Can Pop Culture Drive Social Change? These Foundations Think So.
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy
... the omnipresent juggernaut that is pop culture, feel free to check out these reports by Unbound Philanthropy and the Nathan Cummings...more

These Impact Investors Focus on “Believe in You” Money
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation
Sitting in the audience that day were activist and social entrepreneur Jessica Norwood and impact investor Kevin Doyle Jones (who also...more

Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for ...
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy
This series also identifies opportunities for future philanthropic investments that can harness and influence pop culture, with the goal of...more

Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging...more

Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders “Ban the Box,” Issue Call to Action for All U.S. ...
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Black Belt Community Foundation, Butler Family Fund, California Community Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Consumer Health Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southern Education Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Skillman Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation
They also issued a challenge to all U.S. philanthropic institutions to follow suit and eliminate ... Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, Council on Foundations, added, “To advance the common...more

Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders "Ban the Box," Issue Call to Action for All U.S. ...
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Black Belt Community Foundation, Butler Family Fund, California Community Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Consumer Health Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southern Education Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Skillman Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation
They also issued a challenge to all U.S. philanthropic institutions to follow suit and eliminate .... Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, Council on Foundations, added, "To advance the common...more

Building Opportunity by Investing in Change: Philanthropy Takes Charge on Expanding ...
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Knight Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southern Education Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment, Denver Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Skillman Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation
"Though the philanthropic sector has a decades-long history of supporting boys and men of color, this past year represented a new, critical chapter...more

Why Did Simon Greer Get Fired from the Nathan Cummings Foundation?
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation
Running a family foundation may be the toughest job in philanthropy, at least for any self-respecting executive. Families know they need to bring in...more

A Time for Action: Expanding Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Earlier this year, Ford was one of the leading foundations to announce a joint effort with the White House to help America’s young men of color reach their full potential in school, work and...more

Nonprofits to Go Beyond Grantmaking, to Integrate Impact Investing
Foundation: General Service Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
Judith Rodin, the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Margot Brandenburg, fellow at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, co-authors of The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for...more