Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program director to deal with Jewish and Israel issues.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... to strike in five Latin American and Caribbean cities this year after a $9 million announcement on Jan. 20 from ...
NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation
Release Date:
01/29/2016
In 2005, Hali Lee invited 10 friends together to raise money for what she hoped would be a game-changing geh, a shared saving circle, and the Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) was officially born. AWGC functions as a donor-advised fund at the Ms...
Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector
Release Date:
02/23/2016
Begining in July, Dan Cardinali will become the new President and CEO of Independent Sector. With years of leadership in the charitable community, Dan currently serves as president of Communities In Schools, Inc., the nation’s largest dropout...
Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/25/2016
... scientists and researchers as recipients of this year 's Sloan Research Fellowships. Awarded annually since .....
JPMorgan Renews Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment
Release Date:
03/01/2016
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families will receive $13.8 million from JPMorgan Chase to continue its mission of advancing the post-service lives of transitioning service members, veterans and their families.
Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... Capital’s financial planning curriculum into the five- year structure of the grant... Doris Duke Performing Artist ...
Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows
Release Date:
04/08/2016
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2016 class of fellows. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were selected from a group of nearly three thousand applicants.
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
Success said that the gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators.
Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... her late husband Paul Soros in 1997, honors 30 people each year for their potential to make significant contributions to ...
Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign
Release Date:
04/19/2016
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support of United States Artists (USA), a non-profit organization that awards annual $50,000 fellowships to artists around...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows
Release Date:
04/19/2016
Each of the 2016 winners of the so-called "brainy awards" will receive up to $200,000 to fund one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education, law, technology, business and public policy.
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... Reentry Federal prisons release nearly 50,000 inmates each year . Many quickly get into trouble again and return to ...
Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... feel more pain than the next generation. This election year , young people are playing an important role in choosing ...
Kress Foundation Invites Applications for Scholarly European Art Projects
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation is accepting applications for its History of Art grant program, which supports scholarly projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, from antiquity to the dawn of the...
Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program
Release Date:
05/17/2016
... transfer practices is geared to help two- and four- year institutions better serve students who often get stuck ...
Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... University, each celebrating their 50th Anniversaries this year , the reading series awards three playwrights from the ...
What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style
Release Date:
05/23/2016
If you have been in the nonprofit sector long enough, you may have noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the face of philanthropy and giving is undergoing a dramatic shift.
Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... and receives a $20,000 stipend to serve in a half-time, year -long fellowship with a host group. This is the 5th ...
Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... Management Floods hit upwards of 250 million people each year , causing more economic and human losses than any other ...