Financing the Social Sector
Release Date:
09/15/2014
... In essence, this is a top 10 list of "to dos" for foundations and corporations.... Financing the Social .....
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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... of super-wealthy individuals, along with a handful of foundations , have pushed hard for marriage equality and other ...
Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators
Release Date:
12/04/2014
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Fund for the City of New York provided the cash prizes for the teachers and their schools.
Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free
Release Date:
01/16/2015
Program is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.
J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants
Release Date:
01/29/2015
Fund will award up to ten prizes of $175,000 each.
OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work
Release Date:
02/12/2015
OSF and Ford are among the funders who are partnering for the NetGain initiative.
Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission
Release Date:
03/17/2015
Edwin Gould Foundation President and CEO, Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, discusses the launch of "The Eddie."
Deeper Than Political Sound Bites on Economic Inequality
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... coming up next month that started with the question: Are foundations asking the right questions to apply to their ...
Winners of the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Announced
Release Date:
05/11/2015
... between the Pershing Square and Sohn Conference foundations , the annual prize aims to catalyze collaboration ...
Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data
Release Date:
07/01/2015
... Ford, William and Flora Hewlett, Kresge and Wilburforce foundations and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund said they had ...
Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models
Release Date:
08/14/2015
The Commonwealth Fund's new brief finds PCPs mixed on ACOs and PCMHs--but largely positive on healthcare IT.
Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
At Verizon, 60 percent of the new hires are within IT or engineering—but only a quarter of them are women.
Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports...
New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work
Release Date:
12/10/2015
Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...
In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan
Release Date:
01/25/2016
Richard D. Kaplan, of New York and Palm Beach, died on Thursday, Jan. 21. He was an architect and senior trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation.
Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon
Release Date:
03/24/2016
In a letter posted on its website, the Rockefeller Family Fund announced that it would divest from fossil fuels “as quickly as possible,” eliminating its holdings in ExxonMobil Corp., which it called “morally reprehensible.”
Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations
Release Date:
03/31/2016
More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford Foundation and Visa will ensure that the Filene Research Institute’s Incubator continues to develop solutions that serve financially fragile populations.
Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing
Release Date:
04/14/2016
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how results-based funding could revolutionize America's approach to entrenched social issues.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows
Release Date:
04/19/2016
Each of the 2016 winners of the so-called "brainy awards" will receive up to $200,000 to fund one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education, law, technology, business and public policy.
Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night
Release Date:
04/21/2016
The findings show parents' high expectations and deep engagement in their children's development, and unearth areas where parents most need support.