Arlington, VA About Blog An active philanthropic network, the Council on Foundations, founded in 1949, is a nonprofit leadership association of
grant making foundations and corporations.
What we were particularly interested in were those philanthropic
grant making foundations or trusts in Australia that have a specific interest in education.
Not exact matches
Created by Soros in 1979, Open Society is a
grant -
making foundation with branches and partners around the world and focuses on supporting democracies and combating issues of injustice and discrimination, among other causes.
The
foundation is
making $ 1.41 million in Opportunity for All
grants this year ranging from $ 10,000 to $ 100,000.
SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area - based
foundation Taube Philanthropies announced today that it has
made a $ 1 million emergency challenge
grant to support Hurricane Harvey relief and rebuilding efforts.
Select photographs courtesy of Michael Mandolfo.The essential work done by Meals on Wheels for Western New York is
made possible by generous financial support from community members, local
foundations and corporations, as well as through
grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New York State Office for the Aging and Erie County's Departments of Senior Services and Social Services.
And I just got a
grant from a family
foundation to study the connection between music -
making and empathy.
So through that emergency aid fund in July and August we
made some
grants to people like WHO and UNICEF, who were working on Ebola, but in late August we started to hear from colleagues, «The
foundation should help with Ebola.
In the report, Taylor examined non-profits, government agencies and
grant -
making foundations and found that non-white minorities comprised no more than 16 percent of staff in these institutions, in spite of constituting 29 percent of the U.S. science and engineering workforce and 38 percent of the American population.
EPE believes that the diversification of its revenue sources — including subscriptions, other paid content, advertising, and
foundation grants — is a guarantor of independent decision -
making by Education Week across its print, digital, and video platforms, as well as a wise business strategy that best ensures the long - term sustainability of the organization's editorial mission and independence.
This applies equally to
grant -
making trusts and
foundations (Saif Gaddafi's money came to the LSE via a trust).
Fund for Teachers is an amazing
grant -
making foundation, just for teacher travel.
Like many other
foundations, it also serves as a strategic convener, organizing and hosting collaborations of nonprofits and funders to coordinate these
grant -
making opportunities.
Shortly thereafter, several other
foundations made major
grants, a manuscript editor and a designer were found, and the first issue arrived only three months late.
«Decades of research and our own
grant making provide clear evidence that supports the growing consensus among policymakers and parents alike that teachers matter most when it comes to student achievement,» said Vicki L. Phillips, Director of Education, College - Ready, at the
foundation.
«This will be our first public - school project in a rural community, and the largest
grant we have ever
made for precollege education,» according to Paul Ostergard, the
foundation's president.
Further, the Child Care and Development Block
Grant has had many problems in design and in implementation at the state level which
make it an undesirable
foundation on which to build.
Occidental College in Los Angeles will receive $ 2 million — the largest
grant that the
foundation has ever
made to a liberal arts college — to increase the number...
While many charitable
foundations spread their funding over numerous recipients and limit the
grants to a few years, the Ellis Center wanted to provide sufficient funding to
make a difference and give the district sufficient time to institutionalize its new practices.
Before joining the Charter Center in 2007, he worked at the Walton Family
Foundation where he helped develop and implement the
foundation's
grant making in the charter school sector.
The Education Endowment
Foundation (EEF) is a
grant -
making charity set up in 2011 by the Sutton Trust as lead
foundation in partnership with Impetus Trust (now part of Impetus — The Private Equity
Foundation), with a # 125m founding
grant from the Department for Education.
AYPF events and publications are
made possible by a consortium of philanthropic
foundations: Andrus Family Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T.
Grant Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and others.
Prior to joining the
foundation, she worked as an independent consultant to a number of education funders and ngos on projects including strategic planning and advising, monitoring and evaluation,
grant -
making support and due diligence, advocacy and policy change work, and grantee network facilitation and support.
AYPF events and publications are
made possible by a consortium of philanthropic
foundations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T.
Grant Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and others.
AYPF events and publications are
made possible by a consortium of philanthropic
foundations: Andrus Family Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T.
Grant Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and others.
The purpose of the interviews was to learn about how each
foundation approaches
grant -
making, their program areas and current projects, and to elicit their overall observations regarding the current status of philanthropy in Puerto Rico.
