Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing
Release Date:
06/09/2015
The foundations will work with the Global Impact Investing Network.
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients
Release Date:
06/16/2015
Twenty Performing Artists Receive $80,000, totaling in $1.6 million to 20 new grantees.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars
Release Date:
07/09/2015
The selected Scholars will receive grants of up to $110,000 per year for a maximum of five years.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities
Release Date:
07/29/2015
The foundation's latest commitment brings its total support for RC100 to $164 million.
Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Researchers will collect data from children over a 24-week period and evaluate key facets of social communication in those with autism spectrum disorders.
Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award
Release Date:
07/31/2015
Up to ten winners will be selected to receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards reception.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations
Release Date:
08/21/2015
The awards were part of the first round of grants through its Leadership Grants Program for Dance.
Simons Foundation Invites LOIs for Significant Mathematical, Theoretical Studies
Release Date:
08/24/2015
Grants of up to $2.5 million will be awarded in support of collaborative projects that address a mathematical or theoretical topic of fundamental scientific importance.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative
Release Date:
08/27/2015
The $1 million grant will provide education to current and former prisoners.
Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants
Release Date:
09/10/2015
The Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy's study will look at the effects of discrimination on the children of immigrants, whether they are themselves immigrants or were born in the United States to immigrant...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
A new study shows that less than one percent of federal funding goes to risk research.
MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program
Release Date:
09/18/2015
The foundation will explore how corporate America is empowering people to build better lives.
New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Each Wednesday at the Greenmarket, Heart Smart activities focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health.
Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Trusts, such as the New York Community Trust, have to ensure money is spent as intended, but things can get fuzzy as times change.
Ford, Citi and MasterCard Among Leaders to Commit Millions to Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/28/2015
These organizations pledged support during the UN Women summit.
Citi Announces Donations to Four New York City Area Community Organizations Through the 2015 Citi Community Home Runs Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
Citi today announced a total donation of $190,000 to four community partners – City Harvest, United Neighborhood Houses, USO of Metro New York and New York City’s YMCA.
NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Tiffany & Co. executive calls for brand owners and jewelry retailers to come together to establish a certification system that will assure responsible behavior when obtaining natural resources.
Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double the amount it provides to grantees to cover administrative overhead costs and steer $1 billion over five years toward strengthening social-justice organizations. At the same time...
Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.