Arcus Foundation Launches Online Resource Exploring Human Relationships with Other Animals
Release Date:
04/22/2014
... among peoples and in nature, announced today the launch of www .PoliticsOfSpecies.com , an online resource that takes a ...
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Impact Investing in New York and Beyond
Release Date:
07/12/2012
By Cynthia Muller and Samantha Beinhacker , Arabella Advisors New York’s thriving network of philanthropists, investors and social enterprises are rapidly expanding the region’s impact investing sector. Using return-seeking investments across a...
Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste
Release Date:
03/24/2017
Food waste is increasingly garnering attention from governments, businesses and private individuals as its impact on both environmental health, food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1...
'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology
Release Date:
03/29/2017
FilmRise has acquired U.S. rights to Sundance winner “Marjorie Prime” and is planning a mid-summer release and a fall awards push for star Lois Smith, the distributor announced Tuesday.
Citi Foundation Launches RFP for $4.5MM Youth Workforce Fund
Release Date:
04/10/2018
The Citi Foundation invites leading youth-focused community organizations to submit their innovative ideas for connecting low-income young adults, ages 16-24, to workplace skills training and employment opportunities including full-time jobs,...
The Public Theater Celebrates Leonard Tow, Founder and Chairman of The Tow Foundation at Its Annual Gala
Release Date:
06/12/2018
The Public's annual gala celebrated Leonard Tow, founder and chairman of The Tow Foundation. Marcia Dunn, Susan Edelstein, Kenny Leon , Wendi Rose, Josh Sapan, and Susan and Peter J. Solomon served as Gala Chairs.
Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces a Series of New Artists Talks in Collaboration With Voices in Contemporary Art
Release Date:
10/24/2018
The dialogues, known as the CALL / VoCA Talks, are part of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) initiative, which provides resources and training for artists in the areas of studio organization, archiving, and inventory...
With Support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Plans Underway to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge
Release Date:
11/26/2018
The land, which runs along the Blue Mountain's Kittatinny Ridge, is being acquired from Pennsylvania American Water and will eventually be turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for public use.
Ford Foundation Gives $300,000 to Pérez Art Museum Miami’s New Latin American Latinx Art Fund
Release Date:
11/27/2018
The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced today that it has received a $300,000 gift from the Ford Foundation in support of its newly-launched Latin American Latinx Art Fund.
PNY Members Among Companies Pledging Not to Lay Off Workers Amid Coronavirus Unemployment Crisis
Release Date:
04/02/2020
A record 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. But some companies pledged to hold off on job cuts, and are offering workers a financial cushion.
There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding
Release Date:
11/16/2015
Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Saadia Madsbjerg says the future of successful development lies with financing and not with giving.
With Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 'Van Gogh at School' Launches Online Teaching Materials
Release Date:
08/16/2016
Primary school teachers can either use complete, ready-made lessons directly on a digiboard, or use elements of the available resources to create their own lessons.
Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy
Release Date:
11/29/2016
This country would not be its complete self if we didn't create a space for all who have actually come to play a role in defining its character, in shaping its history, and suggesting its future," explains Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis.
What Happens if the Affordable Care Act Is Repealed?
Release Date:
01/26/2017
Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner and a distinguished health policy expert, began by pointing out that before the ACA was passed in 2010, 51 million people could not afford coverage.
How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color
Release Date:
01/12/2017
Black girls and other girls of color disproportionately experience harsh school discipline than their peers.
We Dine Together: Starved For Company
Release Date:
03/27/2017
A simple club, We Dine Together, has changed teens' lives by sitting together with them at lunchtime. And its organizers want to share it with other schools around the country.
Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/30/2017
At this year's TEDxPennAve in Washington DC, Nancy Roob shared how a life-changing experience encouraged her and EMCF to re-imagine the way philanthropists collaborate to help meet our nation’s most pressing challenges.
Open Society Foundations Hosts Panel on Public Health in a Populist Moment
Release Date:
04/10/2017
At a time when debates over access to health care and the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs are fueling protest across the political spectrum, how can we build effective movements to defend health as a human right and a public good?
Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation's work on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Service to Aggregate Life Sciences Preprints
Release Date:
04/18/2017
In February 2017, ASAPbio received a $1 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop a new service to aggregate life sciences preprints and promote their visibility and innovative reuse.