2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
... said Dr. George Thibault, President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation . “These Scholars are paving the way for health ...
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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?
Release Date:
07/17/2017
How can philanthropy support immigrants in a country that elected a blatantly anti-immigrant president? That’s a question lots of funders have been asking themselves since last November. Interestingly, though, there are very few funders around that...
Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These forward-thinking ...
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... and flaky pie crusts. He hopes these small tasks will be a foundation for a future career. Carpenter is one in an army ...
Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use
Release Date:
08/10/2017
... in to pitch Ackman and the board of his Pershing Square Foundation , not knowing what to expect. She blew Ackman away ...
American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... Parque, a bilingual movement created by the National Park Foundation to inspire people to connect with, celebrate and ...
Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/21/2017
... Simons' quiet climate change giving via his Sea Change Foundation , which is one of the nation's largest funders of .....
He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... 15 years while running the Rockefeller Brothers Fund—the foundation that David’s generation of Rockefellers created ...
At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... a Latino nonprofit accelerator with the Latino Community Foundation , which will provide support to organizations that ...
Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Maislin, chief executive of the Greater Houston Community Foundation , said he expects the philanthropic response to the ...
Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... the city’s American Academy, and Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation , in Marfa. To be an artist in residence means ...
Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore ...
Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006, and the three friends joined forces a ...
Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... than that, in fact. With funders like the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the Melville Charitable Trust in the lead, the ...
Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness
Release Date:
09/25/2017
It’s worth wondering what else seeps into public space — not the least of which seems to be a taste for order.
Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. To respond effectively, the philanthropic sector, too, must make gender justice, in addition to economic and racial justice, a core principle.
What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... improve cost-effective and adaptable aid delivery. The UPS Foundation is one major funder we've written about often .....
Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. Grantmakers, especially those with a focus on health, play a unique role in helping support community innovation that can advance health.
UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... million legacy gift from the Jack S. & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of the organization's Jewish Day Camp .....
Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... Megan Tompkins’s research, using the National Science Foundation ’s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, ...