Study Supported by Surdna Shows Tech Companies Exploit Public Subsidies
Release Date:
10/25/2016
States and localities are giving cash-rich tech giants an average of $2 million per job for data centers the companies must build to run “the cloud.
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports ALA Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
Release Date:
10/26/2016
Carnegie Medal winners will each receive $5,000, and the four finalists each receive $1,500.
Rockefeller Study Shows Female CEOs Get Blamed for Failure More Frequently Than Men
Release Date:
10/26/2016
It’s not your imagination or a just a hunch: Female chief executives are treated differently by the media than their male counterparts, a new analysis of press coverage of CEOs confirms.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic
Release Date:
10/26/2016
NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction.
Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Americans’ Salaries Can’t Keep Up With Rising Medical Costs
Release Date:
10/26/2016
Americans are spending more of their paychecks on health insurance because stagnant wages aren’t keeping up with spiraling medical costs, according to a new study.
Newman's Own Foundation Provides More Than $1.5M to Nutrition Focused Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/26/2016
Newman's Own Foundation today announced that it is providing more than $1.5 million in grants to support initiatives that increase access to fresh food and nutrition education in underserved communities.
With Greater Commitment, Funders Can Solve the Healthcare Workforce Crisis
Release Date:
10/26/2016
Darlene Curley, CEO of the Jonas Family Fund, writes about the challenges that will become a crisis if funders do not address increased demand for health services.
Unbound Philanthropy Survey Finds DACA Fee Increases Could Put Relief Out of Reach for Immigrant Youth
Release Date:
10/27/2016
Increase comes as some DACA beneficiaries are losing jobs because of USCIS processing delays and after immigrant youth have paid over $674 million in fees to USCIS.
Mellon Foundation Contributes to Theater Mitu's Stories About the US/Mexico Border
Release Date:
10/27/2016
Internationally renowned, New York City-based experimental theater company Theater Mitu explores the history, contradictions and mythology of the ever-complicated landscape of the US/Mexico border in a uniquely theatrical multi-media event.
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class
Release Date:
10/27/2016
This year-long fellowship program will offer coaching, tools, knowledge, and best practices to professionals in philanthropy that can enhance funder grantmaking decisions in ways that are responsive to the needs and assets of low-income...
U.S. Trust Study Finds that Wealthy Individuals Give and Volunteer at Higher Rates
Release Date:
10/28/2016
The study finds that Ninety-one percent of high-net-worth households donated to charity last year and 50 percent volunteered, compared to 59 percent of the U.S. general population who donated to charity and 25 percent who volunteered.
Jarrett Lucas of Stonewall Community Foundation on Donor- Advised Funds and Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/28/2016
For the first time in a quarter of a century, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ’s annual ranking of the nation’s top-grossing charities places a financial-sector “donor-advised fund” at the top of the list.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Launches New CT Scanner Initiative for Rural Hospitals
Release Date:
10/28/2016
The Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional nonprofits and mission-aligned organizations in the United States and around the world in the areas of health, education, human services, and place-based initiatives.
The Atlantic Philanthropies Provides a $3.25 Million Grant to Cornell Law School for Death Penalty Center
Release Date:
10/28/2016
The center will focus on the application of international human rights norms that favor abolition of the death penalty in the United States and other countries.
Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Release Date:
10/28/2016
A coalition of more than 100 government watchdog, environmental and consumer groups staged pop-up rallies across the state Thursday to criticize Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to subsidize three upstate nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric...
10
Feb
2017
Philanthropy 101 - Module 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power & Your New Community
Friday, February 10, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:30am
So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this series provided an overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation's leadership and governance, a high-level overview of grantmaking at foundations, and the philanthropic...
New York Foundation Releases New Report Showcasing Strategies and Case Examples by Grantees
Release Date:
10/31/2016
Service organizations are meeting the immediate needs of their constituents and provide essential supports.
Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines
Release Date:
10/31/2016
The study especially noted direct benefits to novice school principals by raising the quality of their training, hiring, evaluations, mentoring and other support during their crucial first years on the job.
NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member
Release Date:
10/31/2016
It seemed discordant to some critics when, this month, Ford's Darren Walker joined the board of PepsiCo, which makes the bulk of its money by selling sugary drinks and fatty snacks.
Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions
Release Date:
10/31/2016
Opportunity Finance Network, Goldman Sachs, and the Surdna Foundation will award four CDFIs, including Accion and CSBDF, with the 2016 Small Business Leader Award for Mission-Driven Lenders.