Public Policy
North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking
Release Date:
08/14/2015
North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan questions de Blasio's claims of grassroots governance.
Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models
Release Date:
08/14/2015
The Commonwealth Fund's new brief finds PCPs mixed on ACOs and PCMHs--but largely positive on healthcare IT.
Grant Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Inequality Research Studies
Release Date:
05/27/2015
The William T. Grant Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for projects designed to enhance understanding of the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequalities in youth development.
UJA-Federation of New York Leads Charge for Creation of a Nonprofit Infrastructure Fund in Repsonse to State Budget Allocations
Release Date:
04/22/2015
The fund would make one-time investments in human services provider agencies to support projects that would spur program innovation, facilitate partnerships and pay for success contracts.
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
Julie Sandorf takes de Blasio to task in a NY Daily News editorial for reducing library funding in his preliminary operating budget.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds "Innovation Team" in Syracuse
Release Date:
03/12/2015
Andrew Maxwell has been named the municipality’s director of policy and innovation and will oversee a team of four in the city’s new Office of Innovation.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
01/22/2015
Dr. Francine Berman is a Professor in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO
Release Date:
01/20/2015
William B. Petersen has been employed at Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1998.
Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna
Release Date:
12/22/2014
Surdna Foundation has appointed Helen Chin Director of Sustainable Environments Program.