Site Search

The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded a three-year, $650,000 grant to Cornell University to study how opioid use affects child maltreatment rates and other effects on low-income youth and families,

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Health

Related Organizations

William T. Grant Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 32 Winners of Andrew Carnegie Fellowships

Release Date:

04/23/2019

... solutions to the urgent issues of today. Among the project topics : how targeted ads interfere with elections; the ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Build Up Advisory Group Shares Part III of How to Build an Effective Grant-Making Process

Release Date:

03/26/2021

Today’s Fast Build topic is about how to build an effective grant-making process.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Related Organizations

Build Up Companies

08 Oct 2025

Grantmaking Equity Hour: Deepening Your Practice - A Series for Programming Staff

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 -

12:30pm to 1:45pm

... practice, followed by open conversations. Examples of topics include, but are not limited to: Approaching your role ...

Find More By

Event type

Network Building

Format

Breakout Discussion

Presentation

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

08 Aug 2013

Families and Community Foundations Working Together

Thursday, August 8, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

Families have a special connection to the communities in which they live, and families engaged in philanthropy often have lasting relationships with their local community foundation. Community foundations play many roles – convener, advocate,...

NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General

Release Date:

08/07/2015

New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 made changes to the procedures concerning transactions that previously required court approval. Now, petitions for approval of most transactions – disposition of assets (other than by religious...

Find More By

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

Release Date:

04/19/2019

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Athens, Greece, has announced grants totaling more than $80 million in support of journalism, civic engagement, and inclusion and access efforts globally.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

Related Organizations

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Racial Equity Working Group

The Racial Equity Working Group, a facilitated peer group, will bring together philanthropic professionals who are building practices, shifting power, and changing systems to advance racial equity within their organizations.

How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

Some suggestions for foundations that want to promote innovation through their grantmaking.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Related Organizations

Arcus Foundation

Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others

Release Date:

05/06/2016

Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Presidents of the NoVo Foundation, say a philanthropist from on high will never reach down and “empower” a girl in Sierra Leone.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

NoVo Foundation

Boutiques for the People

Release Date:

09/27/2016

Judith Shapiro, president of the Teagle Foundation, says it's certainly understandable that scalability has become the holy grail of higher education reform, but the dismissive attitude toward so-called boutique programs presents an occasion for...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Teagle Foundation

As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

Release Date:

01/26/2017

Liz Sak, executive director of the Cricket Island Foundation, suggests four steps grant makers can consider to help nonprofits thrive under the new administration.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Cricket Island Foundation

Lessons on Movement Building

Release Date:

06/27/2018

Javier Valdés Co-Executive Director, Make the Road New York writes "Never before has the brutality of our immigration system been so apparent to so many..."