Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network
Release Date:
10/16/2013
... the Funds during the period they grew from small, family foundations to leading national grantmakers that focused on ...
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Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming
Release Date:
09/05/2013
Aspen Skiing Company Sustainability Director Auden Schendler and Mertz Gilmore Foundation Vice President Lukas Haynes talk about a collaboration between ski resorts and a climate-focused nonprofit to address global warming in The Salt Lake Tribune.
Goldman Sachs Brings 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative to Detroit
Release Date:
12/01/2013
PND reported that Goldman Sachs has launched its 10,000 Small Businesses initiative in Detroit.
07
May
2014
Philanthropy New York's 35th Annual Meeting, with Hillary Rodham Clinton
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 -
12:45pm to 6:15pm
A half-day conference exploring the connections between all types of philanthropy and the progress of women and girls locally and around the world.
Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice
Release Date:
04/09/2014
Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice, which will provide concrete, actionable recommendations regarding youth in New York's criminal and juvenile justice...
Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels
Release Date:
04/18/2014
Elyse Lightman Samuels joined Unbound Philanthropy as Communications, Learning, and Special Projects Officer. Elyse has worked in communications, qualitative data analysis, and external relations at EngenderHealth and American Jewish World Service.
The Post-Bloomberg Plunge
Release Date:
04/10/2014
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron.
The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/12/2014
The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy, an article featuring the Rockefeller Foundation in The Atlantic.
Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away
Release Date:
06/18/2014
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two of the most iconic philanthropists in the world, say their role model is Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and a former billionaire who gave away his entire fortune almost completely unnoticed.
Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.
Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children
Release Date:
07/09/2014
The Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to local food banks and their hunger-relief programs that deliver nutritious meals to children and families in 27 cities and 17 states.
Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"
Release Date:
07/14/2014
In an interview with Rolling Stone, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the work that he and Bloomberg Philanthropies are doing is about "trying to save lives."
Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge
Release Date:
07/22/2014
The "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled neighborhoods, write Nancy O. Andrews, president and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...
Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Before open enrollment for Obamacare begins this fall, NY State should take steps to make the process for signing up more customer-friendly, writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post.
Atlantic Philanthropies Awards €14.7 Million For Dementia Care
Release Date:
08/14/2014
The Atlantic Philanthropies is making grants totaling €14.7 million (approximately $20 million) to improve the care and well-being of people suffering with dementia in the Republic of Ireland.
Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.
Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High
Release Date:
10/01/2014
Even though America as a whole is getting wealthier, the average American's share of the wealth is declining.
SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students
Release Date:
10/02/2014
InvestWrite and the Stock Market Game, both funded by SIFMA Foundation, provide valuable education and increased mathematics proficiency.
Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice
Release Date:
10/09/2014
Arcus Foundation grant will fund Alliance of Baptists' new "Congregational Compassion and Human Difference" initiative.
NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World
Release Date:
10/10/2014
Washington Post examines Buffett's rise from anonymous musician to one of the world's leading philanthropists.