Philanthropy New York continues to send letters to New York Senators and Congressional delegation on behalf of NYC nonprofits during COVID-19. We delivered this letter to Senator Chuck Schumer’s office on Monday, April 20, 2020.
Congress tasked the Treasury Secretary with creating a loan program for employers with 500 to 10,000 employees to fill the gap between the Paycheck Protection Program for smaller employers and the industry stabilization loans for big business. On...
The Open Society Foundations announced more than $16 million in support of urgent climate crisis priorities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on advancing green economic stimulus plans and stopping authoritarian efforts to roll back...
I’ve spent a lot of time these past few weeks sitting at my dining room table staring blankly at my computer and wondering “what matters” in the coronavirus era?
The late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman often spoke about luck: “I want to acknowledge luck; the chance and benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others.”
Two of five people dealing with job insecurity — losing a job or receiving an hourly or pay cut — have also lost health insurance, are worried about losing insurance, or were uninsured before the pandemic hit.