Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report
Release Date:
07/09/2015
... States, Barack Obama. At the meeting, he said: "... human progress has always been propelled...by what happens in .....
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Jane Mendillo and L. Rafael Reif to its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/11/2016
Ms. Mendillo and President Reif will offer wise leadership, grounded in deep and broad experience, as well as steadfast commitment to the Foundation's core constituencies in the humanities, arts, higher education, and cultural organizations," said...
Bloomberg Backs 'Breathing Lights' Exhibit to Draw Attention to Vacant Buildings
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... and November. The lights pulse and mimic the rhythm of human breathing. The goal is to highlight vacant buildings in ...
Video: At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’
Release Date:
05/25/2016
... On our first dialogue, Robin joined us for a discussion on human rights, gender equality and the documentary she ...
Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration
Release Date:
02/14/2017
... in science, but more generally in all aspects of human endeavor. The executive order flies in the face of such ...
OSF Explores Using Blockchain Technology to Help Migrants
Release Date:
01/26/2018
... Migrants OSF awarded a $100,000 grant to the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University, which is ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Releases New Report: Mission Aligned Investing: How We Assess Our Progress
Release Date:
04/07/2022
... and partners with Agility and Institutional Shareholder Services , Inc., in the implementation and subsequent ... its proxy votes on a range of issues in 2021, including human rights, workplace and board...
Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana
Release Date:
03/26/2014
... of information and communications technologies. Awarded through the foundation's $100 million Digital Jobs Africa ... leverages a $5 million grant from the World Bank through its eGhana Project.....
23
Jan
2020
Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers
Thursday, January 23, 2020 (All day) to Friday, February 7, 2020 (All day)
... grantmakers and philanthropy professionals overall. Through highly interactive sessions with peers, it also ... ESS is ideal for program officers/directors who have been through a grantmaking cycle at their...
Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass
Release Date:
07/11/2019
... By Tim Delaney, President & CEO, National Council of Nonprofits The two weeks following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ... What the U.S. Supreme Court’s Census Decision Means for Nonprofits , written for...
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Jun
2015
Creating and Seizing the Moment: School Discipline and School Safety Reform in New York City
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
*Registration for this session has reached capacity. If you'd like to be added to our waitlist, please email: register@philanthropynewyork.org * After years of advocacy by young people, parents, educators, and communities, New York...
10
Dec
2019
"All Immigration Is Local": Philanthropy's Role in State and Local Advocacy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:15pm
... national headlines are dominated by federal immigration policy —family separation, the border wall, the Muslim ... to advancing fair working conditions for farmworkers, policy and organizing efforts are...
Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%
Release Date:
03/04/2016
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is on track to expand their combined annual degree awards by almost 20 percent, creating 94,000 more graduates over the next 10 years. UIA received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda...
Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues
Release Date:
08/16/2017
As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping cities with a novel kind of financing, one that transfers some of the risk of innovative projects from...
Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform
Release Date:
09/20/2018
... Cloud platform. Specifically, Salesforce Advisor Link 2.0, innovations with alumni and donor relationships, new Higher ...
How Foundations Can Make a Difference After Puerto Rico’s Latest Natural Disaster
Release Date:
02/26/2020
... Irma and Maria was creeping back. Foundations and nonprofits on the island have played a key role, mobilizing ... position to build on the decades of amazing work to defend human and civil rights, prevent...
Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office
Release Date:
10/28/2014
... been with the foundation since 2007. A highly regarded human rights lawyer, Ms. Naylor previously worked within the ... at the International Center for the Legal Protection of Human Rights in London. Her...
Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... meant to honor those whose exceptional work to preserve human life in disasters created by humans — like war and ...
Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues
Release Date:
02/15/2017
... Issues While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from ... report from Foundation Center and the International Human Rights Funders Group finds...
Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... is her strong commitment to connecting research with policy and practice. She is nationally and internationally ... initiative on the use of research evidence in policy and practice. This groundbreaking...