Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... purpose: to create a fund that supports criminal justice reform and seeks to reduce mass incarceration in the United ...
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Brooklyn Community Foundation and Alloy Development Collaborate on Better Brooklyn Fund
Release Date:
10/22/2019
... Fund When a new condo development opens in Brooklyn’ s Dumbo neighborhood in late 2020 or early 2021, residents ... is gentrifying very rapidly, and real estate developers are everywhere,” says Cecilia Clarke...
William H. Wright II Named Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Trustee Chair
Release Date:
10/29/2019
... the election of William H. Wright II as the foundation’ s new Chair of the Board of Trustees. With an endowment of ... served for two years as Worldwide Director of the firm’ s Financial Analyst Program. He...
UJA-Federation of New York Works with Partners to Deliver Kosher Passover Food to Ukraine
Release Date:
03/29/2022
... "During this period of dramatic upheaval, it’ s particularly important for the Jews of Ukraine to be able ... embrace of the global Jewish community,” said Eric S . Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of...
New York Magazine Profile, "The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers"
Release Date:
01/08/2018
... in the world. As the 20th century wore on and John D.’ s descendants converted the family’ s oil money into a broader empire — building Rockefeller ... for younger Rockefellers to spend time at the family’...
The Case for Higher Taxes
Release Date:
12/13/2012
... and Rev. Larry Snyder of Catholic Charities USA. The most intense debate in Washington today revolves, not ...
TD Charitable Foundation Awards $2.5 Million for Affordable Housing
Release Date:
12/11/2012
Grants of $100,000 each were awarded through the foundation' s seventh annual Housing for Everyone competition to ... Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America' s Most...
How our community colleges are falling behind
Release Date:
05/23/2013
The Century Foundation’ s new report details the large socioeconomic, racial and ... or St. John' s in Annapolis have, between them, the most students... How our community colleges ...
Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/02/2013
... that have the potential to improve the lives of America’ s most disadvantaged youth. She pioneered a coordinated form of ...
United Way Hires Top Marketer for Brand Makeover
Release Date:
04/29/2014
... of Philanthropy. United Way Worldwide, the country’ s biggest nonprofit organization, has hired a veteran ... executive vice president and chief marketing officer. She most recently held a similar post with...
What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics
Release Date:
06/16/2014
... Walker says recent attempts to discredit Thomas Piketty' s research into income inequality remind him of earlier ... threat. “Given that inequality and climate change are two of the most...
Private Funding Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers Some of the most exciting research in medicine is taking place at the New ... this country,” said Susan Solomon, C.E.O. of New York’ s Stem Cell Foundation......
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
... research and has given millions of dollars to SBU. This most recent donation is to be used for research and ...
Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program
Release Date:
04/10/2015
... of conversations to help determine how the foundation can most effectively advance the arts — and, by extension, ... to study issues that intersect with the foundation' s work and reflect the cultural...
American Express Gives Federal Hall Grant For Restoration Work; Building Declared 'National Treasure'
Release Date:
12/04/2015
... Building Declared 'National Treasure' One of America' s most iconic but oft forgotten monuments is getting much ... Preservation declared the building as one of the country' s...
ASPCA Marks 150th Anniversary With First NYC Paws Parade
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... marked its 150th anniversary on April 10 with the city' s first-ever NYC Paws Parade that began at Madison Square ... groups who have worked hard to protect "some of the city' s most...
Ford Foundation Supports Cultural Mission to Cuba
Release Date:
04/15/2016
... after the historic visit by President Barack Obama, a U. S . government cultural mission to Cuba will take place from ... people, and this delegation, including some of America' s most...
U.S. Trust Study Says the Rich Feel Strongly About Giving to Improve Society
Release Date:
05/23/2016
U. S . Trust Study Says the Rich Feel Strongly About Giving to Improve Society Most wealthy Americans say they want to contribute to society ... time, skills, or services to charities, rich individuals are...
Schott's Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/27/2016
Schott' s Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional ... of one the few Native influencers in philanthropy. Why are there so few of us working in philanthropy? Who' s...
Simons Foundation Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass
Release Date:
07/13/2016
... to Study the Physics of Glass Sometimes in science, the most mundane phenomena embody the deepest mysteries. For ...