Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman of The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
12/04/2014
... of New York's largest grantmakers. It gave $141 million to nonprofits last year. Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman .....
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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses
Release Date:
02/27/2015
MetLife's Investment will help Accion U.S. Network assist 10.8 million small businesses nationwide.
Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program
Release Date:
03/16/2015
The foundation's Building Bridges Program has awarded grants to nine organizations.
Metlife Launches ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’ to Improve Financial Access in Asia
Release Date:
03/20/2015
... It is a two-year global project designed to encourage nonprofits and for-profit enterprises to submit proposals ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Large-Scale ‘Invest in Youth’ Initiative Focused on 16-24 Year Olds
Release Date:
05/06/2015
... $2 million through Invest in Youth to Brooklyn-serving nonprofits in the form of a competitive grantmaking program, ...
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York Launches Relief Effort to Support Victims of Earthquake in Nepal
Release Date:
05/13/2015
The Fund has already collected $50,000 in initial support.
Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing
Release Date:
06/09/2015
The foundations will work with the Global Impact Investing Network.
Laurie M. Tisch Elected Co-Chair of Whitney Museum Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/01/2015
Tisch has served on the board of the Whitney since 1996.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds
Release Date:
07/30/2015
Though Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg lost money from a recent Rikers Island recidivism reduction program, they still plan to explore social impact bonds in the future.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Grantees Of $30 Million Arts Innovation And Management Program
Release Date:
09/16/2015
The invitation-only program, announced in April 2015, supports a diverse set of institutions including local cultural centers and performing, literary and visual art organizations.
MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program
Release Date:
09/18/2015
The foundation will explore how corporate America is empowering people to build better lives.
COF Briefing on the Hill: Opportunities to Encourage Charitable Giving
Release Date:
10/19/2015
The Council on Foundations will participate in a briefing on Capital Hill for the Philanthropy Caucuses in the House and Senate this week.
Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend
Release Date:
10/21/2015
Gannett's USA TODAY, TEGNA, Points of Light and Newman’s Own, Inc. sponsor the nation's largest day of volunteerism.
NoVo Foundation Picked by Cuomo to Create New York City Women's Center
Release Date:
10/27/2015
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration picked the NoVo Foundation, a nonprofit organization funded by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, to redevelop a former prison in New York City into a building for groups that advocate women’s equality.
AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce
Release Date:
11/03/2015
Sara Link, President, AOL Charitable Foundation, will participate in a panel by the Global STEM Alliance (GSA) of the New York Academy of Sciences. Executives from AOL, ARM, Cisco, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, and US...
Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance
Release Date:
11/20/2015
More Americans have health insurance now, but many are finding that even with coverage they cannot afford the deductibles, co-payments and surprise medical bills, according to a national survey.
MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
With support from MetLife Foundation, Duke University is launching the CommonCents Lab, an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.
As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats
Release Date:
01/22/2016
As temperatures drop and a blizzard looms, NYC announced that 13,000 young students will receive new winter jackets paid for by private donors.
NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The NonProfit Times' editorial notes that as the nation's presidential candidates talk policy, the charitable sector never gets its due, and asks foundation leaders to steer the conversation.