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Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Board Chair and Members
Release Date:
06/06/2025
... for grants, Program Related Investments, and Mission Investing designed to address housing insecurity. She also led several strategic impact investing initiatives to increase the supply of...
Foundations Need Capacity, Too: Initial Findings from the Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)
Publication date:
01/2017
The report shares aggregate results from 54 participating foundations that participated in taking the FCCAT in the ... presented here offer an unprecedented look at how diverse foundations assess their foundation's capacity. Foundations Need Capacity, Too: Initial Findings from the .....
John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Release Date:
05/03/2016
In this newly created position, she will help to oversee the Foundation's Innovation and Education portfolios.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Gilroy Foundation Set Up Gilroy Garlic Festival Victims Relief Fund
Release Date:
07/30/2019
In partnership with the Gilroy Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation has established a charitable fund to provide relief to victims of the terrible shooting that occurred July 28, 2019, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/16/2017
Open Society Foundations , Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge ... $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U.S.-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to ... by the Rockefeller...
NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science
Release Date:
03/06/2015
The Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group presented seven strategies to advance women in science, engineering and medicine.
The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over
Release Date:
07/06/2018
The LCT3 season program is supported by generous grants from The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and others.
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and Others Launch $14M Fund To Support News Integrity
Release Date:
04/03/2017
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy.
The Leon Levy Foundation and Charles H. Revson Foundation Fund New Nonprofit Local News Entity in New York City
Release Date:
09/28/2018
Funding from Charles H. Revson Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark will launch a new nonprofit local news entity set to serve the New York City area.
Open Society Foundation Partners with Charles Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank
Release Date:
07/04/2019
... and indiscriminate manner." Soros's Open Society Foundations and the Charles Koch Foundation have each .....
JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods
Release Date:
05/11/2018
Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhoods.
NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The NonProfit Times' editorial notes that as the nation's presidential candidates talk policy, the charitable sector never gets its due, and asks foundation leaders to steer the conversation.
Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
05/24/2017
With the Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year, Inside Philanthropy reports in its coverage of this crisis, that help isn’t coming at the scale that's needed. However, among the few philanthropies supporting refugees, Conrad N. Hilton...
LIBN’s 2013 Outstanding CEO Gregory Demetriou Appointed to Long Island Community Foundation Foundation Board of Advisors
Release Date:
06/03/2013
The Long Island Community Foundation proudly announces the appointment of Gregory P. Demetriou, CEO of the Lorraine Gregory Corp., to its Board of Advisors.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology
Release Date:
04/27/2018
Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry parts and has something else, like a smartphone, process the video instead.
With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, Atlantic Theater Company to Present IMMIGRANT MIXFEST
Release Date:
07/30/2019
Co-producer Saheem Ali says, "I can't think of a more pertinent moment to be highlighting immigrant stories in the theater alongside our national discourse. I've been a huge fan of Atlantic Theater Company's annual MixFest series and am thrilled to...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Releases SDGs Guide for Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/29/2019
... how other philanthropic funders are facing and resolving social and environmental challenges. Established in 2015 ... SDGs to succeed, it is imperative that governments, the private sector and philanthropy...
How Institutions Take Risks
Release Date:
10/12/2014
... at the University of Pennsylvania to invest endowment resources in West Philadelphia; her work in developing the field of impact investing ; and her big bet at the Rockefeller Foundation on ...
How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us
Release Date:
06/27/2017
... renews efforts to cut funding for the arts and basic social services. We need a cultural plan that advances ... connects artist-innovators doing place-based work with impact investors who want to support it...