[The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations] Eleven of the nation’s leading philanthropies have announced a bold plan of action to maximize the potential of the...
Six months into his job as president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker spoke to Alliance Magazine about philanthropy’s role in solving social problems, institution building and his vision for the future of the foundation.
Nearly 50 years after the gay rights movement found its rallying cry in NYC's Stonewall riots, shops along Christopher Street plan to honor the local history with a walking tour, supported in part by the Arcus Foundation.
At a White House event earlier this week, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced plans to dedicate 10 percent of its $840 million endowment to targeted impact investments.
The new head of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure says the organization is singly focused these days on its mission of saving lives from breast cancer and the controversy that engulfed the group 2 1/2 years ago when it stopped funding Planned...
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are joining with the city and other banks to provide longtime affordable-housing lender Community Preservation Corp. $350 million to invest in struggling NYC neighborhoods.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said his wife, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, has no plans to leave the Bloomberg Philanthropies board, despite the foundation's support for efforts to reduce coal use in the U.S.
Bloomberg Philanthropies will distribute $125 million over the next five years to reduce traffic deaths and injuries in 10 cities in low- and middle-income countries.
We're pleased to have Raising Women's Voices-NY Director Lois Uttley share the details of their new Ms. Foundation for Women-supported social media campaign to spread the word to uninsured women about New York's new health insurance marketplace, NY...