Site Search

Funding Area

World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Immigration

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... Community College, she was forced to leave school to care for her family. Years later, when her mom passed away ... partnerships between the city and the private sector. She' s also part of the broader...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Arabella Advisors Named Among the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America

Release Date:

10/01/2019

... The announcement comes as a result of the magazine' s annual "Entrepreneur 360," a premier study delivering what ... is being recognized for excellence across five categories: impact , innovation...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Arabella Advisors

Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... inaugural grantee partners: The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation , Jobs for the Future , Mission Driven ... , and the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians . All are U. S ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Related Organizations

Jocelynne Rainey, Ed.D. Announced as New President and CEO of Brooklyn Community Foundation

Release Date:

11/08/2021

... She is also a long-time Brooklyn resident. Dr. Rainey’ s appointment comes after an extensive search led by the ... rapid growth while ensuring we increase our positive impact on nonprofits driving change...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa

Release Date:

05/08/2020

... YORK—The Open Society Economic Justice Program, via its impact investing arm, the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), has committed $15 million to two women -led investment funds that advance economic and...

Find More By

News type

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

Economic Security

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Wallace Foundation Names Gigi Antoni New Director of Learning and Enrichment

Release Date:

02/28/2017

... and enrichme nt who will oversee one of the foundation’ s key grantmaking areas. Giselle “Gigi” Antoni, ... led Big Thought through a major overhaul to deepen the impact of its programming serving children in...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Wallace Foundation

08 Jan 2018

5 Legal Rules Every Foundation Should Know for the 2018 Elections - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, January 8, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... legal, effective and doable within your institution. Let’ s be sure we are using all of the tools in our toolbox to be what the ... Presenters Jann Jackson , Senior Associate of Policy Reform...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

14 Sep 2021

Election Shifts in 2020 and Beyond: Vote by Mail Organizing and Research Efforts - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has ... webinar will look at some of the latest research on the impact of vote by mail on turnout. This work is...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

How Institutions Take Risks

Release Date:

10/12/2014

... Hitler harassed, isolated, and murdered many of Europe' s greatest scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, the Rockefeller Foundation pivoted from its core public- health work to the heart-wrenching and...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

The Rockefeller Foundation

Related Organizations

Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

Release Date:

05/08/2018

Newman' s Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort ... have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources . Insufficient access to fresh and healthy food options leads to...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Food Systems

Related Organizations

Newman's Own Foundation

Elizabeth Cahill Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications and Engagement

Release Date:

02/21/2020

... and Engagement. She will help guide the foundation’ s communication strategies and efforts to promote just and ... the foundation’ s platforms and networks to extend its impact , and support...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Surdna Foundation

Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis To Step Down In March

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... which investigates how diversity and social connectedness are imperative to our shared success and a broader sense of ... Foundation. Lewis became the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’ s sixth President in March...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Corporate Social Responsibility

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

Release Date:

04/14/2015

... . Arts organizations face a unique challenge, as they are often viewed as an extra or nice initiative to fund, ... CSR/CCI goals. It is based on research about recent U. S . corporate giving patterns and trends...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Arts

Program Officers as Champions

... practice, peer-to-peer learning, and mobilizing for impact . The program challenges participants to hone their ... Recognize ways to champion the values and issues you care about via learning, strategy setting...

Claire Stryker Joins Arcus Board of Directors

Release Date:

09/20/2023

... human rights and conservation, has joined the foundation’ s Board of Directors. Claire is the most recent addition to ... a commitment to issues related to civil liberties, prison reform ,...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Arcus Foundation

Naeema Campbell Named Environment Program Officer at The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... program associate, will lead and manage the Foundation’ s Environment program, which supports nonprofit organizations working to safeguard our land and water resources , reinforce and restore natural systems,...

Find More By

News type

Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill Resulting in Loss of 1M Jobs in 10 Years

Release Date:

06/19/2017

... potential effects from the enacting of the American Health Care Act. According to the study from Leighton Ku, Erika ... boost from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act' s...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Heron Calls for A New Model Of Philanthropy

Release Date:

01/27/2016

... peers to jettison outdated operating models that leave resources untapped in the face of systemic social ills. In a ... philanthropy to match the needs of modern society. Many U. S . philanthropic institutions...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

F.B. Heron Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance

Release Date:

10/21/2014

... with humor, and satire to engage citizens in education reform . He has authored and published over 400 papers, ... Kuleana, which developed a leading center for children’ s rights and established Tanzania’...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area