Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members
Release Date:
01/16/2018
... management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’ s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of the Board since ...
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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... which both increases and accelerates the firm’ s current growth, is made possible by the firm’ s strong and sustained business performance, recent changes to the U. S . corporate tax system...
Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!
Release Date:
02/02/2018
... efforts of hundreds of its employees throughout the U. S . this year. With our partners and volunteers we will be ... emotionally, socially and intellectually, yet today’ s kids have less time and fewer...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President
Release Date:
02/07/2018
... have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’ s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will ... poet, and scholar, is recognized as one of the nation’ s leading voices in modern literature...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge
Release Date:
03/27/2018
... Shed received a $75 million gift from Michael Bloomberg' s Bloomberg Philanthropies last year. Earlier this ... inequality and engaging diverse audiences, the Shed' s mission has come into sharper...
With Support from Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University Releases “Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise”
Release Date:
04/23/2018
... on Cities, with support from Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, launched Cities ...
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Making Space at The Table: Welcoming New Voices to Your Family Giving - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, July 12, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
There are so many ways to welcome new voices into your family giving. Whether you are looking to involve the next generation of family members, developing a process to invite non-family board members onto your board, or finding other practical ways...
Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences
Release Date:
05/14/2018
... Yuri Tschinkel, director of the Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division, has been ... Academy of Sciences. The honor recognizes Tschinkel’ s mathematical contributions, which focus on...
Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success
Release Date:
11/29/2018
... overseeing part of our education portfolio. Farhad’ s work experience includes managing direct service programs, ... Director of Community Partnerships for The College Board' s Access to Opportunity...
Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life
Release Date:
12/11/2018
... close its doors by 2020 reflected founder Chuck Feeney’ s Giving While Living approach to philanthropy and his desire for the foundation’ s funds to achieve maximum impact within that time frame and ... had...
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
... Grants The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson' s Research (MJFF) has announced a hundred and twenty-seven ... focused on defining, measuring, and treating Parkinson' s disease. In support of...
Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air
Release Date:
03/18/2019
... of water. A research team led by Guihua Yu in UT Austin' s Cockrell School of Engineering combined hydrogels that are .....
Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan
Release Date:
03/17/2019
... and now ranks eighth in that category nationally. In the U. S ., more than two million people are currently addicted to ...
Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility
Release Date:
04/01/2019
... The grants will go for capital improvements, professional development , staff training, research and evaluation. Each of ... to independently raise 25 percent of the project’ s cost before applying. They will...
Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m
Release Date:
04/16/2019
... focus on managing sales and marketing for the company’ s Customer Success Platform. In addition, the new business ...
Estée Lauder Names Bari Seiden-Young Svp, Global Corporate Communications, Citizenship and Sustainability
Release Date:
04/15/2019
... The position will be in addition to Seiden-Young’ s existing responsibilities overseeing The Estée Lauder ... tasked with overseeing communications for the company’ s Global Corporate Citizenship and...
MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research
Release Date:
06/04/2019
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces New Program Director, Dr. Ernie Glover
Release Date:
06/11/2019
... Program Director. In his new role at Sloan, Dr. Glover’ s primary responsibility will be to develop and oversee new grantmaking programs that advance the Foundation’ s mission to support original research in...
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO
Release Date:
07/16/2019
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) announced today the appointment of Marcus F. Walton, a non-profit industry veteran, as its new President and CEO.
New Race to Lead Survey Launches Today
Release Date:
07/17/2019
... in nonprofits. The data from that survey led to the development of the popular Race to Lead report series ( ...