Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education
Release Date:
12/08/2013
... of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust' s $43 million Brooke Astor Funds for New York City Education, .....
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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers
Release Date:
02/25/2014
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America has received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its own terms over the next decade, reports The New York Times.
Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership
Release Date:
03/25/2014
Opportunity International andThe MasterCard Foundation plan to help 7 million out of poverty with $22.7 million partnership, reports Forbes.
Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... a lot of money and talent directed towards solutions. It’ s clear we desperately need new ways to solve old ...
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times.
Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever
Release Date:
06/16/2014
... Ecology, or SCOPE, a program of the Simons Foundation’ s Division of Life Sciences that aims to advance basic ...
Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing
Release Date:
06/25/2014
Surdna' s Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact ... cross-pollination between programs and the foundation' s recent launch into the impact investing world. In ... retooling the...
Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... staff in 2001, she was the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’ s executive director, a position she held for 13 years. ...
Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Release Date:
07/09/2014
... will be responsible for oversight of the organization’ s operations, including communications, finance and ...
NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals
Release Date:
07/24/2014
... organizations to prepare future principals for the city' s schools. Among the stipulations of the foundation' s grant: a significant number of graduates from the city' s...
Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel
Release Date:
07/29/2014
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.
Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform
Release Date:
08/04/2014
The Donors’ Education Collaborative, a fund at the New York Community Trust established to improve New York City public schools, announced $995,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations pushing for reforms to reduce inequality and increase...
Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists
Release Date:
09/09/2014
Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation' s Top Philanthropists Barbara Picower has resumed her role as one of the nation’ s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation with more ... billion...
Financing the Social Sector
Release Date:
09/15/2014
... Social Sector Despite the huge success of this summer' s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and various crowd-funding .....
NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs
Release Date:
09/29/2014
The philanthropic community has been slow to support domestic violence prevention measures.
NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail
Release Date:
10/03/2014
... Culture Trail An arts and education center and what' s believed to be the first Puerto Rican-owned music store in ... and Dancing In The Streets to help commemorate the borough' s rich cultural...
Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU
Release Date:
11/07/2014
The money will go towards the ACLU's effort to overhaul the justice system.
Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?
Release Date:
11/12/2014
Whatever Happened to Obama’ s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC? When Mayor de Blasio ... Neighborhoods initiative.... Whatever Happened to Obama’ s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC? ...
The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World
Release Date:
11/17/2014
... a Nuclear-Free World Ploughshares opposes America’ s development of a missile-defense system and contributes ... funds to scores of anti-war groups highly critical of U. S . foreign policy and military...
Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission
Release Date:
11/24/2014
Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’ s Next Mission Peter Peterson, the Blackstone Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U. S . debt reduction, is now taking aim at some $800 billion in...