CECP Announces 2013 Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy
Release Date:
02/26/2013
... Award to IBM for the Smarter Cities Challenge, a three- year , $50 million competitive grant program to make cities ...
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$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College
Release Date:
04/29/2013
... one of the largest donations ever for a public two- year college. The foundation is giving an additional $10 ...
More Children in Greece Are Going Hungry
Release Date:
04/17/2013
... needy youngsters asking playmates for leftovers; and an 11- year -old boy, Pantelis Petrakis, bent over with hunger ...
Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close
Release Date:
05/20/2013
The country’s only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute...
Why Don’t Corporations Give to Charity?
Release Date:
08/08/2013
In an op-ed for Slate, Ken Stern examines the decline in corporate contributions to charities in the U.S., as a percentage of pretax profits, over the past 30 years.
Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty
Release Date:
08/07/2013
... about €300 million in funding for the Government each year , is also in talks with the Department of Health and ...
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/14/2013
... Bette Midler and Ian Marvy. The Medals are awarded each year to recipients whose work creates new ways of seeing and ...
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Looking at the 990 Part I (March 28) and Part II (April 4)
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 8:45am to Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 8:45am
Philanthropy New York
The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be gleaned from the form? What has changed within the form since prior years...
Lilien Leaves Charities Bureau to Join Zuckerman Spaeder
Release Date:
10/15/2013
Jason R. Lilien, former New York State Charities Bureau Chief under Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and former Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, has moved on to joined the firm of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP. Lilien will be leading the firm's new...
NY begins first statewide school-to-job project
Release Date:
11/03/2013
... participating companies. That program will mesh with two- year college degrees tailored to companies' needs... NY .....
Nonprofits Join Forces to Give Black Men a Brighter Future
Release Date:
12/08/2013
Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement, is among the leaders interviewed in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about philanthropic projects supporting young African-American and Hispanic males.
United Way Hires Top Marketer for Brand Makeover
Release Date:
04/29/2014
United Way hires top marketer for brand makeover, reports Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Applications to the 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards are up 25%
Release Date:
05/19/2014
... announced a 25 percent jump in applications over last year for the 2014 New York Community Trust Nonprofit ...
JPMorgan to Commit $100-Million to Boost Detroit’s Recovery
Release Date:
05/21/2014
Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase will commit $100-million in grants and loans over five years to aid Detroit’s revitalization effort as the city recovers from the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy, The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press...
UJA-Federation of New York’s John Ruskay addresses Yeshiva University’s commencement and awarded honorary doctorate
Release Date:
05/23/2014
Ruskay Receives Honorary Degree, Offers Advice to Yeshiva University Graduates
Leadership for Education Innovation
Release Date:
05/24/2014
[Carnegie Corporation of New York] Michele Cahill authors Education Week piece: "Looking to implications for the country, the question is, What will it take to do this at scale? As someone involved in the New York City work and in high school reform...
Effective Philanthropy Takes Time
Release Date:
06/26/2014
In "Making Change," a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions
Release Date:
07/25/2014
... of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year . The foundation also announced that since January, ...
UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education
Release Date:
08/07/2014
... education initiative for NY area Jewish teens. The four- year grant is designed to provide opportunities for ...
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.