Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa

Release Date:

07/20/2015

... growth in four sub-Saharan countries. Citi Foundation’ s African Youth and Women’ s Business Development programme will develop business ... a major concern, with more than 70 percent of Africa’ s...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Citi Foundation

Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... four other locations: Duke University, Boston Children’ s Hospital, the University of California at Los Angeles and ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

Philanthropy Leaders Call for Greater Role in Tackling Global Challenges Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

09/25/2015

Ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, where member states are expected to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Ford, Mastercard and RPA under the SDG Philanthropy Platform call for greater philanthropic engagement...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Corporate Social Responsibility

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Foundation Center

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... and spending habits. The Lab will be managed by Duke’ s Center for Advanced Hindsight, which is headed by Dan ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Related Organizations

MetLife

The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

Release Date:

12/14/2015

The Nation Details Eric Holder’ s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the nation’ s first black attorney general at a time when civil-rights ... around these issues, likening his tenure to Tupac Shakur...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

01/13/2016

... researchers at the University of Michigan Health System’ s Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute for Healthcare ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Research to Prevent Blindness

Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’ s Degree Low-income students who transfer from community ... is not destiny,” said Davis Jenkins, one of the report’ s authors and a senior research...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U. S . colleges and universities. With the grant, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions in Penn' s Graduate School of Education will launch...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

Release Date:

02/04/2016

Safe schools are a critical concern, writes Deborah N. Archer, Professor of Law, New York Law School, and board member of Brooklyn Community Foundation.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University' s Mailman School of Public Health and led by journalist .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Aging

Health

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World

Release Date:

02/24/2016

... won't have to travel to Bethlehem, Pa., to view Lehigh' s varied medieval collection. Anyone anywhere in the world .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Technology

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia

Release Date:

03/15/2016

... Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U. S . & Asia Asia Society will celebrate its 60th anniversary ... exhibitions and signature events across the Society' s global network that kick...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

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.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

Charles H. Revson Foundation

16 Jun 2016

Will Philanthropy Join In The Fight To Vote?

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

In the midst of this year’ s presidential election, understanding the right to vote – ... the beginning, from the Founders’ debates to today’ s hot topics: gerrymandering, voter ID laws, restrictions ... role?...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Panel

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’ s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight ... of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’ s most outspoken champions of those schools. The...

Find More By

Funding Area

Education

Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence

Release Date:

08/08/2016

The first-of-its-kind poll pays special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

Release Date:

08/12/2016

... on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status The U. S . Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a ... a crackdown on for-profit colleges), said the department’ s decision on the...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative

Release Date:

08/25/2016

... print-digital The Daily Progress (owned by Warren Buffet’ s BH Media Group) that serves the demanding news consumers of ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/07/2016

... companies that don't provide traditional pensions, 401(k) s or access to individual retirement accounts. At least 1.5 million of these workers are in the nation’ s largest city, according to research by...

Find More By

Funding Area

Economic Security

Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and Co-author Talks About “Say Her Name”

Release Date:

05/10/2016

... “If her story had become iconic in the same way King’ s did, maybe in addition to talking about driving while ...

Find More By

News type

PhilTalks

Search form

You are here

Site Search

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Pages