Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College

Release Date:

03/16/2015

... with LaGuardia for five years through the company’ s 10,000 Small Businesses initiative, a program offering ... Mellow said, aid the college’ s students, many of whom are immigrants and come...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Goldman Sachs

Stonewall Foundation’s Jarrett Lucas Among '40 Under 40' Nonprofit Rising Stars

Release Date:

11/05/2015

Stonewall Foundation’ s Jarrett Lucas Among 40 Under 40 Nonprofit Rising Stars ... New York Nonprofit Media is recognizing 40 of New York’ s rising stars in the nonprofit world under the age of 40. ... photo...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

LGBTQ

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Stonewall Community Foundation

Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... to 24 nonprofits focused on ensuring individuals and families in metropolitan Detroit have access to basic needs ... total to nonprofit organizations during Bank of America’ s Detroit Day of Giving. These...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director

Release Date:

12/11/2015

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program director to deal with Jewish and Israel issues.

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Jewish Interests

Related Organizations

Hyman & Marjorie Weinberg Foundation

Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

Release Date:

02/11/2016

... nearly $1 million in savings for previously underbanked families . Filene received a grant from the Ford Foundation ... financial products that better meet member needs but are also financially sustainable for...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... as president of Communities In Schools, Inc., the nation’ s largest dropout prevention organization. He is also a 2007 Annie E. Casey Children and Families Fellow, a trustee for America’ s...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Independent Sector

Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit

Release Date:

04/18/2016

Food Tank, in partnership with American University, is hosting the 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C. on April 20–21, 2016.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Food Systems

Related Organizations

Arabella Advisors

Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Release Date:

04/19/2016

... interest in government or public sector service. And he’ s also one of 30 recipients of the Paul and Daisy Soros ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Immigration

Related Organizations

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes

Release Date:

04/21/2016

Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’ s Largest Study on Autism and Genes Scientists funded by the ... than 21 medical institutions, including Boston Children’ s Hospital, the University of North Carolina-...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

New York Community Trust Helps Mexican Students with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... has been a central tool in the New York Community Trust’ s strategy to improve the accessibility and quality of public ... communities on education and immigrant issues, engages families through parent...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

Release Date:

09/02/2016

... Research Initiative. The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States. “There has been a real struggle in why there are so many kids with autism,” said lead author Sara...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

Release Date:

09/09/2016

New York City’ s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too Setting ... teachers — it also takes effective parenting. That’ s why New York City — which has already been lauded for its ... will launch a...

Find More By

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants

Release Date:

09/20/2016

... by a surge in forced migration. Tens of millions of people are on the move, fleeing their home countries in search of a better life abroad. Some are escaping civil war or an oppressive regime; others ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Immigration

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

Release Date:

10/06/2016

... them financial difficulty, a sign that young Americans are still struggling years after the end of the recession, ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... new spaces serving more than 6,000 students and their families ... Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools

Release Date:

03/08/2017

... is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’ s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ensures their voices are heard in major decisions. Giving Parents a Prominent ...

Find More By

News type

Caught Our Attention

Funding Area

Education

Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

Release Date:

03/10/2017

Queens Theatre is launching its Winter/Spring 2017 Season with a diverse array of presentations, including the acclaimed Dance Company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers and a new Queens Theatre production of the...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

Con Edison

Bank of America [Corporate]

Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement

Release Date:

05/18/2017

... Likely to Have Enough for Retirement Older white Americans are nearly twice as likely as African-Americans to say ... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... (STRI), and colleagues discovered that unrelated friends are important backup support when family members go missing. ... a major food donor, like a mother or daughter, from a bat' s social network,...