Inside the Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
04/15/2015
One of the foundation's main focuses is fighting economic inequality.
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Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN
Release Date:
05/26/2015
Arcus Foundation's Jon Stryker will receive the Visionary Award and Johnson & Johnson will receive the Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Award.
Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Bloomberg Philanthropies has contributed $80 Million to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color
Release Date:
09/02/2015
In recent years, there have been few new efforts aimed at improving the lives of girls and young women of color.
American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs
Release Date:
10/05/2015
... at a time of heightened awareness of principals’ crucial roles in school improvements.... American Express Awards ...
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit
... provides a clue as to why. Only 30 percent of C-suite roles in the nonprofit sector were filled by internal ...
5 Questions for...Heather Nesle, President, New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
11/23/2015
New York Life Foundation president Heather Nesle answers questions in PND about the foundation's grantmaking in the childhood bereavement area, its accomplishments to date, and its hopes for the future.
New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work
Release Date:
12/10/2015
Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...
Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification
Release Date:
03/03/2016
WNYC's 'There Goes the Neighborhood' takes an in-depth look at gentrification in Brooklyn and the integral role that race plays in the process.
Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work
Release Date:
03/30/2016
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.
Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations
Release Date:
03/31/2016
More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford Foundation and Visa will ensure that the Filene Research Institute’s Incubator continues to develop solutions that serve financially fragile populations.
Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Scientists funded by the Simons Foundation Research Initiative on Thursday announced the launch of an online research initiative that aims to gather DNA and other information from 50,000 people with autism and their family members.
Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt
Release Date:
04/29/2016
America’s national debt is at its highest level since 1950 and is on a path to grow rapidly in the coming decades. While there are many dangerous consequences of America’s fiscal outlook, absent a solution, no one will feel more pain than the next...
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... suggestions included mentorships, redefining men’s roles and blind recruitment. Rockefeller Foundation ...
Video: Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda
Release Date:
07/05/2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Rockefeller President Judith Rodin to discuss the role of diversity in the arts, economic inclusion, and other topics on the second edition of Insight Dialogues.
Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas
Release Date:
07/11/2016
One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U.S. citizens—has a foreign-born parent.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Release Date:
07/22/2016
The program provides funding to physician-scientists who are one to five years into their first faculty appointment to support their transitions to independent research careers.
Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?
Release Date:
07/22/2016
It’s been a bumpy ride at the Open Society Foundations over the past few years.
Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... known as guaranty agencies, that had played administrative roles approving bank loans, reviewing colleges’ ...
Supported by Ford, JPB Foundations, 'America Divided' Series Provides Dose of Reality and Hope
Release Date:
10/04/2016
As we prepare for a presidential election and think deeply about the direction of our country in light of current events, it seemed important to watch America Divided.