Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?
Release Date:
06/30/2015
... in greatest need. And yet, many of the nation’ s most recognizable corporations – the Wells Fargo ...
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PHI Granted $50,000 Award to Commemorate Retirement of President of John A. Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
07/15/2015
... widely credited with overseeing the private philanthropy’ s expanding commitment to aging and health. The John A. Hartford Foundation’ s Board of Trustees gave Dr. Rieder the opportunity to select ... letter...
Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Feature on Cultural Philanthropy Quotes Buff Kavelman on Donor Privacy Issues
Release Date:
10/14/2015
... far in 2015, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’ s calculations, nine of the top 100 gifts from donors in ... the same source. “Because we all troll everybody else’ s list,” Ms. Levy said with a laugh...
Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety
Release Date:
10/20/2015
... laws, and stronger enforcement of those laws. That’ s why, since 2007, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been working ... that together account for more than half of the world’ s road deaths. Last year, we expanded...
Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... Washington wonk career path. After earning a master’ s in public policy from Georgetown and a Ph.D. in political ...
The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down
Release Date:
01/15/2016
... spending down its remaining assets. “The foundation' s money had been invested pretty aggressively because they ... a spend down,” said Lena O. Townsend, the foundation’ s executive director. “The most we...
Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
02/03/2016
... of researchers who generated stem cells from a patient' s skin cells and then repaired the damaged gene, RPGR, using ... the corrected tissue had been derived from the patient’ s own cells, it could...
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... houses and as a grocery store clerk. One of John’ s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high- needs community in Boston. It is part of the reason that he ... young Americans who are out of school and work...
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Making Big Bets for Big Results - Webinar
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Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar
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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
... investment approach with a foundation program officer’ s , or that of someone working for an individual ...
New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana
Release Date:
08/25/2016
New York Life announced today that it will donate $100,000 to aid flood relief efforts in Louisiana with a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater...
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Balancing Family Privacy and Public Trust: Transparency in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, May 11, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... value in principle, what do you do when your foundation’ s privacy is also your family’ s privacy? How do we balance the need for public accountability with a family’ s right to privacy? What...
Open Society Foundations Releases Video Showing A New Outlook on Growing Up Intersex
Release Date:
02/27/2017
... path, he knew he had to return and help. Today, Julius’ s activism on intersex issues is part of a broad effort to show that what really needs fixing is society’ s stigma ... Open Society...
NYS Health President Speaks Out for Free Lunch for NYC Children
Release Date:
05/23/2017
... to universal pre-K, the Mayor has worked to address the needs of poor and working class New Yorkers. But universal ... participate in the lunch program. What stops them? It’ s simple: Stigma. Bullying. Shaming...
Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity
Release Date:
08/24/2017
... on its racial and ethnic diversity, many of New York City' s arts and cultural organizations have boards that are ... to be credible, and in order to be credible, the community needs to see themselves...
Ai Weiwei's Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village Neighborhood Group
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Ai Weiwei' s Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village ... throughout the five boroughs. The project is one of Ai’ s largest projects to date, with pieces going up in major ... city—has...
Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... disease. Another example is the Conrad Hilton Foundation’ s burgeoning contribution to research on multiple sclerosis. ...
New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... The Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool’ s findings should not be seen as a report card, but rather a ...
Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
... more than $700 million to understanding Parkinson’ s disease. Others, like the CZI, have much broader goals. But ... five grants each cycle out of 150 [applications], there’ s a real bias against risky...