Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
11/06/2017
... one-day volunteer effort. Working with Phoenix’ s mayor, Greg Stanton, and armed with a $1,000 grant, the ...
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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... opportunities to deploy the full range of Heron’ s “toolbox” (including grants, program related ... Obispo. Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt, chair of Heron’ s board, said, “Heron' s board is...
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... doing art projects with construction paper and Elmer’ s Glue? We’ve all had that experience, but we know it ... feel the challenge is too great and some may feel it’ s entirely undoable. The Wallace Foundation...
Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... (MRIs). His team also leads one of the nation’ s largest portfolios of program-related investments (PRIs), ... team, which has committed over $13 billion in community development investments since 2010. Swan...
New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may lead to behavioral and...
Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling
Release Date:
12/14/2017
... they contributed some $285 million in funding for development and emergency relief in 2016, and employ over ... $3m of emergency relief aid for victims of that year’ s devastating earthquake. The Foundation...
Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database
Release Date:
01/09/2018
... Walter Hawthorne, professor and chair of MSU' s Department of History. 'By linking data compiled by some of the world' s foremost historians, it will allow scholars and the public ... online...
Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'
Release Date:
01/17/2018
... Through this investment, CYE, a project of the Mayor' s Fund to Advance NYC, and its non-profit partners ... successful - a first-of-its-kind funding model in the U. S . for employment retention services...
New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... on Cities. The annual survey, supported by Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, details the most pressing needs and policy priorities of America’ s mayors. 115 mayors from 39 states were...
A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
... Birth Defect A new study led by vision researchers at UB’ s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the ... Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS). Caused by the body’ s inability to make cholesterol...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017
Release Date:
02/12/2018
... Gifts combined with appreciated assets boosted SVCF' s charitable assets under management to approximately $13.5 billion. The foundation' s grantmaking included $436 million (34 percent) in support...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... the laser if a person tries to move in the charging beam’ s path... Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... today announced the 35 Champion Cities in the 2018 U. S . Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages ... this year. The Mayors Challenge returns to the U. S . as one of the first investments in...
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U. S . national security affairs to support the Fund’ s work by monitoring and interpreting developments in the ... strengthening relationships with key...
Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates
Release Date:
04/19/2018
... of where they are within the socioeconomic spectrum. MSU’ s contribution to the alliance will be sharing and scaling ...
New York Life Foundation Supports Path For More Latino Youth to Pursue Higher Education
Release Date:
04/20/2018
... and CEO, National 4-H Council. "New York Life Foundation' s support is instrumental in inspiring youth to pursue higher ... for years to come." In recognition of New York Life' s dedication...
OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups
Release Date:
04/20/2018
... Civil Groups Billionaire philanthropist George Soros ’ s Open Society Foundations, a group that funds dozens of ... to punish NGOs he supports. Orban has condemned the EU’ s multicultural democratic model,...
ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center
Release Date:
05/10/2018
... provided significant grant funding to support the development of the year-long BRC expansion project ...
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Advocacy Guidance for Nonprofits and Foundations - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, October 11, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Join our speakers from Alliance for Justice and RESULTS Educational Fund for insightful information on how you can develop a strong advocacy plan. Learn the importance of advocacy work and how to legally use your funding and your voice to shine...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program
Release Date:
05/11/2018
... Management Program The program, a part of Mike Bloomberg’ s American Cities Initiative, has already helped more than 500 small and midsize institutions in the U. S . across all artistic disciplines. Bloomberg...