MetLife Foundation and MicroSave Launch "i3" Program in Vietnam
Release Date:
11/16/2018
... financially excluded and underserved in Vietnam. The three- year program, funded by the MetLife Foundation, is being ...
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Carnegie Corporation of New York of New York Helps Support Fellowship Program Providing Post-Harvey Legal Aid
Release Date:
11/20/2018
... assistance as part of the program. Fellows will serve two- year terms in the Equal Justice Works Disaster Recovery ...
With Support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Plans Underway to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge
Release Date:
11/26/2018
... Refuge , so far, and it plans to preserve 2,700 acres next year . The land, which runs along the Blue Mountain's .....
Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program
Release Date:
12/05/2018
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.
Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2018
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is pleased to announce that Rini Banerjee will join the Foundation as its fourth president and first woman to lead the foundation. Banerjee’s appointment concludes an extensive nationwide search that began last...
Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants
Release Date:
12/12/2018
... 25 artists with $25,000 each in unrestricted funds. This year , the foundation said, 70 percent of the grantees ...
Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/13/2018
... as long-standing patrons of New York City, the dynamic 67- year -old philanthropic leader has forged her own distinct ...
New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
01/29/2019
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have discovered a genetic biomarker that is associated with age-related macular...
Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'
Release Date:
01/29/2019
The latest data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) includes observations revealing the internal structure and composition of nearly 5,000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of a program called Mapping Nearby Galaxies...
Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty
Release Date:
02/04/2019
... Mobility from Poverty A pioneering $25 million, four- year initiative to spur the development of new solutions to ...
Century Foundation Releases New Report: Finding Workers Where They Are
Release Date:
02/07/2019
It is surprising that one of the most successful and powerful social movements in the nation’s history—the labor movement—has not launched a coherent, large-scale digital organizing strategy to recruit a new generation of workers.1 This is true even...
Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity
Release Date:
02/26/2019
It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the last several years, as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and environmental change. In the midst of this growth,...
New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018
Release Date:
03/13/2019
... New initiatives launched by the foundation during the year include the Fund for the #MeToo Movement and Allies, ...
Greg Ratliff named VP at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Release Date:
04/04/2019
... rate of investing to $20 million and initiated multi- year grant and investment programs in the areas of affordable ...
Jessica Rothkuo Joins Redlich Horowitz Foundation to Lead Family First Implementation
Release Date:
04/24/2019
The Redlich Horwitz Foundation is pleased to announce the expansion of our team!
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University
Release Date:
05/12/2019
The University of Oxford has announced a £3 million ($3.9 million) gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in support of the consolidation and expansion of its Late Antique and Byzantine studies program.
Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair
Release Date:
05/14/2019
The Council on Foundations today announced that Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis has assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Directors.
Estée Lauder Companies and Others Partner for Indonesian Sustainable Palm Project
Release Date:
05/28/2019
BASF, The Estée Lauder Companies and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are partnering with the civil society organization Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and palm derivatives production in the district of Waykanan, Lampung,...
MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research
Release Date:
06/04/2019
... Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four- year , $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support ...
Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance
Release Date:
06/02/2019
The Open Society Foundations has announced a $5 million challenge grant to the Open Government Partnership in support of accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance initiatives.