Development partners such as the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Germany’s GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and support their growth.
The Fellowship is designed to increase the capacity of New York City's community development organizations and to create a pipeline for the next generation of community development leaders.
Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World GivePower Foundation—a charitable ... by providing solar-powered lighting to schools in the developing world—is expanding. Through a $500,000...
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s most recent gift is another $3.8 million in grant money to fund Local Initiatives Support Corporation's (LISC)- a community development financial institutions created by the Ford Foundation- Financial...
Salk Institute scientists, supported by grants from many organizations including The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor...
... Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former ... the largest funder of tobacco-control efforts in the developing world. On Monday, the group...
A group of funders recently had a very productive site visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard—this video, sponsored by Morgan Stanley highlights the progress being made there.
NYU Wagner and the Center for an Urban Future selected the 15 urban policy reforms after conducting hundreds of interviews with mayors, agency chiefs, policy experts, academics, business leaders, labor unions and philanthropic foundations.
Julia Metro joined the Brooklyn Community Foundation in November of 2012. Previously, she coordinated development and fundraising efforts for Friends of Materials for the Arts, the nonprofit partner of Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of...