Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance Release Date: 10/21/2014Rakesh Rajani will join Ford Foundation from Twaweza, an organization based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Community DevelopmentPublic PolicySocial JusticeRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
Carol Levine to Receive Award for Raising Awareness About and Influencing Policy on Family Caregiving Release Date: 10/21/2014Carol Levine, Director of the United Hospital Fund's Families and Health Care Project will receive the President's Award from the State Society on Aging of New York.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area HealthRelated Organizations United Hospital Fund
F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments Release Date: 10/21/2014By the end of 2014, 63% of the F.B. Heron Foundation's funds will be moved to social investments, with hopes to reach 100% by 2017.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations F.B. Heron Foundation
Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia Release Date: 10/21/2014SOS Children's Villages has received a $1.6 million grant to fund its EduCare Program.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesEducationRelated Organizations The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Philanthropy New York Announces Fundraising Breakthrough, New Philanthropy Center at Times Square Release Date: 10/20/2014Philanthropy New York aims to raise at least $2.5 million for its next decade of growth, including moving to Times Square's 1500 Broadway.Find More ByNews type PNY NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Primary Care Doctors on the Front Lines of Medicine Are Burning Out Release Date: 10/20/2014Commonwealth Fund reports that the lack of primary care doctors is detrimental to creating an efficient health care system.Find More ByNews type Member NewsRelated Organizations The Commonwealth Fund
Donations for Ebola Relief Efforts Are Slow to Take Off Release Date: 10/20/2014American's aren't giving to Ebola, and many of the normal charitable organizations are not asking for donations.Find More ByFunding Area Health
Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans Release Date: 10/20/2014Foundations Like Bank of America Charitable Foundation provide grant-making forms to allow donors to earmark gifts more easily.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change Release Date: 10/19/2014Mertz Gilmore VP Lukas Haynes addresses how climate marches are critical to advocacy, policy changes and perception shifts.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Environment and Climate ChangeRelated Organizations Mertz Gilmore Foundation
NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing Release Date: 10/17/2014Program is being recommended for expansion as part of a comprehensive STI care initiative.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationHealthRelated Organizations The New York Community Trust