Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
... financial crisis, Clark identified working capital as a much more critical need for the nonprofits in its portfolio. ...
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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil
Release Date:
07/28/2016
... the foundation divesting from the fossil-fuel industry it helped create, took its first direct stake in a renewable ... Finance Corp. and other backers. The investment will help finance as much...
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... (CEP). But there is bad news, too, and some may find it more surprising. A much smaller proportion—just 13 percent—of the 167 ...
F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money
Release Date:
06/30/2017
... of their holdings: a collection of assets that attracts much less attention. In 2012, a little over $300 billion was ... value. One set of people in a foundation would manage it , and another set would manage...
In Memory of Former Century Foundation President Janice Nittoli
Release Date:
07/03/2017
... of The Century Foundation from 2011 to 2014 and was much loved by all of us here at TCF. Janice was a warm and ...
Can Humanities Grants to Universities Be a Bridge to Something Bigger? Mellon Foundation Backs Humanities
Release Date:
07/31/2017
... Backs Humanities The humanities are on a roll. Perhaps it 's some perverse byproduct of the Trump effect, but recent ... This isn't news to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sure, much of its work in...
Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... filled or teeth pulled are sometimes sedated. Ideally, it makes them less anxious and more cooperative. They may ... sedative or inhale laughing gas and once it kicks in, they will be...
Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... a group of Mexican friends led by the artist Bosco Sodi will start to build a 26-ft long wall in New York City’s ... before, at 3pm, passersby will be invited to dismantle it brick by brick...
The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... ver the past decade, businesses of all kinds have become much more socially aware and active. In 2015, more than 75 ...
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation's CEO Interviewed in Funder Spotlight
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... between grantmaker and grantseeker. Grantseekers bring so much to the table — knowledge, boots on the ground — and ... as partners in social change, we believe the outcomes will be stronger. . . Robert...
Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... — though some warned that forgiveness was hard after so much violence. Francis spoke alongside President Juan Manuel ... seen the FARC disarm and transform into a political party. It was a key step toward...
A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... aims to be something different, organizers say. That is, it puts as much emphasis on the talking as the tasting. The event is a ...
Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little ... beyond the traditional foundation structure. The LLC is a much better vehicle for the kind of...
At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... But, at one level at least, the Council is faring much better in gender balance. Of the 50 sitting Council ...
Warm Up Potential Major Donors Via Digital
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... continue to grow steeper to the point that, today, as much as 95 percent of dollars into organizations via ... percent of supporters. Even if you aren’t a math expert, it ’s clear that keeping supporters...
Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... The study found that when CEOs choose to invest in CSR, it changes the likelihood they will be fired based on the firm's financial returns. "If a ... has invested in CSR and the firm performs poorly...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... Carolina and NC State have now developed what could be a much more patient-friendly option: artificial cells that ...
President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF
Release Date:
01/26/2018
... Davos 17 years ago. But she said that organizers could do much more to correct the gender imbalance. Baird said that ...
The Whiting Foundation Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners
Release Date:
03/22/2018
... Winners The winners of the 2018 Whiting Awards don't have much of a track record. None on this list has the laundry .....
Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants
Release Date:
12/12/2018
... 2018 recipients of its Painters & Sculptors grants, which will provide 25 artists with $25,000 each in unrestricted ... we are committed to providing unrestricted funds and very much look forward to the...