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With New pledge, Another Foundation Moves to Align Endowment with Mission
Cummings Fund Puts All of Its Assets Into Mission Investing, Making It Largest to Do So
NCF Commits to 100 Percent
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing Foundation will fully leverage nearly half-billion dollar endowment to further their mission New York, NY – Today the Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission. The Nathan Cummings Foundation is focused on creating …
Valerie Wilson on the Economic Inequality Gap for African Americans
Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute discussed EPI’s new report on the economic inequality gap for African Americans, 50 years after the Kerner Commission.
Bob Bancroft Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Vice President, Finance
NEW YORK — The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that Bob Bancroft will join the Foundation as Vice President of Finance. Bancroft comes to the Nathan Cummings Foundation from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, where he worked for the past decade, most recently serving as director of finance & tax. Bancroft brings 17 years of …
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Danielle Deane-Ryan Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director, Inclusive Clean Economy
NEW YORK – The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that Danielle Deane-Ryan will join the Foundation as director of the Inclusive Clean Economy focus area. Deane-Ryan brings more than two decades of experience shaping advocacy and communications strategies, directing philanthropic investments, and leading equity and inclusion innovation in the clean energy sector. In her new …
NCF Announces New Fellows
NEW YORK – Today, three innovators combatting issues of inequality and climate change were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows. Each fellow will have up to $150,000 and 18-months to turn an inspired idea in the field of social justice into a world-changing reality. The 2017 fellows are: Anna Claussen, a Minnesota-based leader who will revitalize …
How a Progressive Funder is Changing in the Trump Era
“While many funders have embarked on select new grantmaking in response to Trump’s rise, the Nathan Cummings Foundation sees the need for bigger changes, including increasing payout.” The Nathan Cummings Foundation is honored to stand alongside our peers in “No Time for Business as Usual: How a Progressive Funder is Changing in the Trump Era” …
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Selling Off Our Freedom: How Insurance Corporations Have Taken Over Our Bail System
This report tells the rarely heard and even less understood story of how the bail industry has corrupted our constitutional freedoms for profit: the freedom from exploitation in bail, the guarantee of being recognized as innocent until proven guilty, and the guarantee of the equal application of the law to all people.
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee Accomplished leader brings decades of experience as social justice entrepreneur, working across public and private sectors to advance affordable housing, education, technology, and economic development New York, NY – The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that it elected Rey Ramsey to join its Board of …
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Nathan Cummings Foundation Statement on Occidental Petroleum
Nathan Cummings Foundation Statement on Occidental Petroleum Today, a proposal led by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Wespath asking Occidental Petroleum to conduct an assessment of the long-term impacts of climate change on its business went to a vote for a second time and passed with strong support from investors. This historic vote marks the first time that …
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No Time for Business as Usual
Dear Colleagues, These are extraordinary times. For more than 25 years, Nathan Cummings Foundation’s mission has explicitly named a commitment to democratic values and social justice, supporting the most vulnerable, respecting diversity and promoting understanding across cultures, and empowering communities. Today, we are facing assaults on the values we hold dear. Racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia …
Two New Steps in Our Commitment to Impact Investing
Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to share two exciting updates that are contributing to the Nathan Cummings Foundation’s growing engagement in impact investing. In December 2016, we launched a national search for consultants to support the Board in a learning and decision-making process on impact investing. This builds on a long history of mission related …
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