Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
... Rockefeller Foundation , was asked about six months ago to join the committee that would select the foundation’s next ...
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Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
02/16/2017
A little over a month ago, Harlem native George Suttles joined The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new program office. The foundation is a private, nonpartisan philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults.
New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing
Release Date:
09/12/2017
New York developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, founder and president of Jonathan Rose Cos. has raised a $233 million real-estate fund dedicated to affordable housing, the company’s largest such fund in a sector drawing more attention from investors.
Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking
Release Date:
12/12/2017
While the BCF's board retains ultimate authority over grants, the foundation practices participatory grantmaking — the practice of giving more power over philanthropic spending to the people that it is supposed to help.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding
Release Date:
01/29/2019
Rockefeller Brothers Fund has announced Perry Cammack as the director of its Peacebuilding program.
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Oct
2023
Funders Working Group for New York’s Newcomers
Friday, October 20, 2023 - 3:30pm
... useful. How do you sign up? 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM Program To join the invitation list and receive the Zoom link, please ...
American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 M to National Treasure Sites
Release Date:
11/10/2015
... Palace Car Company, where the first African-American labor union was born. Today, the district is a National ...
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Nov
2018
Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served, and the...
Exchanges, Exchanges Everywhere: Understanding the Role of Private Exchanges
Release Date:
02/06/2014
... comes a curve ball: private exchanges. We knew about public exchanges (or marketplaces): 14 run by states and the ... subsidies for the purchase of private health plans on public exchanges. We also knew about...
01
Jun
2018
Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance
Friday, June 1, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
"We fund this organization, but I'm worried about their board." You've likely heard this sentiment uttered by a foundation program officer in the past. Maybe you've said it yourself.
Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia.
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... can be daunting. This process is tough for college students and even harder if you’re one of the one in seven ...
Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest
Release Date:
05/12/2016
You don't need a political scientist to tell you something is amiss in America. It's there, lurking, in the presidential primary campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Jonas Center Supports Global Health Nursing in the Dominican Republic
Release Date:
02/03/2017
... in these under-served communities and seven Dominican students to become Registered Nurses in the DR. Watch this ...
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops
Release Date:
08/15/2017
A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, has now opened the way to numerous potential uses of betalains, the highly nutritious red-violet and yellow pigments...
Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis
Release Date:
11/21/2017
... This investment will positively impact the school and its students and support the CUNY J-School and Jeff Jarvis to ...
Lack of Diversity Hurts Science: Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Is Changing That
Release Date:
06/10/2019
... appealing to kids’ fascination with gross stuff. Her students say the extracted material looks like white snot. ...
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Thomas H. Kean is Elected Board Chair of Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
03/01/2013
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced that Thomas H. Kean, former Governor of New Jersey, has been unanimously elected Chair of the Board of Trustees.
05
Mar
2013
CEO Interview Series with Clara Miller, The F. B. Heron Foundation
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 -
3:15pm to 7:00pm
Miller became President in 2011 at F.B. Heron, a foundation with a long history of Program and Mission Related Investing and a mission of helping people and communities help themselves out of poverty. Having been founder and CEO of the Nonprofit...