The Schools Funders Network is a group of
grant - makers that the EEF helped convene in 2013, together with the Association of Charitable
Foundations (ACF), the membership body for UK foundations and grant - making
Foundations (ACF), the membership body for UK
foundations and grant - making
foundations and
grant -
making charities.
CPCP funds were distributed in two steps: Wallace first
made nearly $ 9.5 million in
grants to 10 community
foundations, which in turn
made grants to local nonprofits.
According to Nonprofit Quarterly, the Gates
Foundation is now threatening to pull an unprecedented $ 40 million
grant from Pittsburgh's Public Schools «because the
foundation is upset with the lack of an agreement between the school district and the teachers» union over a core element of the
grant» — the use of test scores to measure teachers» value - added and to «reward exceptional teachers and retrain those who don't
make the grade.»
This work is
made possible through generous corporate,
foundation, and university
grants.
Now, I believe, is exactly the right time for
foundations to expand the
grants they are
making in California.
ELIZABETH GEORGE
FOUNDATION http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/foundation.htm Mystery writer Elizabeth George has a foundation that makes grants to unpublished fiction writers, poets, emerging playwrights, and organizations benefiting disadvanta
FOUNDATION http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/
foundation.htm Mystery writer Elizabeth George has a foundation that makes grants to unpublished fiction writers, poets, emerging playwrights, and organizations benefiting disadvanta
foundation.htm Mystery writer Elizabeth George has a
foundation that makes grants to unpublished fiction writers, poets, emerging playwrights, and organizations benefiting disadvanta
foundation that
makes grants to unpublished fiction writers, poets, emerging playwrights, and organizations benefiting disadvantaged youth.
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction are
made possible by a
grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York on the occasion of the
foundation's centennial and in recognition of Andrew Carnegie's deep belief in the power of books and learning to change the world.
Instead he
makes annual contributions to five designated
foundations (Bill and Melinda Gates, his late wife and his three children) and then each of them
makes grants according to their stated mission.
No donation is too small; planned donations are our lifeblood (similar to paychecks);
grants from
foundations literally
make the difference
The best decision I
made in the last year is deciding to become a
grant reviewer for the Pedigree
Foundation, which is a charitable
foundation dedicated to helping dogs in need.
Similar to the «Same Day Pups» campaign that Rokkan and The HSUS launched in 2015, this latest work was
made possible through a generous
grant from Maddie's Fund, a family
foundation created in 1994 by Workday co-founder Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl.
Personally manage a balanced portfolio of
foundations that are capable of
making 6 - to 7 - figure transformational
grants, and annual giving
foundations.
They are not a
grant -
making foundation that simply passes donations on to other groups.
For every policy quote received, Healthy Paws
foundation makes a lovely donation via service
grants and professional assistance to all these people devoting their sweat and time saving more pets.
Public assistance programs, voucher or certificate programs,
foundation grants, and other specials and discounts can lower the cost further still for those with financial need, or even in some instances
make the procedure free.
Animal Grantmakers is an affinity group of
foundations and organizations
making grants to benefit animals.
The
foundation surveys breed clubs to find out which diseases are considered most serious, considers
grant proposals from scientists working at universities and veterinary colleges for funding each year and reports on the progress
made, and hosts annual education meetings to acquaint breeders and breed clubs with the progress
made in various areas.
The rest is
made up from donations, event proceeds, and
grants from
foundations.
Then, after transforming the whole concept of municipal animal sheltering, Rich became the first president of Maddie's Fund, the no - kill
grant -
making foundation established and endowed in 1999 by PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield.
The NC State Veterinary Hospital is the recipient of a generous three - year
grant from the
foundation making advanced cancer care more accessible to pet owners and increasing the opportunities for veterinarians to learn more from their clinical experiences.
The generosity of individual donors, private donations and
foundation and governmental
grants makes these scholarships possible.
The generosity of individual donors as well as
foundation and government
grants make these scholarships possible.
The free admission and operations of the Walters Art Museum are
made possible by the combined generosity of individual members, friends and benefactors,
foundations, corporations, and
grants from the City of Baltimore, Maryland State Arts Council, Citizens of Baltimore County, and Howard County and the Howard County Arts Council.
... circle through New York was commissioned as part of Guggenheim Social Practice, an initiative
made possible by a
grant from the Edmond de Rothschild
Foundations.