United Way Worldwide and a group of foundations launched a new award Tuesday for "civic bravery" The Courage Project will grant $5 million in awards over at least a year to recognize nonprofits and...more
The Ford Foundation has donated $116 million to support artists and arts organizations of color in the US, the New York Times reports.
That's more than double the $50 million the foundation...more
When Detroit's historic North End was being ravaged by blight, Patrick Bouchain and Jean Louis Farges decided to turn a abandoned warehouse into a community library.
But instead of accepting a...more
A Harvard Business School grad with a master's in business administration and a magna cum laude degree in economics may not be the household name that Bill Gates is, but Tracy Palandjian is.
The...more
"We understand the power of capital - in all its forms - as a tool for closing the racial wealth gap," says Mekaelia Davis, director of Surdna Foundation's Inclusive Economies Program.
That's...more
Two of the world's biggest foundations have decided to get out of the fossil fuel business, the New York Times reports.
The Ford Foundation, which has $16 billion in assets, says it will no...more
One of the nation's top clean-energy advocates is stepping down from his post at the end of the year, the Washington Post reports.
Lew Milford, who started the Clean Energy Group in 1993, is...more
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.