The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and environmental and faith leaders . The hosts said the $2.6 trillion figure was ...
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The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography
Release Date:
09/29/2015
... to a recent article on NPR, many of the current female leaders in the arts, and in ballet, seem to share similar ...
National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... Over a two-year grant period, NLC will work with local leaders and their community partners to build a citywide ...
Citi Foundation Supports Young Entrepreneur Challenge
Release Date:
11/03/2015
... of students, family members, educators and business leaders gathered on October 6 for the 2015 NFTE National ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Backs Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... The commission, which will include more than two dozen leaders from academe, business, and politics, has given ...
Arcus Foundation Establishes Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
Release Date:
12/04/2015
... leadership capacity of emerging and veteran social justice leaders that work and reside within the nine-county Southwest ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... Climate Change In Paris, President Barack Obama and the leaders of 19 other countries made energy technology ...
Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)
Release Date:
02/08/2016
... (WWC) Senior Fellows, providing expert guidance to city leaders in participating What Works Cities as they expand ...
Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... one-year scholarships annually for promising social change leaders in the Oxford 1+1 MBA program, which enables students ...
New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
... Mayor Mike Duggan, bankers and charitable foundation leaders said Thursday. Called the Detroit Home Mortgage, ...
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... critical components of successful schools, and yet school leaders usually receive far less attention than teachers in ...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'
Release Date:
03/23/2016
... “The Theory of the Business.” The essay called for leaders to stop focusing on what Drucker labeled “how to ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs
Release Date:
04/19/2016
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers
Release Date:
04/20/2016
... of distinguished civic, business, and neighborhood leaders hailing from Brooklyn. Brooklyn is home to over 2,000 ...
Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... unrecognizable to the early to mid-twentieth century leaders and social reformers who paved the way for today's .....
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... to mount a unified stance against global warming. World leaders gathered at the United Nations on Friday for the ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings
Release Date:
07/08/2016
... in the streets of Dallas, black foundation and nonprofit leaders from across the country picked up their phones ...
New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists
Release Date:
07/15/2016
A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies. The team constructed this map to make one of the most precise measurements yet of the dark energy currently...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... Harvard City Leadership Initiative will equip urban leaders with the tools, skills, and support they need — ...