Site Search

The movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy alternative continues to accelerate, with commitments from nearly a thousand institutional investors, a report from DivestInvest and Arabella Advisors finds.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

Arabella Advisors

Don't Overthink It

Release Date:

04/30/2019

Admittedly, as grantmakers, we like to fund projects where we can anticipate long-range payoffs, systemic change, and solving problems at the root rather than placing bandages. And detailed analysis and research have their place in evaluating grant...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Disabilities

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

NYT Opinion: Rockefeller Family Fund Director, Lee Wasserman asks "Why Are We Still Looking for Oil and Gas?"

Release Date:

07/25/2019

If an artist were to choose colors for portraits of public officials to represent their records on climate change, one color would suffice for Donald Trump: charcoal black. How better to capture the president’s efforts to increase the extraction of...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Family Fund

29 Oct 2019

Resiliency Finance: A Pivotal Role for Philanthropy

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... WE ACT Arturo Garcia-Costas , Program Officer, Local, National and International Environment, The New York ...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Format

Panel

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Impact Investing

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Community-based Wildlife Carcass Surveillance Is Key for Early Detection of Ebola Virus, Study Supported By Arcus Foundation Finds

Release Date:

08/28/2019

... In response, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and NIH ( National Institutes of Health) scientists partnered with the ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Animal Welfare

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

Science

Related Organizations

Arcus Foundation

J.P. Morgan Commits USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’s Workforce in the Future

Release Date:

10/22/2019

... for the country’s economic progress.” A study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has noted that ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Announcing the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program

Release Date:

03/31/2020

... While at Hunter, Dr. Rabinowitz was the recipient of major National Science Foundation grants, including ones to ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide

Release Date:

06/01/2020

Foundation commits $50 million investment to support the development of 240 global fellows over 10 years, introduces inaugural cohort of 24 emerging social change leaders.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation and ACCESS Health International Launch a Report Uncovering the Role of Digital Technology in Tackling Covid-19

Release Date:

09/09/2020

Twelve case-studies from China provide a comprehensive view of the impact of digital technology on six outbreak response categories

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

The Century Foundation Launches the Bridges Collaborative, An Unprecedented Grassroots Initiative to Advance School Integration

Release Date:

10/06/2020

The Bridges Collaborative , a first-of-its kind grassroots initiative to advance racial and socioeconomic integration and equity in America’s schools, officially launched this week.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Social Justice

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

Release Date:

02/17/2021

... won the Fields Medal in mathematics, 69 have received the National Medal of Science, and 20 have won the John Bates ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Related Organizations

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

12 May 2021

State of Health Town Hall

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

If the COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test on the New York and the nation’s healthcare and public health infrastructure, the past year would reveal both strengths (our frontline workforce) and deep-rooted racialized disparities and inequities across...