MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program
Release Date:
09/18/2015
... the world. Working in collaboration with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation or LISC, the two have ...
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Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women
Release Date:
09/28/2015
Gap will expand its award-winning P.A.C.E program to harness collectiver action for the advancement of women throughout the world.
National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project
Release Date:
10/30/2015
The National League of Cities is launching a new initiative in partnership with MetLife Foundation to help cities promote financial inclusion for their residents.
Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... At the same time, it will cut its support of several initiatives , including LGBT rights in the United States, ...
MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
With support from MetLife Foundation, Duke University is launching the CommonCents Lab, an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.
Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The Rockefeller Foundation plans to announce at Davos that it is kicking off a $130 million initiative to reduce food waste around the world. The wide-ranging plan will stretch from thrown-out crops to excess food at the dinner table.
As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats
Release Date:
01/22/2016
As temperatures drop and a blizzard looms, NYC announced that 13,000 young students will receive new winter jackets paid for by private donors.
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The Mellon Foundation grant will support of efforts to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.
Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program
Release Date:
02/16/2016
The Pershing Square Foundation has announced a supplemental gift of £3.7 million ($5.4 million) gift to the Oxford Pershing Square Graduate Scholars Program at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.
NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements
Release Date:
03/17/2016
Does philanthropy really have a useful role to play in transformative social movements?
NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women
Release Date:
03/29/2016
As Women's History Month 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. The work of gender equity continues. NY Women's and Novo foundations are noted for philanthropic investment in programs for women and...
Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Featuring dozens of characters and set in locations across the globe, Oslo is both a political thriller and the personal story of a small band of women and men struggling together-and fighting each other-as they seek to change the world..
Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
Forty nonprofit organizations will use funds to address urban challenges ranging from affordable housing to environmental sustainability and infrastructure.
Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... on Children, Youth and Families, a total of five initiatives across the country receive funding and expertise ...
Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2016
Institution’s first female president ends 11-year tenure in which she stressed forging corporate partnerships to further philanthropic projects.
Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic ...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.
2016 Grantmakers Salary Survey Benchmarking Now Available
Release Date:
10/03/2016
Each year, Philanthropy New York partners with the Council on Foundations to conduct a salary survey of New York City metro area foundations.
JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities
Release Date:
10/21/2016
JPMorgan Chase starts collaborative partnerships in Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, and New York to develop solutions for distressed neighborhoods.
City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/01/2016
The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping member cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and...