Reshaping the Business of Social Change
Release Date:
06/20/2013
... Foundation's many initiatives geared towards supporting women ’s rights and promoting global impact. Reshaping the .....
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Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... productivity in the developing world. Today, for example, women make up nearly half of the agricultural workforce in ... and training opportunities. Studies show that giving women more decision-making power...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profiled in Rolling Stone
Release Date:
01/16/2015
... were undermining our grants." But there was also "an economic reason for divestment," Wayne says. RBF's business ... barrels of proven reserves, sunk more than $7 billion into new...
Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation
Release Date:
12/12/2016
... the Norman Foundation focused its grantmaking on economic justice, environmental justice and movement ... a generational transfer of leadership, paving the way for new Board members to engage in grantmaking...
With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... early gender development among transgender preschoolers, a new study has found that these children were just as likely ... as female, were primarily White, and were from a range of economic backgrounds... With...
Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... algorithms work, and the potential of quantum computing. A new lab, dubbed the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, is planning to use ... There’s also a priority to study the ethical and economic implications of AI, a...
The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... in India, The Rockefeller Foundation will create new economic opportunities for poor, rural communities. ...
McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute
Release Date:
07/10/2018
... inaugural recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund, a new fund at the Aspen Institute to support innovative social ... pipeline in state universities across the US, to deepening economic resilience in...
The Warhol Foundation Will Award Six Spring 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships
Release Date:
07/19/2018
... of $295,000. Individual grants up to $50,000 will support new scholarship in contemporary art, and curators are ... Thought,” to feature work by 30 artists and address economic inequality in the United States...
Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty
Release Date:
03/12/2019
... in economics, including every winner since 2007. The new Sloan Fellows from Georgia Tech and Emory are... Sloan ...
A Decade of Impact: Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45%
Release Date:
04/11/2019
... jobs, the more progress we can make reducing health and economic risks.” Read his letter here . In 2018, Bloomberg LP launched two new climate finance initiatives to further complement the ...
The Atlantic Philanthropies Introduces 2020 Fellows for Racial Equity
Release Date:
08/03/2020
... change. Today – in the wake of the unfolding health and economic crises exacerbated by COVID-19, and the uprisings ... challenge, these courageous leaders are showing us new possibilities for how to eliminate...
19
Jul
2018
What Funders Need to Know About Immigration Detention: A Primer on the U.S. System - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, July 19, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm
... first served basis.* Every morning, roughly 38,000 men, women , and children wake up in the custody of the United ... ‘ hieleras ’— Spanish for ‘iceboxes.’ Pregnant women report being denied...
Susan McMillan Joins Con Edison’s Public Affairs Department as Section Manager for Strategic Partnerships
Release Date:
02/01/2012
... as Section Manager for Strategic Partnerships. In her new role, she will direct Con Edison’s corporate giving ... Development at the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York . As SVP,...
24
Oct
2011
Taking the Next Steps Toward a Greater Collective Impact
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 9:30am
On October 24, Philanthropy New York presented a program led by FSG Managing Director John Kania on Collective Impact, a new approach first featured in the Winter 2011 Issue of the ...
Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption
Release Date:
10/26/2013
The New York Times' DealBook section examined the philanthropic ... Sachs and its foundation, while PND reported on Goldman's new $250 million Social Impact Fund. Goldman Sachs is a .....
Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director
Release Date:
08/12/2014
... Our World as a managing director. He comes to his new role from the Cathedral Corporation, where he served as ... Kopp also has served as both vice president of the New York and Vermont...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives Museums $17 million to Improve Digital Outreach
Release Date:
09/09/2014
... digital projects, with $17 million for museums in New York and around the world. At the Brooklyn Museum, ... galleries. At the American Museum of Natural History, a new app will offer a...
Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy
Release Date:
09/23/2014
... Linking Academia and Policy Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the five recipients of major grants aimed at ... solutions for bridging this gap. The Corporation sought new ideas with...
Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Release Date:
11/20/2015
... crisis intervention. It has continued the training for new hires, with annual recertification for all staff. . . ... with funding from The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation in New York , aims to...