and Chris Cardona discuss the five steps to creating programs with impact.
08
Aug
2013
Families and Community Foundations Working Together
Thursday, August 8, 2013 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Webinar
... with their local community foundation. Community foundations play many roles – convener, advocate, strategic ... will feature three very different examples of community foundations that have developed...
Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Simons Foundation, founded by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District.
A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah
Release Date:
01/12/2018
The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.
Are Foundation Leaders Using Social Media?
Publication date:
09/2010
This report, which documents the usage of social media tools by foundation executives based on survey responses from members of the Center's Grantmaker Leadership Panel, finds that about one-third of foundation CEOs surveyed regularly use Facebook or read blogs, and that only six percent use Twitter. It also analyzes the perceived usefulness of Web 2.0 in philanthropic work, and highlights the social media activity of two "power users" in the field.
Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF
Release Date:
12/21/2011
... annual information return filed by exempt private foundations —has become an essential tool, not only for ...
Ford Foundation President to Step Down
Release Date:
03/06/2013
President Luis Ubiñas has announced that he will leave his position in September of this year.
05
Jun
2013
Conversation with Ford Foundation’s Luis Ubinas
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
... it was like to run one of the most significant and dynamic foundations in the US, with a global mission. And we’ll ... philanthropy’s greatest successes and failures? How can foundations successfully work with...
The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down
Release Date:
01/15/2016
... many consequences of the Great Recession was its effect on foundations whose endowments were heavily invested in a ...
Heron Foundation to Emphasize 'Connective Investing'
Release Date:
03/10/2017
In the coming years, the Heron Foundation will emphasize “connective investing” in US communities, providing financial and other forms of capital. It will continue to seek allies and build connections with those who have muscle and capital market...
Ms. Foundation Returns to Martha’s Vineyard
Release Date:
08/07/2017
The Ms. Foundation for Women, the country’s first women’s fund, returns to Martha’s Vineyard for its fourth annual summer celebration of feminism.
27
Mar
2013
Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... are reported as those of the foundation. It happens. Foundations find themselves in crisis, and it could happen to ... for a foundation to start. This is an area in which foundations absolutely should act more...
Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... created to collect $366 million committed by 12 private foundations for the "grand bargain" and disperse the money .....
Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows
Release Date:
04/08/2016
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2016 class of fellows. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were selected from a group of nearly three thousand applicants.
Bezos Family Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues
Release Date:
06/05/2023
The newest grants, amounting to nearly $2.6 million, have been awarded to the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Illinois Chicago, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Virginia.
Camille Kramer Joins the Tow Foundation
Release Date:
03/01/2013
Camille Kramer has been named the new Executive Assistant to the Tow Foundation's Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, and comes to the foundation from a corporate background where she has supported senior management for over a dozen years.
Ford Foundation’s President to Depart in September
Release Date:
03/06/2013
An examination of Luis Ubiñas' tenure as President.