Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)
Release Date:
06/13/2014
A badge can offer a more complete, accurate depiction of an educational experience than a grade or a test score.
Workforce Development
Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth
Release Date:
06/13/2014
A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation finds that Latinos, the youngest and fastest-growing segment of the American labor force, face considerable challenges gaining stable employment.
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
NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’
Release Date:
06/04/2014
[Women's Health Foundation] More than half the members of the New York City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. Recipients include the New York Women's...
Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?
Release Date:
06/03/2014
JP Morgan Chase recently announced a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a big focus on young people and three months later, the Citi Foundation also announced its biggest initiative ever: a $50 million, three-year effort...
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...
Funder Recommendations Meet City Leader Action
Release Date:
06/02/2014
This Wednesday's funder conversation with Alicia Glen will provide an excellent opportunity to better understand the direction the City is headed and whether or not philanthropic resources can be brought to bear on mutually agreed upon goals.
De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs
Release Date:
05/20/2014
De Blasio picks biz execs to overhaul jobs program.
If Pfizer Leaves NYC, Will It Start a Trend?
Release Date:
05/01/2014
If Pfizer leaves NYC, will it start a trend? WNYC reports.
Tech industry booming in New York
Release Date:
04/28/2014
The tech sector in New York added 25,000 jobs from 2009 to 2013 — a growth rate of 33% compared with 8% for the city during the same period, a report released Monday by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli shows. The tech firms in the city pay an...
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