A New Award For 'Civic Bravery' Recognizes Everyday People Who Step up
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Surdna Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Skillman Foundation
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

How Can Grantmakers Support Artists of Color?
Foundation: Surdna Foundation, Ford Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation
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

The Gift
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Ford Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
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

Who Is Tracy Palandjian? Wiki, Age, Husband, Net Worth, Family, Harvard, Biography &Amp; More
Foundation: Surdna Foundation
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

14 North Texas Businesses Land Founders First CDC Grant Funding to Grow Their Workforces
Foundation: Surdna Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
Businesses awarded with the grants will use the funding to help create one ... Quest effort came from a $1 million Rockefeller Foundation...more

Head And Heart Philanthropy And Surdan Foundation Launch Platform Designed To Help ...
Foundation: Surdna Foundation
"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

Women Working Together to Save Small Businesses by Connecting Underserved ...
Foundation: Surdna Foundation
Head and Heart Philanthropy Launches the Mosaic Genius Exchange With the Help of the Surdna Foundation Announcing the Mosaic Genius Exchange...more

Fossil-Fuel Divestment Gains Momentum in Philanthropy
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Ford Foundation, McKnight Foundation
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

Fossil fuel divestment gains momentum in philanthropy | WTOP
Foundation: Surdna Foundation, Ford Foundation
According to the ClimateWorks Foundation, global philanthropic funding for climate change mitigation totaled $6 to $10 billion in...more

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