The Boom in Charitable Funds
Release Date:
01/23/2013
2012 was a record year for donor-advised charitable gift funds at Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group.
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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $3 Million to Help Cities Build Resilient Infrastructure Systems
Release Date:
01/22/2013
Nearly three months after Superstorm Sandy, the RE.invest Initiative will provide up to eight cities with seed funding and technical support to create new Community Investment Vehicles (CIVics) that can leverage hundreds of millions of dollars of...
Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster
Release Date:
01/18/2013
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn’s Red Hook Initiative (RHI), one of the three winners of the 2012 NYCT-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards, became a hub of emergency disaster relief for their entire neighborhood. In a new blog...
Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster
Release Date:
01/18/2013
By Lisa Cowan, Board President, Red Hook Initiative One hot day last summer, a group of our staff and board members sat together working on our application for the New York Community Trust—New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence...
Ford Foundation Awards $2.7 Million to Artspace for Creative Placemaking
Release Date:
01/14/2013
Minneapolis-based Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million grant from the Ford Foundation in support of efforts designed to revitalize communities through the arts.
Lessons learned from Sandy
Release Date:
01/14/2013
Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin appears on Andrea Mitchell Reports to talk about the most crucial infrastructure changes New York should act upon in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Morgan Stanley, Kresge Foundation, LISC Launch $100 Million Investment Fund For Health Care, Affordable Housing
Release Date:
01/14/2013
Called the Healthy Futures Fund, the project is in part a response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 20 million new health care consumers that the legislation is likely to create.
Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?
Release Date:
01/11/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.
President Putin: Restore Openness to Nonprofit Involvement
Release Date:
01/11/2013
Deana Arsenian, Vice President for International Program and Program Director for Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, writes an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.
Release Date:
01/11/2013
Kiva, the Latino Economic Development Center and Capital One Bank have announced the launch of Kiva City D.C., a website that will provide small business owners in the greater Washington, D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans.
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