Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for ...
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Arabella Advisors Hires Managing Director of Advocacy, Scott Nielsen
Release Date:
02/04/2016
Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
04/28/2016
Insight Dialogues, a live event and digital content series focused on sparking global conversations and action around the most pressing issues of our time will facilitate an exchange of ideas and inform the Foundation's ongoing work to improve the...
NoVo Foundation is Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality
Release Date:
07/19/2017
If a foundation’s mission is to build more healthy partnerships in the world, what better place to start than with their own internal partnerships? For Peter and Jennifer Buffett of the NoVo Foundation, developing their own partnership as a couple...
Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art of Change fellowships that will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, justice, and inclusion, and strengthen our democracy.
George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
10/18/2017
George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations, one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to a single foundation.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
11/06/2017
With the Engaged Cities Award, Cities of Service, a Bloomberg Philanthropies Grantee, looks to recognize the impact of creative citizens and mayors—and to inspire more engagement.
Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis
Release Date:
11/21/2017
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is excited to announce its first-ever endowed chair, in journalism innovation, and the first designee will be Professor Jeff Jarvis, a world-renowned thought leader on the future of the news business.
Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/27/2017
The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...
Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
This spring, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will welcome Sally Donnelly as a non-resident senior fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U.S. national security affairs to support the Fund’s work by monitoring and...
Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country
Release Date:
05/02/2018
With grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies and oversight from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity, the Department of Probation funded 19 community-based organizations to hire mentors for people ages 16 to 24
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
A new field study called HOMEChem (House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry), funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in its Chemistry of Indoor Environments program, will analyze these chemical interactions with the...
Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director
Release Date:
06/20/2018
The Weinberg Foundation welcomes Darius Graham as the Foundation’s newest program director. Graham will be responsible for refining and communicating the Foundation's place-based philanthropic strategy for Baltimore, working across sectors to...
Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast
Release Date:
07/03/2018
Skillful has helped Colorado employers discover the value of workers without college degrees and now more states are joining in this effort to transform hiring practices and workforce development.
McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute
Release Date:
07/10/2018
... training the next generation of Haitian teachers who are transforming education outcomes, to magnifying the voices of ...
UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year
Release Date:
07/27/2018
... major capital initiatives focused on fighting poverty, transforming Jewish day camp, and ensuring Jerusalem’s ...
Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund
Release Date:
08/13/2018
The Ford and W.K. Kellogg foundations recently teamed up with Borealis Philanthropy to launch the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund. The fund just released its first round of grants, totaling $14 million, which will go to advancing racial equity...
Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program
Release Date:
08/16/2018
The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Kavita N. Ramdas as director of the Women’s Rights Program, effective September 25.
Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative
Release Date:
08/21/2018
Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Ford Foundation launched US 2050, an initiative that will engage leading scholars to examine and analyze the multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and fiscal trends that will shape the nation at mid-...