Brooklyn Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Project
Release Date:
01/19/2017
Free co-working space for emerging nonprofits and community leaders at foundation’s headquarters in Crown Heights.
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Paul Di Donato Announced as New President and CEO of Proteus Fund
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Proteus Fund has appointed activist, advocate, nonprofit executive, and philanthropic leader Paul Di Donato as its new President and CEO.
Debate Your Philanthropic Philosophies
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Bianca D. Alston, Finance and Operations Assistant at Arcus Foundation, writes, "I strongly believe in general operating support. The flexible nature of core support grants enables grantees to pursue unforeseen opportunities, adapt to the times and...
Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and counterproductive...
UJA-Federation of New York Launches Centennial With Largest Volunteer Initiative in its History
Release Date:
01/12/2017
Commemorating 100 years of service as a community safety net and champion of Jewish life for more than 4.5 million people in New York, Israel, and around the world, UJA-Federation of New York is launching Time for Good, the largest volunteer effort...
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs
Release Date:
01/12/2017
Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior Consultant at Community Resource Exchange
Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures
Release Date:
01/11/2017
Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Arcus Foundation, writes, "Unlike our colleagues in government, business, and civil society, foundation executives face relatively little outside pressure to achieve impact. We are free to fail, with no...
COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Sharon Ullman has been named Acting Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation following the announcement last week that Christy MacLear, who has led the Foundation staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby's.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the five organizations selected to receive its first annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in Brooklyn’s thriving nonprofit sector.
Can Virtual Reality Make You More Empathetic?
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Media coverage of tragedy — terrorist attacks, homelessness, the refugee crisis — can be so overwhelming it's numbing. Charities say it can also make it harder to get support. Some are hoping a new form of media will be more persuasive — virtual...
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