The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations
Release Date:
09/03/2015
... to engage audiences across the country and significantly advance the health and vitality of their respective fields. ...
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UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors
Release Date:
09/25/2015
... for Justice, a coalition of funders formed recently to advance racial justice. Hafid is joined by Bill Dempsey, ...
Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/11/2016
Glioblastoma multiforme is a particularly deadly brain cancer. Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for cancer treatment.
Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... City. Each year, SQS members award one or more grants to advance programming and services that directly benefit LGBTQ ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...
Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum
Release Date:
09/28/2016
... year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance the museum’s new contemporary art initiative. Ms. ...
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity
Release Date:
02/27/2017
The Intersectional Self questions how notions of femininity (and alternately, masculinity) have shifted in the context of newly defined gender identities, and how family structures have been reimagined and reshaped through relatively recent advances...
Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth
Release Date:
08/25/2017
A counter-argument to common critques of the nonprofit sector's failure to hold executives accountable
Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down
Release Date:
09/20/2017
The new figures confirm trends reported in the Center for New York City Affairs’ July 19th Urban Matters post, “More Jobs, Rising Wages, Broader Advances: Seven Indicators of New York’s Economic Health.”
Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... research, using the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, finds that ...
Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP
Release Date:
11/28/2017
Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to companies that do well by minorities and women.
‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism
Release Date:
12/08/2017
The Mellon Lecture Series, which will continue into the spring semester, is made possible by a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help Georgetown carry out its commitment to produce scholarship to better understand and...
Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program
Release Date:
06/19/2018
... career, Williams has leveraged their legal background to advance progress on a number of issues including youth ...
Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Release Date:
07/10/2018
... potential to lead to groundbreaking new discoveries and advance human health. The selected Scholars will each receive ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
Release Date:
07/24/2018
... made a major step forward this month in its efforts to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies with ...
Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director
Release Date:
08/06/2018
... as we continue their nationally-recognized efforts to advance social justice, create opportunities for youth and ...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nicole Taylor as President and CEO
Release Date:
11/14/2018
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Board of Directors proudly announces that after an extensive search process, Nicole Taylor has been named the new President and Chief Executive Officer of SVCF.
Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications
Release Date:
12/04/2018
Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...
Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2018
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is pleased to announce that Rini Banerjee will join the Foundation as its fourth president and first woman to lead the foundation. Banerjee’s appointment concludes an extensive nationwide search that began last...
Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance
Release Date:
06/02/2019
... more transparent and effective. The funding from OSF will advance shared policy priorities in the areas of government ...