Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... named Kathy Reich as director of a new foundation initiative to help strengthen institutions and networks ...
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Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
... of the Community Progress Makers Fund, a $20 million grant initiative to support visionary nonprofit organizations in ...
Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2016
... President Judith Rodin wanted support for a new urban initiative , she cold-called Alex Karp, chief executive of ...
Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, co-edits a new book that addresses the profound and life-altering consequences students face—especially young people of...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... to black lynching victims. The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in the ...
2016 Grantmakers Salary Survey Benchmarking Now Available
Release Date:
10/03/2016
... Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey is an annual initiative of the Council on Foundations conducted in ...
JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... of the firm’s $125 million, five-year PRO Neighborhoods initiative , these five collaborative partnerships will ...
City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/01/2016
... the meaning of a resilient city as it relates to the initiative ... City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient ...
Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People
Release Date:
02/23/2017
... a global expansion of the Pathways to Progress initiative led by a Citi Foundation investment of $100 ...
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It
Release Date:
03/09/2017
... part of the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative ; New Orleans's strategy launched in 2015, and last .....
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... in brain development associated with autism. The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain will be based at the ...
Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... Transform Blighted Properties The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) continues to innovate to uplift its North ...
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation-A Leader in the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions
Release Date:
04/04/2017
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s most recent gift is another $3.8 million in grant money to fund Local Initiatives Support Corporation's (LISC)- a community development financial institutions created by the Ford Foundation- Financial...
Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation
Release Date:
04/17/2017
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the role played by several Apache projects in the investigation of the Panama Papers.
Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’
Release Date:
05/03/2017
The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs
Release Date:
05/05/2017
... in the city require a more skilled workforce, this initiative will establish an innovative system that connects ...
Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... two years in development by the Global Designing Cities Initiative , a project of the National Association of City ...
Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen
Release Date:
05/30/2017
The chef behind Osteria Francescana - a restaurant that topped the World’s 50 Best List in 2016 - is planning to open one of his food waste-fighting soup kitchens, called Refettorios, in the Bronx.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
Financial giants, in addition to supporting urban youth and employment, are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and housing.
Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... a long-term project on the Global Nuclear Future. This initiative is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, ...