Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... pushing for reforms to reduce inequality and increase opportunity for all students. Current members to the ...
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Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media
Release Date:
09/24/2014
Report published by Open Society Foundations looks at media innovations over the last decade.
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.
Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya
Release Date:
02/17/2015
Rockefeller made the investment as part if its Digital Jobs Africa program.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation
Release Date:
03/17/2015
Kelly Fitzsimmons, Chief Program and Strategy Officer, offers tips on how to get the most out of the evaluation process.
Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/27/2015
The main goal of the initiative is to increase the diversity of graduate education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids
Release Date:
03/30/2015
... is one of many researchers now grappling with equality of opportunity among America's children, and quite a few of .....
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
... among our most beloved and trusted equalizers of economic opportunity . Remarkably, Mayor de Blasio’s preliminary ...
MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China
Release Date:
07/20/2015
... has announced a three-year, $1.8 million grant to Opportunity International to promote knowledge and access to ...
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit
Only 30 percent of C-suite roles in the nonprofit sector were filled by internal promotion in the past two years—about half the rate of for-profits. Even more concerning, this low promotion rate did not vary by the size of the organization: larger organizations, which should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not doing so.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... Latin America, Caribbean In the realm of civic innovation, opportunity is aimed to strike in five Latin American and ...
Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit
Release Date:
04/18/2016
... farm workers, and more. Food Tank recently had the opportunity to speak with Eric Kessler, the Founder and ...
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... some help from the nonprofit sector. Today, Project New Opportunity was announced by an organization called the ...
Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere
Release Date:
05/24/2016
Three nonprofit executives from Forbes Nonprofit Council discuss what Ford Foundation’s public shift to inequality means for the nonprofit world as well as how it will affect their own organizations.
Casey Family Programs President and CEO to Ring Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange on June 3
Release Date:
06/03/2016
The occasion recognizes the important role that business leaders can play by investing in opportunities that safely reduce the need for foster care.
Bank of America Announces $300k to Boost Workforce Skills Among Local Youth, Veterans and People With Disabilities
Release Date:
06/20/2016
Bank of America announced $300,000 in grants to be distributed to 12 nonprofits in the Long Island community.
Funded by the New York Community Trust, Redford Center Establishes Filmmaker Grants
Release Date:
06/22/2016
The pilot program will focus on environmental projects.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch Mobile Simulation Initiative for Rural Emergencies
Release Date:
07/27/2016
The Simulation in Motion Nebraska grant includes the purchase of four, customized mobile simulation training trucks and 20 high-fidelity patient simulators.
Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse
Release Date:
08/01/2016
The glass ceilings at elite cultural organizations are starting to crack after some pressure from the city.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... new gift ensures the future of the fellows, providing the opportunity for recent Ph.D.'s with the time and financial .....