Prudential Names America's Top Youth Volunteers
Release Date:
05/05/2015
Ten students were awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
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The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York Launches Relief Effort to Support Victims of Earthquake in Nepal
Release Date:
05/13/2015
... the Association for a Better New York and the Rudin Family Foundations . As the focus of relief efforts in the region ...
NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges
Release Date:
05/19/2015
Legal Aid works to vacate the records of sex trafficking victims.
Casey Family Programs Announces Winner of the 2015 Casey Excellence for Children Award
Release Date:
05/21/2015
The 2015 honoree is The Center for Native American Youth.
Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education
Release Date:
06/01/2015
The Teagle Foundation has announced grants in support of projects involving nearly 60 colleges, universities, higher education consortia, and other educational nonprofit institutions.
San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs
Release Date:
06/22/2015
San Diego Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Beeta Jahedi will join the SDG team as Senior Director of Learning and Programs effective July 24, 2015.
D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years
Release Date:
08/27/2015
... District brought in more than $31 million from national foundations , according to an analysis by two professors at ...
Bank of America and Feeding America Partner to Tackle Hunger in America
Release Date:
09/01/2015
Bank of America has committed to a fourth year of a 2:1 donation match through Give a Meal.
John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults
Release Date:
09/01/2015
The program specifically addresses recovery of hip fractures among older adults.
Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Trusts, such as the New York Community Trust, have to ensure money is spent as intended, but things can get fuzzy as times change.
Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?
Release Date:
09/22/2015
The Century Foundation offers insight on the various student debt relief programs.
The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... philanthropic groups. In recent years, schools, private foundations , pension funds and individuals have taken up the ...
UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors
Release Date:
09/25/2015
Hafid is one of four newly-elected nonprofit leaders to NCRP's board of directors.
Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative
Release Date:
10/01/2015
The partnership will bring resilience, best practices and solutions to cities around the world.
Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend
Release Date:
10/21/2015
Gannett's USA TODAY, TEGNA, Points of Light and Newman’s Own, Inc. sponsor the nation's largest day of volunteerism.
Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.
"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says
Release Date:
12/10/2015
A "resilience bond", a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn
Release Date:
12/16/2015
More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by Central Brooklyn State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim...
Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/11/2016
Glioblastoma multiforme is a particularly deadly brain cancer. Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for cancer treatment.
Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits
Release Date:
01/21/2016
In an NPR article, Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation, is quoted, saying that the CBO figures show "we remain on a dangerous debt path."