The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... The New York Community Trust (NYCT) in support of a two- year effort to evaluate and strengthen Creative Aging ...
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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines
Release Date:
01/18/2018
Funded by a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who pursue paths in biology, chemistry, civil...
Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President
Release Date:
01/19/2018
... helped launch the foundation's BUILD initiative, a five- year $5 billion investment in the long-term capacity and .....
New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... ( HCC ) students, 60 percent of whom leave school within a year of enrolling... New Research Funded by the William T. ...
Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff
Release Date:
01/24/2018
... Roz is co-chair of the Out in the South Initiative, a five- year project with the goal of leveraging $60 million in ...
Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit
Release Date:
02/12/2018
Newman’s Own Foundation was saved last week from a 200 percent tax increase by a late minute amendment to the federal budget enacted by Congress.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose...
"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
02/16/2018
... sector. American foundations give away about $60 billion a year , a significant sum of money except when you compare it ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... $100,000 per city, a new addition to the competition this year . The Mayors Challenge returns to the U.S. as one of the ...
Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability
Release Date:
02/23/2018
Understanding that stable homes provide an important platform for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’s largest private foundations have joined forces to create the Funders for Housing and Opportunity collaborative, with...
New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans
Release Date:
03/01/2018
Only about 2 percent of the physicians and other health care providers in New York State are equipped to provide timely and quality care to veterans in the community, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
All Proceeds From the Auction of David and Peggy Rockefeller's Art Collection Will Go to Charity
Release Date:
03/15/2018
... best,'" David Jr. recalls of his dad, who passed away last year at the age of 101. "He would say 'This is the best steak .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors
Release Date:
04/05/2018
... with the new administration has gotten worse over the past year . The research also provides a deep examination of how ...
MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy
Release Date:
04/16/2018
... young people entering the continent’s workforce each year than in the rest of the world combined. Can that ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy
Release Date:
04/18/2018
... grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support a two- year project focused on the implications of the digital ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country
Release Date:
05/02/2018
... With 600,000 men and women returning home from prison each year , there is an abundant supply of credible messengers who, ...
Andrus Family Fund and Groundswell Fund Amongst Leading LGBTQ Funders
Release Date:
05/07/2018
Just over 60 U.S. foundations increased their grantmaking by 25 percent or more in 2016, earning them a place on Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ 2016 honor roll.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program
Release Date:
05/11/2018
... and Washington, D.C. Through the $43 million multi- year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide ...
OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure
Release Date:
05/15/2018
Under intense political pressure and the threat of legal sanctions, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations said on Tuesday that it had become impossible to work in Hungary, whose prime minister has blamed Mr. Soros for the country’s problems, and...
Salesforce.org Launches Philanthropy Cloud That Could Transform Corporate Giving
Release Date:
05/31/2018
With Philanthropy Cloud, companies can manage all their philanthropic efforts on one network, easily connecting with employees about CSR initiatives, and then tracking progress, motivating participation, and measuring collective impact.