PNY Members Among Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work
Release Date:
09/18/2014
Ford, Open Society and Arcus are among the top funders for LGBTQ education and safe school works.
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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund
Release Date:
10/29/2014
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is partnering with a coalition of NGOs as part of a new grantmaking collaborative, the Ebola Survival Fund.
MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
11/07/2014
The program will help improve productivity for 730,000 farmers in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.
OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work
Release Date:
02/12/2015
OSF and Ford are among the funders who are partnering for the NetGain initiative.
Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment
Release Date:
05/18/2015
One reason for instituting the change was to lead to ethical and financial consistency.
MetLife Releases 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/23/2015
MetLife Foundation provided more than $27 million in financial inclusion grants in year two of its $200 million, five-year commitment.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The media and investment mogul directed his non-profit Bloomberg ...
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.
Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin
Release Date:
06/23/2016
Critics have suggested Rockefeller is more interested in cultivating ties with corporations than nonprofits.
Ford Foundation Appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/08/2016
... its Board of Trustees. Sulzberger is a general partner and investment manager of Rustic Canyon/Fontis Partners, L.P., a ...
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Writes Time Magazine Editorial on Eliminating Waste to Feed The Hungry
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Rockefeller Foundation has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and enlisted partners around the globe—from large corporations to smallholder farmers, from celebrity chefs to supermarkets—to halve food waste globally, through an initiative...
Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion
Release Date:
12/13/2016
Investing heavyweights are moving their assets and funds out of fossil fuels at a record pace.
Citi Foundation and Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to Increase Summer Job Opportunities in 2017
Release Date:
03/07/2017
The Citi Foundation has invested over $13 million to provide nearly 6,200 summer jobs to young people since 2014.
Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact
Release Date:
03/24/2017
In 1917, businessman John Andrus decided to give away half his self-made fortune, built in part on developing the peptonoid elixir that was the precursor to Pepto-Bismol.
New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Rajiv Shah, the new president of the Rockefeller Foundation, is no stranger to politics or philanthropy.
Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss
Release Date:
05/24/2017
Female vampire bats form friendships with non-family-member bats, and researchers have discovered that those unrelated friends are important backup support when family members go missing. "Is it better to have a few strong social bonds or a greater...
NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle
Release Date:
06/02/2017
... know it, no need to dig) Organizations that make a deep investment in people over time Further details on eligibility ...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
Is the renewed focus on the manufacturing sector sound economic policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a nostalgic bid for middle-class jobs that are gone for good?
Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... with Tisch about her recent donation to a new fund, her investment philosophy, and how philanthropy creates impact. ...
Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... corporations and small businesses, but also to stimulate investment , create jobs, increase global competitiveness and ...