Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing Release Date: 08/17/2015The Heron Foundation President believes "All investing is impact investing."Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations F.B. Heron Foundation
Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking Release Date: 08/10/2015By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.Find More ByNews type InsightsTopic(s) Grantmaking Strategy & ToolsPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond Release Date: 08/10/2015Goldman Sachs lent $7.2 million to New York City and Bloomberg Philanthropies guaranteed $6 million.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Justice ReformPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Bloomberg PhilanthropiesGoldman Sachs
OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia Release Date: 08/10/2015Even after being placed on a "patriotic stop list," Open Society Foundations will still support grantees located in Russia.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area International/Foreign AffairsPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Open Society Foundations
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative Release Date: 08/05/2015Over 100 cities applied to the initiative, which will help city halls use data and evidence to deliver better results for residents.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Community DevelopmentPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Bloomberg Philanthropies
Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Release Date: 08/04/2015The Awards program has attracted more than 685 applicants from across the city and its suburbs over its first nine years.Find More ByNews type PNY NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations The New York Community Trust
Ford's Walker Featured in NonProfit Times 'Power & Influence Top 50' Release Date: 08/04/2015The executives included in the 18th annual spotlight made decisions every day that changed lives for the better.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy Release Date: 08/04/2015Twenty years ago, Alice O'Connor was a Ford Foundation program officer.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award Release Date: 07/31/2015Up to ten winners will be selected to receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards reception.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Carnegie Corporation of New York
Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes Release Date: 07/30/2015Jane Forbes Clark, Chairman of the Baseball Hall of Fame, outlines some of the foundation's work in Cooperstown.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations The Clark Foundation