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
The New York Women's Foundation, the U.S.Grant Foundation and the Sierra Health Foundation are just a few of the organizations in the list.The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley is...more
The position young people are dealt with can be complex, and yet the entire economic system is still focused for an age that’s almost gone astray. The solution? Promoting social enterprise and getting these young people integrated into work.