Helmsley Charitable Trust and JPB Foundation Among Funders Fighting Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
10/10/2014
... required for regulating glucose in the body. As such, the progress Harvard researchers made is very crucial, another ...
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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters
Release Date:
10/29/2014
... recovery for many of those communities is still a work in progress . When disasters strike, a whole range of ...
Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... adversaries, Koch Industries and the Center for American Progress have found at least one thing they can agree on: The ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Areas
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... have improved the lives of millions of people. This progress , however, has come with a debilitating cost: climate ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Backs Global Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Initiative
Release Date:
04/28/2015
The Trust is making an initial investment of over $8.7 million in international grants to support new and existing prevention research.
Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research
Release Date:
06/11/2015
... new treatments. “Cancer treatment has seen amazing progress over the past decade,” said Eric Lander, PhD, ...
Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy
Release Date:
08/04/2015
Twenty years ago, Alice O'Connor was a Ford Foundation program officer.
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.
Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/05/2015
... is committed to forging strategic partnerships, as we make progress in addressing today’s most pressing challenges,” ...
Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing
Release Date:
11/17/2015
There is a growing realization that, along with government aid and charitable philanthropy, financial institutions can help solve some of the world’s social problems.
When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)
Release Date:
02/29/2016
As a new pair of reports from the progressive Century Foundation shows, integration policies have seen a resurgence. A new wave of integration has come with one big difference that sets it apart from the busing battles of the past. Integration...
Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President
Release Date:
05/11/2016
... to be accomplished in the next four to eight years to make progress on our nation's priorities... Peterson Foundation's .....
Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... design solutions with clear goals, and rigorously measure progress on those goals. Officials from participating cities ...
Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice
Release Date:
01/24/2017
The longer you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving.
NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... their mothers and caretakers in order to promote their progress . New York City is home to 450,000 girls under the ...
Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit
Release Date:
04/03/2017
The event connects Academy graduates with representatives of top leadership development programs to continue developing future nonprofit and social purpose leaders.
Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... stand up for immigrant workers and communities and defend progress on clean energy and climate change. The work of ...
Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/01/2017
Sometimes it’s the smaller foundations that take on the most audacious goals. One example of such a funder is the Overbrook Foundation, which has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed
Release Date:
08/08/2017
As colleges and universities flock to take their academic programs online, many of them work with outside contractors to handle some or all of the course development, marketing and back-office management of the programs. A warning about the nature...
Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice
Release Date:
09/08/2017
To support nonprofits that reflect the communities they serve, Third Wave has recently launched the Own Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall.