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Heising-Simons Foundation Grants to Strengthen and Sustain Journalism
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Simons Foundation
In this country's infancy, the founders recognized the value of journalism as an institution to keep the new government in check. Writing to his...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Simons Foundation
In this country's infancy, the founders recognized the value of journalism as an institution to keep the new government in check. Writing to his...more
Irvine Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $8.5 Million
Foundation: Barr Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Irvine Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation has announced ten grants totaling $8.5 million in support of efforts to increase economic and political opportunity for...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Irvine Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation has announced ten grants totaling $8.5 million in support of efforts to increase economic and political opportunity for...more
Iowa West Foundation Awards $6.5 Million in Grants
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Iowa West Foundation in Council Bluffs has announced grants totaling nearly $6.5 million to twenty-two nonprofit organizations and...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Iowa West Foundation in Council Bluffs has announced grants totaling nearly $6.5 million to twenty-two nonprofit organizations and...more
Community Foundation Update (03/18/17)
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Erie Community Foundation
Alabama. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has announced that the Remy Fund for Pets and Animal Services is...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Erie Community Foundation
Alabama. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has announced that the Remy Fund for Pets and Animal Services is...more
Barr Foundation Awards $20.6 Million in First-Quarter Grants
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Boston-based Barr Foundation has announced first-quarter grants totaling more than $20 million in the areas of arts and creativity,...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Boston-based Barr Foundation has announced first-quarter grants totaling more than $20 million in the areas of arts and creativity,...more
Foundations give $750000 in Boston-area arts grants
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation
The project-specific grants, worth up to $15,000 each, are part of Live Arts Boston, a new program meant to foster fresh productions and...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation
The project-specific grants, worth up to $15,000 each, are part of Live Arts Boston, a new program meant to foster fresh productions and...more
Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration
Foundation: Barr Foundation, California Community Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Consumer Health Foundation, General Service Foundation, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Cricket Island Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Vilcek Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Weingart Foundation, Westchester Community Foundation, Simons Foundation
Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration. Foundations Unite to Oppose Immigration Executive Orders. This statement was originally published...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, California Community Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Consumer Health Foundation, General Service Foundation, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Cricket Island Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Vilcek Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Weingart Foundation, Westchester Community Foundation, Simons Foundation
Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration. Foundations Unite to Oppose Immigration Executive Orders. This statement was originally published...more
Community Foundation for Southwest Washington Receives $50 Million
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Gates Foundation, Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
The Kuni Foundation board and community foundation staff will work together to ensure that grants awarded through the fund are aligned with...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Gates Foundation, Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
The Kuni Foundation board and community foundation staff will work together to ensure that grants awarded through the fund are aligned with...more
Barr Foundation Grants $28.5M For Arts, Creativity, Climate and Education Programs
Foundation: Barr Foundation
Barr Foundation has garnered a final allocation of an all-time-high total of $73.5 million for 2016, with $28.5 million new grants. This wraps up...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation
Barr Foundation has garnered a final allocation of an all-time-high total of $73.5 million for 2016, with $28.5 million new grants. This wraps up...more
Bush Foundation Awards $6.5 Million in Ecosystem Grants
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota, has announced grants totaling more than $6.5 million to thirty-nine organizations that are helping...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota, has announced grants totaling more than $6.5 million to thirty-nine organizations that are helping...more
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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.