PNY Makes Public Video from Session on Digital Badges
Release Date:
06/12/2014
View the livestream recording and PowerPoint Presentations from the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.
Education
New York Community Trust Grants $7.3 Million to 69 Nonprofits in All Five Boroughs and Nationwide
Release Date:
06/09/2014
Nonprofits throughout NYC working to help victims of human trafficking, stop gang violence and build young leaders are among the 69 groups sharing in $7.3 million in grants from The New York Community Trust
UJA-Federation Announces $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund
Release Date:
06/09/2014
Calling it the first-ever New York-area effort of its kind, UJA-Federation of New York has announced a $50 million Day School Challenge Fund, positioning participating schools to raise an aggregate $150 million.
Group of 11 Leading Philanthropies Announce Steps to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Release Date:
06/05/2014
[The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Open Society Foundations] Eleven of the nation’s leading philanthropies have announced a bold plan of action to maximize the potential of the...
Brooklyn Principal wins Sloan Public Service Award and $10,000 Prize
Release Date:
06/04/2014
[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation] April Leong, principal of Brooklyn's Liberation High School, will be honored at the 41st annual Sloan Public Service Awards for her efforts in improving the lives of older students.
Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Release Date:
06/04/2014
[The Rockefeller Foundation] Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector.
Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students
Release Date:
06/03/2014
Important for the future of the city’s public schools and the prospects for its students are the quite radical but largely overlooked contract provisions affecting how administrators and teachers will work with each other.
New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning
Release Date:
06/02/2014
Teens will record residents' stories to make a multimedia map of the Bronx; make, play, and remix wired steel drums; and use a rock camp, audio lab, and planetarium to learn about the science of sound-with grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning...
Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives
Release Date:
06/02/2014
The Citi Foundation has announced two grants totaling $2.1 million in support of initiatives designed to connect high-potential students from low-income households with mentoring and career counseling provided by early- to mid-career professionals.
Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development
Release Date:
06/02/2014
[Altman Foundation; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Brooklyn Community Foundation; Capital One; Citi Foundation; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; F.B. Heron Foundation; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Bank USA; M & T Bank; New York Community Trust; New...
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