Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... bridge to connect artists with the opportunities of impact investing and social entrepreneurship, and will connect ...
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F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century
Release Date:
06/08/2016
For over fifty years, the global economy (and that includes the U.S. economy) has felt the effects of three related long-term trends, widely reported and acknowledged.
City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... to protect employers from the liability associated with investing workers’ money, according to a copy of the ...
Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project
Release Date:
11/18/2016
The New England Foundation for the Arts released a comprehensive evaluation of the National Dance Project- backed by Mellon & Doris Duke Foundations -and new research about current needs of the dance field.
Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... United States has engaged in for the past three decades, investing trillions of dollars to expand a criminal-justice ...
Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People
Release Date:
02/23/2017
Pathways launched in 2014 with a $50 million effort that helped more than 100,000 young people across 10 U.S. cities become career-ready through first jobs, internships, and leadership and entrepreneurship training.
Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer
Release Date:
03/20/2017
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Craig Mellendick as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Foundation.
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations
Release Date:
03/22/2017
... perspectives in nine key areas — why spend down, investing , staffing, grantmaking and strategy, what the ...
Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste
Release Date:
03/24/2017
Food waste is increasingly garnering attention from governments, businesses and private individuals as its impact on both environmental health, food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1...
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...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs
Release Date:
05/05/2017
The initiative will create a system for aligning career and technical education programs with in-demand jobs in growing New York City industries.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair
Release Date:
06/02/2017
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. Kelly, Jr., who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since 2006, has been elected as chair of...
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.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides New Funding for Latinx Artists
Release Date:
08/11/2017
The 2017 grant season for the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) comes with new investments from the Andrew Mellon Foundation towards the NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA), the launch of new award for emerging filmmakers and status...
Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Over the years, the original Fair Share Criteria have been found to be non-transparent and filled with loopholes that city officials and agencies continue to exploit to this day, particularly when it comes to homeless shelter siting.
Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts
Release Date:
09/06/2017
In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...
Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency.
Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... to new methods—like permanent supportive housing, impact investing and advocacy—to stem the tide. More than that, in ...
Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan
Release Date:
09/21/2017
An expert panel convened at The New School on Wednesday by the Center for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to create 100,000 “good-paying” jobs in the next ten years, discussing the challenges of growing the city’s economy...