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NY Community Trust Supports Wide Range of Education Technology Efforts
Release Date:
08/12/2014
The NY Community Trust's support for technology learning in NYC ranges from tech integration at the middle school level to workforce development and technology skills training for college graduates and job seekers.
New Class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackles Economic and Social Inequality
Release Date:
08/12/2014
Three innovators combating issues of economic and social inequality with outside-the-box thinking were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows.
Are You a ‘Fatigued Fighter’? D5 Coalition Identifies Five Philanthropic Professional Types
Release Date:
08/08/2014
Davis Winslow, Strategic Philanthropy Intern, Foundation Center, reviews effective communications strategies for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in philanthropy.
Macquarie Group Invites Nominations For Social Innovation Fellowships
Release Date:
08/08/2014
The Macquarie Group Foundation is inviting nominations for its David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship, which enables heads of NYC-based nonprofits to visit and research best practice social innovation around the world.
ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014
Release Date:
08/08/2014
The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) awarded nearly $7.4 million to animal welfare organizations nationwide in the first half of 2014.
Michael Hirschhorn To Step Down From IHRFG
Release Date:
08/07/2014
Michael Hirschhorn has announced plans to step down in the fall from his post as executive director of the International Human Rights Funders Group.
Systemic Racism Hurting Girls and Women Of Color, Not Just Males
Release Date:
08/07/2014
If foundations want to fully address the problems of systemic racism in the U.S, they need to step up their support for girls and women of color, write Pamela Shifman, executive director of the NoVo Foundation, and Nakisha M. Lewis, an advisor on...
UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education
Release Date:
08/07/2014
UJA-Federation of New York will receive up to $4,403,119 as a 1:1 matching grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for a new summer education initiative for NY area Jewish teens.
Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”
Release Date:
08/06/2014
Tony Proscio writes that when The Atlantic Philanthropies makes its final round of grants, "they'll be bigger, in both size and the scope of their ambition, than in any comparable period before."