Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair
Release Date:
06/17/2015
Pennoyer succeeds Henry Gooss, who has served in the role since 2009.
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Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?
Dodge Foundation Participates in Discussion of How Arts Organizations Help Drive Downtown Revivals In NJ Cities
Release Date:
10/22/2015
New Jersey’s cities frequently face funding shortages for education, environmental and other programs, but the state’s relatively small yet steady support for arts organizations continues to attract additional investment and trigger downtown...
NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement
Release Date:
12/10/2015
As the non-profit funding sector focuses increasingly on numbers, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, co-directors of the NoVo Foundation, seek to counter that trend. The hyper-focus on measurement ignores what truly motivates people to give away large...
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Expands SEED Program, Adding 3 Locales in 2016
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the expansion of its SEED program, which focuses on innovation in arts and culture, into Appalachia, Houston, and Santa Fe in 2016.
Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)
Release Date:
01/07/2016
Many experts concur that two of the challenges keeping people underserved, underbanked and underemployed are a lack of digital skills and financial literacy.
Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt
Release Date:
02/09/2016
Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented on President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2017, saying it did not sufficiently address the key drivers of long-term debt.
Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
04/01/2016
Philanthropy News Digest interviews Pamela Shifman of the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South. Last week, it announced a $90 million commitment to...
The Daphne Foundation Appoints Yvonne Moore to Its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/28/2016
The Daphne Foundation has announced the election of Yvonne Moore to its Board of Trustees. A private family foundation founded in 1991 by Abigail E. Disney & Pierre N. Hauser, The Daphne Foundation focuses its investments in organizations that...
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... the Green Revolution to building the field of impact investing , these moments of transformations begin with a ...
Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records
Release Date:
09/09/2016
“Average people encounter a huge amount of difficulty,” said David Blumenthal, a former national coordinator for health information technology for the Obama administration, now president of the Commonwealth Fund. He said he had heard countless...
$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice
Release Date:
01/19/2017
The grants address a range of issues across The Foundation’s core focus areas of Economic Security, Anti-Violence & Safety, Health, Sexual Rights, and Reproductive Justice.
Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network
Release Date:
01/25/2017
While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and grow despite chronic stresses and acute shocks, service providers and private-sector investors are needed to bridge the gap in...
Arabella Advisors Study Finds Global Funds For Fossil Fuels Are On The Decline
Release Date:
02/02/2017
As the Trump administration threatens to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and double up on efforts to revive a slowing fossil fuels industry, the rest of the world is pulling out of coal projects and redirecting investment towards renewables...
Arlene Isaacs-Lowe Named New President of the Moody’s Foundation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
Arlene is a long-standing colleague at Moody’s and has had a distinguished career. She is currently a managing director in London where she oversees commercial business in Europe.
Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation
Release Date:
03/29/2017
Vivian Tseng has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Program, of the William T. Grant Foundation. In this role, she will work closely with the President and Board to shape the Foundation’s strategic directions.
Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office
Release Date:
05/31/2017
Ford Foundation opens a Detroit office after 64-year hiatus and hires Detroit native and New York Foundation staffer as program officer.
The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
Early-career biomedical scientists who explore mechanisms of memory, injury and immunity in the nervous system and beyond, are recognized as young leaders in science.
Better Understanding Business Models in the Nonprofit Sector
Release Date:
09/08/2017
In talking with the leaders of nonprofit organizations across the sector, there is a single truism that undergirds all of our conversations: limits on overhead create a pressure that deeply impacts the choices and tradeoffs leaders wrestle with...
George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
10/18/2017
... has increased its attention on the United States, investing in programs to protect gays and lesbians and reduce ...