North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... term “grass roots” – it’s reliable shorthand, a way to show they grasp the concerns of everyday people, and ...
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Surdna Foundation Invites LOIs for Environmental Infrastructure Programs
Release Date:
09/10/2015
... and improve the infrastructure systems of urban areas and their surrounding areas in ways that maximize positive ...
Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues
Release Date:
11/03/2015
... a feature length documentary that will seek to change the way Americans confront death. . . Jonas Center Supports ...
Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... one to keep a close eye on if you are wondering about their future funding for child welfare. While the Hilton ... for example, a web platform that helps foster kids keep their documents organized, shows how...
Ford, Rockefeller, OSF and NY Women’s Foundation Leaders Appointed to Commission on NYC Justice Reform
Release Date:
03/18/2016
Former chief judge Jonathan Lippman has announced the members of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform.
Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon
Release Date:
03/24/2016
... foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, led the way down this path, divesting in September 2014. . . ...
Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... it is to consider the landscape of potential recipients of their money. “We are in a historic moment in this country ...
How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... live and to act in ways that sometimes negatively impacted their communities. Members of these groups were ... they sought extralegal and extrajudicial means of solving their problems. In 1970, the Vice Lords...
Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
Research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision.
Moody's Foundation Announces Winners For Creative Solutions to Contemporary Challenges
Release Date:
06/20/2016
There were two categories for the 2016 Challenge: Health Helper Challenge and the Community Defender Challenge.
Bank of America Announces $300k to Boost Workforce Skills Among Local Youth, Veterans and People With Disabilities
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... education. The groups awarded were the United Way of Long Island, Bellport Area Community Action Committee, ...
Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove
Release Date:
06/21/2016
... For the past six years, Jarrett Lucas has been making his way , as he says, "up the non-profit stepping stool," working .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... ways to reach visitors on a more personal level. Their final product is the ASK Brookly Museum app. It's a ... museum-goers talk to staff about anything that strikes their fancy in the institution. A team...
Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas
Release Date:
07/11/2016
... Whether immigrants and refugees are able to reach their full potential will go a long way to determining Texas’ long-term vitality. This new ...
Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... bit younger? Very few funders support child care with their grantmaking, yet this is a key and common issue that ... Foundation has emerged onto this funding scene in a big way ... Guttman Foundation Leads...
Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley
Release Date:
08/03/2016
Preserving the ecosystems in the Hudson Valley is critical for the entire state.
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil Liberties Union is retooling an ambitious, donor-funded effort to reduce incarceration across the country,...
2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... which could fundamentally change everything from the way we treat dementia disorders to how we eradicate cancerous ...
Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services
Release Date:
10/07/2016
One-year grants for up to $4,000 will be awarded in November. Completed proposals are due by no later than noon on Thursday, October 20th, 2016.
For Noyes Foundation, Fixing Food Means Racial and Economic Justice
Release Date:
11/09/2016
... agriculture, there's opportunity. “It also opens a way for us to build structural equity, because there are .....