OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States
Release Date:
10/03/2014
... shorted the British pound in 1992, into his Open Society Foundations . It’s now a philanthropic powerhouse that has ...
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MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program
Release Date:
11/10/2014
MasterCard Foundation is investing in small businesses in developing countries.
Children Learn How to Save Lives at ZAC Camp
Release Date:
04/17/2015
The ZAC Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich taught swimming and water safety at the annual event.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online
Release Date:
10/29/2015
Seeking to improve the leadership skills at nonprofits around the world, the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post
Release Date:
01/07/2016
... While saying shalom, adieu and farewell to this family of foundations based in Jerusalem, Montreal and New York, we ... heir to the Seagrams liquor fortune who funded these foundations . His three favorite (and...
Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program
Release Date:
02/16/2016
The Pershing Square Foundation has announced a supplemental gift of £3.7 million ($5.4 million) gift to the Oxford Pershing Square Graduate Scholars Program at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
Release Date:
02/16/2016
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announced a grant of $815,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will be utilized to create a research center for the study of the indigenous art of Australia and the Americas at The...
New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
03/07/2016
New study published in Clinical Cancer Research details the discovery of a biomarker that puts patients at a higher risk for metastasis of uveal melanoma.
Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide
Release Date:
03/16/2016
For a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellowship, Sarah Cushman researched the lives of women at the Birkenau concentration camp.
Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology
Release Date:
06/07/2016
Film Independent Selects 10 Projects And 20 Filmakers For 2016 Fast Track Program And Awards $20K Alfred P. Sloan Fast Track Grant To Mark Levinson For 'The Gold Bug Variations'
Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative
Release Date:
06/10/2016
Six institutions to use Aqua by Taskstream to assess student learning and proficiency as part of a new framework to aid student transfer and improve graduation rates.
10
Aug
2017
Good Governance: How to Use Board Committees Effectively - Webinar
Thursday, August 10, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
There is more than one approach to effective governance in family philanthropy, and the use of committees is one of the most important tools you can use.
Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach
Release Date:
05/01/2017
... Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach Limited-life foundations are based on the premise that if a foundation’s ...
A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone
Release Date:
06/19/2017
The Pershing Square Foundation stands out by backing some truly innovative grantees—and it highlighted social innovators through two panels.
Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News
Release Date:
06/28/2017
Combating fake news and bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was selected to receive a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund.
NoVo’s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... for those who are committed to mutuality but rare among foundations . They have asked themselves tough questions, such ...
Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant
Release Date:
08/30/2017
In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth...
Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Billionaire developer Stephen Ross and the New York-based Ford Foundation are teaming up with The Platform LLC to make a $27.5 million investment in bringing housing to Detroit neighborhoods.
11
Jan
2018
Valuing the Family in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, January 11, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
How do you value the family in family philanthropy? Join NCFP President Ginny Eposito as she interviews three generations of family members.