Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... and vacant land into useful community assets. The all- volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space ...
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Citi Foundation Announces $4M Youth Workforce Fund: Grant Opportunity for Nonprofits Connecting Young Adults to Employment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
The Citi Foundation, in partnership with America's Promise Alliance, invites leading non-profit organizations to submit innovative program ideas focused on connecting low-income young people, ages 16-24, with workplace skills and employment...
Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project
Release Date:
08/23/2017
The general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health.
Raising Money from the Modern Family
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... to draw into their ranks. In addition to her extensive volunteer work spanning nearly three decades, she donates ...
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness
Release Date:
09/18/2017
The adage says it’s better to give than to receive. Recently, a neurological study published in Nature Communications found there may be some biological truth to the maxim after all.
Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Many nonprofits embrace online giving because it makes asking for gifts, processing payments, and thanking donors easier and less costly. Some organizations are investing heavily in online fundraising platforms like Razoo or CauseVox, or improving...
Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The fight to compel landlords to return their properties to productive use is by no means a new one, but the discussion has a new urgency given the current severity of the homelessness crisis as well as the ongoing debates regarding the de Blasio...
Photojournalist Documents Moments From the San Quentin State Prison Marathon on Open Society Foundations' Weekly Instagram Takeover
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... running group, whose incarcerated members train with volunteer coaches throughout the year for an annual 26.2 mile ...
The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence
Release Date:
05/01/2018
Brandon Warren, who launched the We LIVE Indy movement to address youth violence in Indianapolis, has been honored in Washington, D.C., as one of the top 10 youth volunteers in the nation.
Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces the Winners of Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
05/17/2018
Cities of Service today announced Bologna, Italy, Santiago de Cali, Colombia, and Tulsa, Oklahoma as the three winners of the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service
Release Date:
07/31/2018
... disaster relief team. SNF also has supported the work of volunteer firefighters on the islands of Cephalonia and Samos ...
Gary Stehr Appointed Altman Foundation Chief Financial Officer
Release Date:
10/31/2018
... of the East Rockaway Fire Department and has been a volunteer firefighter and paramedic for the East Rockaway ...
New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Release Date:
12/23/2013
... Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The ... operations and build its capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools...
Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously
Release Date:
06/21/2016
... recognize this unprecedented opportunity to leverage their resources . Philanthropic institutions have a critical role to ...
Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes
Publication date:
01/2011
... to gauge the effectiveness of their work. At the same time , many funders seek to simplify reporting and evaluation ... for grantees so that these nonprofits can spend more time doing their work. How do grantees experience ...
Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development
Release Date:
10/08/2013
... union made a mistake by removing professional development time from the teachers contract... Top Education Official ...
Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/19/2013
In this episode of the Social Good podcast, the NoVo Foundation Co-Chair discusses why he decided to write his New York Times op-ed and how social media are helping to spread a thoughtful debate about the future of philanthropy.
LIBN’s 2013 Outstanding CEO Gregory Demetriou Appointed to Long Island Community Foundation Foundation Board of Advisors
Release Date:
06/03/2013
... which honored him as the 2008 Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer of the Year. He is also a member of the Business ...
Heather Nesle Joins New York Life as President of the New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
12/11/2013
... responsible for managing the company’s philanthropic and volunteer activities. The New York Life Foundation, ... Responsibility, the unit active in focusing employee volunteer activities, both report directly...
Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to Invest $50 Million on Social Impact Data
Release Date:
01/29/2019
... growth. Founded in 2011, DataKind specializes in matching volunteer data scientists to individual social organizations. ... and Washington, D.C. The organization has deployed expert volunteer data scientists...