Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind
Release Date:
12/01/2014
Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, offers his thoughts on social justice and the AIDS epidemic.
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Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa
Release Date:
12/08/2014
The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million initiative.
New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities
Release Date:
01/30/2015
Rauch Foundation President, Nancy Rauch Douzinas, explores school racial segregation in Long Island.
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Supports Initiative to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness in the United States
Release Date:
02/19/2015
The foundation is partnering with the Zero: 2016 initiative to end homeless in 71 U.S. communities.
Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls
Release Date:
04/14/2015
The Study looked at four key areas of development: building self-esteem, empowerment, fostering peer-to-peer relationships and cultivating deeper Jewish connections.
Brooklyn Community Foundation, OSF and New York Foundation Accept National Impact Awards
Release Date:
05/20/2015
The foundations were honored at the Center for Effective Philanthropy conference in San Francisco.
Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN
Release Date:
05/26/2015
Arcus Foundation's Jon Stryker will receive the Visionary Award and Johnson & Johnson will receive the Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Award.
Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research
Release Date:
06/02/2015
The funding will lead biology and genetics research for education programs.
Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program
Release Date:
07/13/2015
The two-year pilot will launch later in 2015 and has garnered $1 million in support.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Receive National Medal of Arts
Release Date:
09/08/2015
President Obama will present the award in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals.
MetLife Releases 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/23/2015
... goals of managing risk and meeting its long-term financial commitments . The report, titled Global Impact, provides a ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia
Release Date:
11/17/2015
... Philanthropies, which will conclude its grant-making commitments next year, announced on Monday the capstone of ...
In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan
Release Date:
01/25/2016
Richard D. Kaplan, of New York and Palm Beach, died on Thursday, Jan. 21. He was an architect and senior trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation.
Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work
Release Date:
03/30/2016
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.
UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust
Release Date:
05/04/2016
Like so many others, I was outraged when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer pong game called “Jews versus Nazis.”
Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis
Release Date:
05/11/2016
Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., recover from the harm they have suffered from the city’s water crisis.
Jerome Foundation, United Memorial Medical Center Seek Nominations for Health and Humanitarian Award
Release Date:
08/15/2016
The award recognizes outstanding men and women whose volunteer efforts have improved the physical, emotional or spiritual well-being of the greater Genesee County area.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York has long been a champion of anti-smoking efforts in the United States. He signed into law an act banning smoking in bars and restaurants and increased the tax on cigarettes.
Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion
Release Date:
12/13/2016
Investing heavyweights are moving their assets and funds out of fossil fuels at a record pace.