The Charitable-Industrial Complex
Release Date:
08/26/2013
An op-ed by Peter Buffett, Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation.
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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/14/2013
... assumptions and creatively uses the urban environment to make New York City a place of hope and expectation... ...
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passes Legislature
Release Date:
09/12/2013
... by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, would make the state the first in the nation to mandate ...
Groups seek changes in NY policy as hunger grows
Release Date:
10/14/2013
... AARP is asking the state to streamline its procedures to make it easier for older New Yorkers to get monthly SNAP ...
Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers
Release Date:
10/30/2013
The Target Foundation and Corporation topped the Minnesota Council on Foundations' Top 50 Minnesota Grantmakers report for 2012, reported the Star Tribune.
Assessing the How of Grantmaking
Publication date:
04/2014
This GMN guide helps funders measure the effectiveness of current practices by assessing five core questions every grantmaker should be able to answer about how it makes grants.
Effective Philanthropy Takes Time
Release Date:
06/26/2014
In "Making Change," a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal.
Note to Funders: If You Believe in the Importance of Leadership, Fund What Leaders Want to Do
Release Date:
07/08/2014
... priorities of leaders more often considered when funders make their investment decisions? If funders believe enough ... leads, why not take the next step and trust that leader to make the very best decisions...
MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
MetLife Inc.'s new corporate responsibility Report outlines the organization's corporate responsibility programs, including the MetLife Foundation, which commited $200 million of financial support in 2013.
Andy Warhol Foundation to Exhibit Unseen Work, Increase Focus on Grantmaking
Release Date:
01/04/2015
The Andy Warhol Foundation distributed more than 14,000 works to be exhibited within the next five years.
Carnegie VP Named One of the Top 50 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
Release Date:
10/01/2015
LaVerne Evans Srinivasan serves as Carnegie Corporation of New York's Vice President, National Program and Program Director of Education.
Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality
Release Date:
10/30/2015
Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, joined Chronicle of Philanthropy readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the foundation and grantees.
With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... about American art. One of the first in the nation to make its entire collection available through Linked Open Data ...
Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic
Release Date:
04/21/2016
As a recent Century Foundation report notes, at least 91 school districts now use socioeconomic status as a factor in assigning students, up from just a couple in 1996, and around 40 in 2007.
Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board
Release Date:
06/02/2016
Elizabeth Alexander, an acclaimed poet, author and professor, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
Atlantic Philanthropies Report Examines Human Rights Program in Ireland
Release Date:
06/24/2016
Despite initial resistance, Atlantic Philanthropies' efforts to advance human rights in Ireland have had a lasting impact.
How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.
Publication date:
07/2016
... priority of the world, philanthropy has an opportunity to make an impact. This report from the Council on Foundations ...
Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
07/22/2016
What makes you a public servant? For the purposes of the federal student loan program, 10 years working for the government or most nonprofits qualifies.
William T. Grant Foundation Invites Proposals for New York City Youth Service Improvement Grants
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... that have already had some success but lack the funds to make needed improvements. To that end, the foundation's Youth .....
Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon
Release Date:
08/17/2016
Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon The Peruvian documentary "When Two Worlds Collide," which opens in New York on Wednesday and in select U.S. cities and the United Kingdom in September, tells with...