Just desserts - Sara Lee foundation to invest all assets into social change
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation
The New York-based Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF), which in 2016 agreed grants of $23 million, said its decision would make it "one of the largest foundations to commit 100 percent" to...more

New York foundation shifts entire portfolio to mission investing
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation
The $443m Nathan Cummings Foundation announced its decision to transfer all of its assets to investments aligned with its mission. The foundation, which focuses on finding solutions for climate...more

Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation
"Our decision reflects our values and our aspirations, our assessment of the market, and the opportunity for NCF to both join and leverage a chorus of philanthropic and private sector investors...more

Riverside Community Health Foundation Shifts to Proactive Grantmaking
Foundation: Northwest Area Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation
July 15, 2017 Community Foundation Update (7/15/17). Ford Foundation Commits $1 Billion to Mission-Related Investing. April 6, 2017 Ford Foundation Commits $1 Billion to Mission-Related Investing;...more

Impact investment: Foundations go deeper
Foundation: Knight Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation
In the former set-up, the opinion is that ESG screening, impact investing or shareholder activism are only useful if returns to the endowment...more

Impact investment: Foundations go deeper
Foundation: Knight Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation
European foundations allocate just 12% a year to their missions through grants and expenses, while US foundations allocate 7% on...more

Righteous Education: What a Top Filmmaker's Foundation Is Doing to Fight Hate
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
According to its executive director Rachel Levin, RPF “sits at the nexus between [Spielberg's] philanthropy and his filmmaking, constructed on...more

Inside a Funder Collaborative Seeking Social Justice Through Pop Culture
Foundation: General Service Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy, Kellogg Foundation
Funders of this earlier work included Ford, Unbound Philanthropy and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Last year, the latter two backed a set...more

This Funder is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?
Foundation: General Service Foundation, Levi Strauss Foundation, Bush Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy
How can philanthropy support immigrants in a country that elected a blatantly ... The goal of the $25 million fund is to leverage philanthropic...more

Can Impact Investing Help Coastal Area Adapt to Climate Change?
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
The biggest news to come out of impact investment world lately is, without a doubt, the decision from the Ford Foundation to put over $1 billion of...more