Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2014
... D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary ...
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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars
Release Date:
11/03/2014
Atlantic Philanthropies only has two years to spend its remaining assets.
Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... creditors, the grand bargain is a key piece of the city's plan to end the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. .....
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/23/2015
... Now an academic panel has developed a seven-point plan for achieving gender equity in so-called STEM fields: ...
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
... of every borough, New York City’s 207 branch libraries are among our most beloved and trusted equalizers of economic ... in the administration’s proposed 10-year capital plan .... Revson Foundation President...
Citi Foundation and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative
Release Date:
05/20/2015
The selected cities are Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Seattle.
Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System
Release Date:
06/03/2015
... declare why they seek to be elected in 2016, they are promising jobs, growth, and a better future. With nearly ... an uncertain future has become a constant, as lives are increasingly changed by technology and...
Capital One Launches Fund to Assist Nonprofit Developers
Release Date:
06/08/2015
The Blueprints to Buildings Funds will assist in predevelopment and project planning.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... two hundred and thirty applications, the winning cities are Gary, Indiana, which will transform a vacant downtown ...
'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color
Release Date:
09/02/2015
In recent years, there have been few new efforts aimed at improving the lives of girls and young women of color.
Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists
Release Date:
04/08/2016
Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards, given annually to up-and-coming authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but also the complicated emotions that money can inspire.
Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval
Release Date:
04/21/2016
When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone
Release Date:
05/04/2016
An effort to shut down coal-fired power plants reached a major milestone Tuesday, with 100,000 megawatts of coal electricity capacity having announced shutdown plans since 2010.
Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis
Release Date:
05/11/2016
... Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., ...
Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected
Release Date:
05/23/2016
The Fellowship is designed to increase the capacity of New York City's community development organizations and to create a pipeline for the next generation of community development leaders.
Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase
Release Date:
06/06/2016
The QueensWay project involves converting the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line of the Long Island Rail Road into a $120 million public park.
Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove
Release Date:
06/21/2016
For the past six years, Jarrett Lucas has been making his way, as he says, "up the non-profit stepping stool," working at Stonewall Foundation for the past six years.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to start a new program on disabilities, wrote Darren ...
Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’
Release Date:
11/29/2016
David Kaiser, a fifth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, and Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, wrote an article in the New York Review of Books calling out ExxonMobil for “morally reprehensible conduct.”