Duke Foundation Supports Program for Vets & Active Military in Theatre Experience, Study & Creation
Release Date:
03/11/2016
... personnel to experience, study, and create theatre. By developing unique curricula for four communities through ...
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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence
Release Date:
06/17/2016
The three-year program fosters tomorrow’s American operatic masterpieces through personalized creative development and intensive, hands-on composition opportunities for today’s most promising opera composers.
Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models
Release Date:
02/15/2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting information from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future direction of information standards for modelling, mapping, and managing...
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It
Release Date:
03/09/2017
For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city. In the city's new resilience district, with projects that will break ground later in 2017, the goal is to let water in—which paradoxically can reduce flooding.
Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... women CEOs. Fifty-one percent of executive respondents say developing women leaders is important because "greater gender .....
Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution
Release Date:
07/20/2017
Senior representatives from 19 international agencies gathered this spring in Italy, hosted by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. They came together to brainstorm how to halve death and...
Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President
Release Date:
09/05/2017
After hearing from “thousands of community voices” on the redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released his recommendations for the embattled project.
Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’s future, which includes the use of science and technology for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. ...
LDN Fund Officially Launched
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDN Fund) was launched on 12 September 2017 at the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ordos, China.
A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Officials tried to relocate auto mechanics from Queens to the Bronx to make way for a splashy new Willets Point real-estate project. What went wrong?
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... HbA1C is also a surrogate measure for a person's risk of developing diabetes-related complications. However, despite .....
Mike Bloomberg Publishes Annual Letter on Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/23/2018
... – whose work is driven by reliable data – is working to improve and save lives. However, a ... enthusiastically using data, and working with members of other political parties, to improve ...
How the Joan Mitchell Foundation Has Championed The Artist’s Market and Legacy
Release Date:
10/04/2018
... Siegel of the BMA and Sarah Roberts of SFMOMA have been working on the exhibition since 2015. And it’s not as if ... Foundation , which turns 25 this year, has been quietly working behind the scenes to promote...
Unbound Philanthropy Announces the Appointment of Three New Staff Members
Release Date:
04/03/2025
... new staff members. “We feel incredibly fortunate to be working with such a strong, talented team,” said Taryn ... managed their Climate Justice for All Grants program, working closely with grassroots groups...
Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round
Publication date:
06/2010
The nation's foundation community has provided critical financial and technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" education reform competition. Yet according to this issue brief from the Foundation Center, created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education consultants, and government leaders who had guided the first-round application process in nine states, the success of future collaborations will depend on government including grantmakers in the development of new policies and...
Russia's Real Friends in the West
Release Date:
01/27/2013
An op-ed by Deana Arsenian, Vice President for International Program and Program Director for Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The Secret to More Effective Philanthropy: Funding the Unknown
Release Date:
03/28/2013
An op-ed by Elizabeth Good Christopherson, President and CEO of the Rita Allen Foundation, in anticipation of the May 2013 Ashoka Future Forum in Washington, D.C.
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Game On: New Tools for Learning and Advocacy
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:30pm
Philanthropy New York
Mobile apps and computer games often spark images of teenagers in basements battling sci-fi creatures. But gaming now goes well beyond pure entertainment and is at the nexus of learning, advocacy and social change. Game makers are creating games for...
JPMorgan to Commit $100-Million to Boost Detroit’s Recovery
Release Date:
05/21/2014
Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase will commit $100-million in grants and loans over five years to aid Detroit’s revitalization effort as the city recovers from the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy, The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press...