Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration
Release Date:
09/30/2013
... partners, often opposites who get together and then make change happen. Musician Wynton Marsalis said change ...
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Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive
Publication date:
03/2014
A skyrocketing stock market helped boost the assets of the Gates, Hewlett, and other big foundations last year to their highest levels since the Great Recession gutted endowments six years ago, according to a new Chronicle survey.
Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute
Release Date:
06/13/2014
The Williams Institute announced Andrew Park is its new International Program Director. Previously, Andrew served as Program Director at Wellspring Advisors, LLC, where he managed domestic and international grant-making programs in the fields of...
PG&E Donates and Matches Employee Donations to American Red Cross for California Wildfire Relief
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Pacific Gas and Electric Company will match up to $100,000 in employee donations.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Brings Hope to Ancient Athens Neighborhood
Release Date:
07/06/2016
Hopes for improvement lie with the nearby Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, named after a Greek shipping magnate who died in 1996.
Ford Is One of 46 Foundations Contributing to Movement That Helps Ex-Cons Turn Their Lives Around
Release Date:
11/14/2016
So far, 47 foundations including the Ford Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others have joined corporations like Starbucks, Facebook and Target in giving ex-cons a better chance at making something of...
Traub-Dicker Rainbow Announces Scholarship for LGBTQ Women-Identified Students
Release Date:
03/01/2017
Founded by Peggy Traub and Phyllis Dicker, the Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship is awarded to LGBTQ woman-identified students across the country who demonstrate their dedication to making a difference through their aspirations and actions.
PNY Sends Letter to Senator Chuck Schumer's Office in Continued Call to Action on Behalf of NYC's Nonprofits During COVID-19
Release Date:
04/24/2020
... sector that is critical to the safety net for New York City ’s most vulnerable populations – nonprofits with more ... on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. New York City ’s safety net, in this time of crisis...
Philanthropy Takes Fore as Bloomberg Exits N.Y. Mayoralty
Release Date:
04/30/2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s approach to philanthropy and his giving priorities are examined as he prepares for his return to private life.
Bill Gates: 'Philanthropy Should Be Taking Bigger Risks Than Business'
Release Date:
09/25/2013
View video of Bill Gates at the Clinton Global Initiative.
NY begins first statewide school-to-job project
Release Date:
11/03/2013
IBM's Stanley Litow was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about a new statewide workforce development program for high school students.
Bloomberg Donates $1-Million Genesis Prize for Fellowship
Release Date:
05/23/2014
... of his philanthropy and public service and said he would use the $1-million award to launch a competition for young ...
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.
NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... legal aid to unaccompanied minors facing deportation; use the arts to help schools meet Common Core standards; ...
Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... people. Imagine if Andrew Carnegie had not decided to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more ...
Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5 Million Request for Proposals
Release Date:
06/03/2015
... funding will go to innovative solutions that enable the use of data to ease the burden of type 1 diabetes (T1D) for ...
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.
Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors
Release Date:
10/05/2016
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness
Release Date:
12/14/2016
Education Department officials say they will work through Jan. 20 to review claims of defrauded students, but borrowers and advocates call for more urgency.
Carnegie Corporation Seeking Research on Emerging Technology Threats to Nuclear Stability
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... of military advantage, from cyber to automation, are dual use and only partially controlled by governments,” the ...