Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)
Release Date:
06/24/2014
... the issuance, collection, and display of digital badges. Local governments, eager to increase jobs, are also embracing ...
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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education
Release Date:
12/08/2013
... reports The Wall Street Journal. More than six years after the death of philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor, ...
Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... when the small plane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff. Dr. Rockefeller, an advisory trustee of the ...
Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow
Release Date:
07/17/2014
... and change the world with their unique perspectives.” After the year in residence, Zigbi will join “a worldwide ...
New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to American Museum of Natural History
Release Date:
08/13/2014
... in 2010, supported the development of the Museum’s After -School Program, the Museum Education and Employment ...
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... and civic leader Virginia Sloane died on August 24 after a lengthy illness. She was 91. Sloane was elected ...
Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.
Release Date:
09/03/2014
... the leadership of his business empire only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York. For ...
Bill de Blasio’s Mayor’s Fund Raises $120K for Two Murdered NYPD Officers
Release Date:
12/29/2014
... $120K for Two Murdered NYPD Officers A couple of days after police officers literally turned their backs on Mayor ...
Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya
Release Date:
02/17/2015
... training. The Foundation’s investment comes shortly after CloudFactory received $3 million in Series A venture ...
Johnson & Johnson Makes $30 Million Commitment to USAID to Fight Tuberculosis
Release Date:
04/01/2015
... income countries at little or no cost. Incidentally, after receiving a fast-track designation, Sirtuo received FDA ...
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... more, the program, which will be discontinued on August 31 after an independent evaluation found it to be ineffective, ...
Google Partners with Rockefeller Foundation to Streamline Nairobi Public Transport
Release Date:
08/27/2015
... Maps makes Nairobi the third African city with the service after Lagos and Johannesburg, said country programs manager ...
'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color
Release Date:
09/02/2015
... Director Pamela Shifman, who assumed that role in 2014 after six years as NoVo’s Director of Initiatives for Girls ...
Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series
Release Date:
09/11/2015
... on Film," set for September 11-14. Obviously named after Baldwin's 1976 book-length essay, "The Devil Finds .....
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit
... by boards and CEOs: succession planning. In survey after survey of nonprofit leaders succession planning comes ...
Carnegie Corp. President: America’s Wealth & its Deep Decency - A Thanksgiving Reflection on Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/30/2015
... compel me to respond. This Thanksgiving comes the day after Carnegie’s birthday, 180 years ago. And while there ...
Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List
Release Date:
01/08/2016
... under the “prior permission” category last year after it received a report from the Gujarat government that ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... in five Latin American and Caribbean cities this year after a $9 million announcement on Jan. 20 from billionaire ...
In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan
Release Date:
01/25/2016
... New York and Palm Beach died on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 82. Mr. Kaplan was an ...
JPMorgan Renews Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment Five years after cofounding the Institute for Veterans and Military ...