Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... Bloomberg Philanthropies, which funds programs to address other global public health concerns such as tobacco ...
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Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa
Release Date:
11/13/2014
... network of peers, this first-of-its-kind program will address challenges such as navigating competitive markets, ...
NYSHF Energizes Entire Communities with Healthy Neighborhoods Fund Initiative
Release Date:
02/02/2015
... Martinez Garcel: “We’ve made a commitment to address health inequities in rural and in low income urban ... for people to exercise. So we’ve made this commitment to address health inequities. We know that when...
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... that build on our three and a half decades of work to address global challenges such as dementia and brain health, ... where systemic barriers unfairly hold them back, and to address the root causes of...
Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
01/03/2017
... this special funding opportunity to help City nonprofits address immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers ...
Making Kids Into “Makers”
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... creative problem-solving skills by building something to address a problem in their community. In many traditional ...
“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
... two years to attract promising ideas that will help it address the nation’s affordable housing issues. The company ... Mae to uncover and explore innovative solutions to help address the affordable housing...
Lukas Haynes Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund
Release Date:
11/21/2014
... to the Fund with significant leadership experience at two philanthropic foundations. Mr. Haynes succeeds Marnie ... 25 years of leading the Fund and will continue as personal philanthropic advisor to David...
Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... degrees after release. Prison reform is having a moment in philanthropic circles, and with a prison population that at ... but the hope is to expand to 150 students by 2019, with philanthropic support and...
Senators Fight To Save Tax Break For Newman's Own Foundation
Release Date:
01/19/2018
... preserve the work of Newman’s Own Foundation and similar philanthropic organizations, which have supported and ... and around the globe,” wrote Blumenthal and Murphy. “ Philanthropic enterprises that innovate...
David Rockefeller Gift Raises Rockefeller Brothers Fund Endowment to $1.2 Billion
Release Date:
10/25/2018
... gift to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the largest of his philanthropic bequests. David also bequeathed several ... center, and cultural programming venue to support its philanthropic activities. In addition...
How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work
Publication date:
05/2010
This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that communications is at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten distinctly different strategies to boost their policy engagement. Among the foundations included in the study are The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults
Release Date:
04/03/2013
Altman Foundation Program Officer Rachael Pine served as moderator for our recent program on the impact of disasters, like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, on vulnerable populations.
Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard
Release Date:
07/09/2010
On June 10th, Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion to help funders consider how to strike their own balance between direct services and advocacy in a way that best matches their goals and achieves the greatest impact.
Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation
Publication date:
11/2008
Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it's the best option when you want to promote civic engagement and support lasting solutions to a community's problems. Yet many funders, concerned about the ability to measure its impact and effectiveness, hesitate to take up community organizing as a strategy. In this guide, funders and organizers discuss what makes community organizing unique and uniquely effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker's special role in fostering change.
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
In 2002, Arizona’s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state’s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building collaborative partnerships. Since that time, Arizona has had dramatic increases in jobs, research funding, businesses, and wages within the bioscience sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact. It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the Foundation’s focus and assessed its performance.
In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits
Release Date:
12/11/2012
This article on the rise of impact investing in the foundation world mentions two recent projects funded by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities
Release Date:
03/26/2013
The NoVo Foundation, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago and the California Community Foundation received the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s inaugural Impact Awards for creativity and leadership in giving.
Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District
Release Date:
08/14/2013
Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond.
TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine
Release Date:
07/06/2015
Mittenthal outlines TCC strategies on helping clients deepen social impact.