Christy Loper Joins the Educational Foundation of America
Release Date:
11/01/2013
... grantmaking. She comes to EFA with over twelve years of experience in the environmental sector. Prior to ...
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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education
Release Date:
12/08/2013
... Education, reports The Wall Street Journal. More than six years after the death of philanthropist and socialite Brooke ...
Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Passes Halfway Mark to Prepare 1,000 Faculty and Clinical Leaders by 2020
Release Date:
02/05/2014
... in professional registered nurse programs in the past five years – due primarily to a shortage in qualified faculty. ...
Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/20/2014
... philanthropy. The foundation awarded $2 million over five years to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in ...
Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership
Release Date:
03/25/2014
... organization established in 1971. Over the last 42 years OI has provided $6 billion in microfinance loans and ...
MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... Rwanda and India. Project durations are one to three years . In addition to the two foundations, several other ...
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times.
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
In partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, Northwestern University has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program designed to advance the study of...
NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’
Release Date:
06/04/2014
[Women's Health Foundation] More than half the members of the New York City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. Recipients include the New York Women's...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... for championing climate change solutions over the past 20 years , especially its efforts to reduce the use of coal, the ...
New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens
Release Date:
06/19/2014
A symposium that will explore the role of women in landscape design will be the first event at New York Botanical Garden's Humanities Institute, made possible by a $635,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project
Release Date:
06/23/2014
The New York Public Library has won $500,000 for an internet access project from the Knight News Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation.
Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... executive director, a position she held for 13 years . A founding board member of ArtPride, Packer ...
Longtime Carnegie Associate Awarded Top Mathematics Medal
Release Date:
08/14/2014
... a wide range of advances in mathematics over the past 50 years , chairs the Science Initiative Group (SIG), an ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues
Release Date:
08/20/2014
... ideas that has been tested and refined over the past three years in partnership with city leaders in Atlanta, Chicago, ...
Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
... to the courts has paid limited dividends in recent years . Instead, the foundation is likely to push for racial ...
Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans
Release Date:
09/18/2014
According to a survey performed by the Commonwealth Fund, about 70 percent of people are happy with their government exchange health plan.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2014
... is joining the divestment movement that began a couple years ago on college campuses. The announcement, timed to ...
NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... Since passing the Violence Against Women Act 20 years ago this month, Congress has distributed more than ...
Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... that have been ploughing this terrain for several years now. Between 2010 and 2012, those five nonprofits ...