Community Foundation Update (5/18/13)
News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country....
Bay Area Muslims Face Ongoing Prejudice, Report Finds
As a whole, the Muslim community, which represents some 3.5 percent of the region?s population, suffers from a significant socioeconomic gap, with median household income below the Bay Area average....
After Decades of Leading the Sector, Rockefeller Foundation Embraces Partnerships
Founded by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller in 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation is one of three private foundations still operating since the early 1900s, including the Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation....
Piper Trust Awards $4.6 Million in First-Quarter Grants
The trust has awarded grants totaling $3.8 million to local nonprofit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, services for disadvantaged children, health care and medical research, and older adults....
In the latest article in our MyCareer series, career counselor Ben Selznick guides new grads inter-
The executive director of the Environmental Grantmakers Association calls for bridging the gap between environmental activism and efforts to address poverty and inequality....
Technology entrepreneur and foundation chair David Bohnett spoke with PND's Emily Robbins about gun violence in America and what philanthropy can do to help reduce it....
SOS works in more than five hundred communities worldwide to promote children's rights, stable family environ-
BMAfunders.org aims to highlight the role of philanthropy in supporting African-American men and boys and serve as a resource for the field of black male achievement....
On the blog, Regina chats with Mona Chun, IHRFG deputy director; Allison Shirk shares some tips on how to handle phone calls with grantmakers; and the weekend crew checks in with another link roundup....
