Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide
Release Date:
04/17/2015
Kristen Jarvis worked for the First Lady for seven years.
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Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition
Publication date:
04/2015
The Bridgespan Group offers important advice on how to survive a CEO transition.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Earmarks Support for ArtPlace America
Release Date:
05/21/2015
The $1 million grant will support the foundation's work in the field of creative placemaking.
The PIMCO Foundation Sends Employees to Peru to Build Sustainable Small Businesses with Coffee Farmers
Release Date:
08/26/2015
The project is part of PMCO's Emerging Enterprise Program (EEP) which encourages entrepreneurship and create opportunity in developed countries.
Carnegie VP Named One of the Top 50 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
Release Date:
10/01/2015
LaVerne Evans Srinivasan serves as Carnegie Corporation of New York's Vice President, National Program and Program Director of Education.
Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Following decades of leadership and many social justice victories to her credit, Meg Gage has stepped down from her role as President of Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League as of November 30.
Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking
Release Date:
04/05/2016
A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG), in conjunction with Foundation Center, finds that peace and security funders are making important contributions to global peace and stability.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Jane Mendillo and L. Rafael Reif to its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/11/2016
Ms. Mendillo and President Reif will offer wise leadership, grounded in deep and broad experience, as well as steadfast commitment to the Foundation's core constituencies in the humanities, arts, higher education, and cultural organizations," said...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open
Release Date:
05/03/2016
The Spark Prize provides annual recognition and meaningful support to organizations with a strong track record of addressing critical challenges and opportunities in Brooklyn.
Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership
Release Date:
05/17/2016
View the entire dialogue featuring Melody Barnes, NYU Vice Provost and former Director of White House Domestic Policy, and Diahann Billings-Burford, Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.
Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board
Release Date:
06/02/2016
Elizabeth Alexander, an acclaimed poet, author and professor, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship
Release Date:
07/08/2016
The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded Arts@TheCore initiative from 2012.
Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Alison Bernstein, a longtime educator and official at the Ford Foundation, died on June 30 of endometrial cancer at her home in East Hampton, N.Y.
Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice
Release Date:
07/14/2016
IAP: Social Practice is a year-long professional development program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of socially engaged art.
Atlantic Philanthropies Advocating an End to the Death Penalty
Release Date:
07/20/2016
The Atlantic Philanthropies and its network of partners are using advocacy and communications to end capital punishment in the United States once and for all.
How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.
Publication date:
07/2016
This report from the Council on Foundations examines how U.S. funders can view their work in the global development framework and contribute to the success of the goals in the United States.
Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah
Release Date:
07/27/2016
The Cricket Island Foundation recently completed a fairly comprehensive internal evaluation of our grantmaking strategy and operations.
Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series
Release Date:
08/05/2016
... Since its inception in 1966, this series has showcased new works by more than 175 regional, national, and international ...
According to Forbes, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Sets Example for Philanthropists
Release Date:
08/17/2016
Many philanthropists, even those with great ambitions and results-oriented approaches, tend to underinvest in sourcing and due diligence.
Supported by Simons Foundation, Super-Resolution Microscope Builds 3-D Images By Mapping Negative Space
Release Date:
09/06/2016
The method may help shed light on how cells communicate with one another and provide important insights for engineers working to develop artificial organs such as skin or heart tissue.