Lewis Milford Retires from Clean Energy Group, Mullendore to Take over
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York Community Trust
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

How Can Philanthropy Help Rehabilitate US Democracy?
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Solidago Foundation, Ford Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
The vulnerabilities of American democracy stretch across four thematic areas.These include government infrastructure, the electoral process, civic participation and engagement, and a free, vibrant,...more

$5 billion foundation started with oil money divests of fossil fuel
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation was established as a philanthropic venture in 1913 and remains one of the largest of its kind in the country. ... “John D. Rockefeller's philosophy on philanthropy was...more

Subject: Keeping Up With Digital Demands Challenges Nonprofits
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Kellogg Foundation
Philanthropy experts are opposed to the calls for new rules, saying there are many good reasons for foundations to transfer money to...more

HIP Grants $6 Million to Latino and Latin American Communities Across the US, Mexico, and ...
Foundation: Casey Family Programs, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, MacArthur Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment, Packard Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations
The U.S. Latino community is disproportionately suffering in the ongoing pandemic; according to CDC data published by the New York Times, Black...more

David Kaiser, Rockefeller Heir Who Fought Exxon Mobil, Dies at 50
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund
... family, upended the generally polite, even meek, world of philanthropy, the journalist and climate change activist Bill McKibben said in an...more

Upstart Co-Lab Creates Member Coalition to Spur Creative Economy
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Ford Foundation
Upstart Co-Lab, a research and laboratory project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is aiming to boost investments made in arts...more

Philanthropy Plays Part in Darren Dochuk's History of How Oil-industry Leaders Transformed ...
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund was later created in 1940 to help complement the work of the Rockefeller Foundation in serving the...more

Marguerite Casey Foundation Develops Philanthropy Leaders of Color
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment
Marguerite Casey Foundation helps develop future philanthropic leaders by funding one or two fellows a year as they participate in peer learning...more

Tides is not the 'funding and co-ordination juggernaut' behind anti-pipeline activism
Foundation: Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Hewlett Foundation
... was — the philanthropic giant, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The pre-eminent climate philanthropy in the world, Hewlett is...more