Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair
Release Date:
06/23/2014
... established to promote social inclusion and peace building in Colombia. In addition, she was a Hubert H. ...
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Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion
Release Date:
07/30/2014
... directed at initiatives and organisations that are at, or building towards, a tipping point – where access to ...
Comparing Spending Down and Perpetuity - Should Charity Go on Forever?
Release Date:
10/09/2014
The strategic process ofprominent foundations, such as Atlantic Philanthropies and Carnegie Corporation, are examined to outline the major differences in spending down and perpetuity.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights
Release Date:
12/15/2015
The Brooklyn Community Foundation, with its Crown Heights Advisory Council, announced the 11 projects that will receive $100,000 collectively through its new Neighborhood Strength initiative.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism
Release Date:
12/18/2015
... research and other knowledge. Civic tech innovators are building tools to help open up policymaking, budgeting and ...
Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies
Release Date:
03/04/2016
... of contemporary Muslim societies. Through DDFIA's Building Bridges Program, eight nonprofit organizations in .....
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... more than 100 years. From seeding the Green Revolution to building the field of impact investing, these moments of ...
Ford Foundation Is A Sponsor of New Exhibits at the Muhammad Ali Center
Release Date:
06/22/2016
Construction soon will begin on new exhibits at the Muhammad Ali Center after work was delayed following humanitarian and boxing champion Muhammad Ali’s death earlier this month.
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Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar
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... families have a hard time explaining their work to and building relationships with the media. Many foundations ...
Proteus Fund Reports on Orlando Rapid Response Fund Grantmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2016
After the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016, Proteus Fund quickly launched a Rapid Response Fund to support LGBTQ and Muslim, Arab & South Asian communities grappling with the implications of this massacre.
Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... Resilient Cities Network While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data In Mobile, Ala., building -code inspectors armed with smartphones and Facebook .....
Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... foundation’s priorities in recent years have included building resilience in cities throughout the world, bringing ...
Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Bloomberg announced featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring heads of state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic growth, and the related societal challenges - from...
Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020.
The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... for victims of natural disasters. The Fund's capacity- building grants program will help several lynchpin, .....
Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The once sleepy world of corporate philanthropy has been perking up lately. An older model of giving—which often involved cutting lots of checks to local charities without asking many questions—is giving way to a more focused and strategic approach...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky
Release Date:
11/20/2017
The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development
Release Date:
12/06/2017
... honor the work of the past 100 years while looking toward building and strengthening the field of community-engaged ...
Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor
Release Date:
01/08/2018
... has an opportunity to continue its leadership in building a fair society. So far, it has missed the mark on an ...