Restoring and Extending Tax Incentives
Release Date:
11/17/2014
The end-of-year tax bill would restore several expired tax incentives.
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New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board
Release Date:
02/11/2015
Wendy Holding and Brook Beardsley have been elected Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively.
Laura Washington Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Director of Communications
Release Date:
04/14/2015
Washington comes to the Mellon Foundation from the New-York Historical Society.
03
Jun
2015
NYC Early Childhood Mapping Convening
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 -
9:00am to 4:00pm
Given the increased focus and investment early childhood services and systems in NYC, it is an exciting time to align, coordinate, and possibly increase private investments to maximize impact for high quality early childhood services and the systems...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers Insight on Employing Millennials
Release Date:
05/08/2015
Program Director Kathleen Christensen delves into the benefits that will attract and keep talented millennial employees.
Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League Elect Three New Board Members
Release Date:
07/08/2015
The Proteus Fund and its sister c4 organization the Proteus Action League (PAL) are delighted to announce the election of two new members of the Proteus Board and one new member of the PAL Board.
Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals
Release Date:
08/04/2015
Citi Foundation, MetLife Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Capital One are funders of the initiative.
Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The Noyes Foundation devotes 74 percent of grant dollars to social justice causes.
Dodge Foundation Participates in Discussion of How Arts Organizations Help Drive Downtown Revivals In NJ Cities
Release Date:
10/22/2015
New Jersey’s cities frequently face funding shortages for education, environmental and other programs, but the state’s relatively small yet steady support for arts organizations continues to attract additional investment and trigger downtown...
Columbia University School of Nursing to Become New Home of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare
Release Date:
11/17/2015
Columbia awarded 10-year, $11.1 million grant to house Jonas Center; from its new base in the School of Nursing, Center will build on its legacy as a national philanthropic leader and champion for nurses.
Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism
Release Date:
11/19/2015
"Ruptured Silence" is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary perspectives about the confederate flag, a bygone symbol, and its usage as an intimidation tool.
Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit
Release Date:
11/25/2015
C40’s new report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, contains exciting and encouraging news about the world’s collective fight against climate change – and about the leading role that cities are playing in driving progress.
Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)
Release Date:
01/05/2016
Tisch Fund leaders write about an an innovative public-private partnership that brings agriculture, parks, farmers' markets and more to areas in need of good food, education and jobs.
The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2016
When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’s bound to start a lot of conversations. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan's announcement has received a lot of attention and has started discussion about the next...
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.
Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Artstor President James Shulman will work with Earl Lewis and Mariët Westermann, president and vice president of the Foundation, respectively, on topics of strategic importance. Among his projects, Shulman will write about high-impact philanthropy,...
28
Jun
2016
Building a Healthy Financial Ecosystem for Artists
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 -
9:00am to 10:30am
Artists are important cultural innovators and often the impetus for economic and social transformation. In order to sustain a healthy cultural ecosystem and contribute to the larger community, individual artists must ensure their own basic needs and...
Henry Luce Foundation Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That's Important)
Release Date:
01/24/2017
The Henry Luce Foundation, which just awarded a three-year grant of $825,000 to the Worcester Art Museum to support a series of projects focused on the museum's collection of pre-contemporary American art.
BNY Mellon and United Nations Foundation Publish Report for Advancing Gender Equality
Release Date:
01/26/2017
On Saturday, more than three million people around the country -- that's one out of every 100 Americans -- and upwards of another 250,000 people around the world marched in the name of gender equality.
Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues
Release Date:
02/15/2017
While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share of funding for migrants and refuges remained flat, a report from Foundation Center and the International Human...