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...
When it comes to giving away his fortune, Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, says he seeks causes others may have overlooked and ways to test new ideas.
NoVo Foundation announced Pamela Shifman has stepped into the role of Executive Director. For the past six years, Shifman has led the Foundation’s Initiatives for Girls and Women.
Tony Proscio of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy keeps the conversation going around the question: What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity? This topic was the...
The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the launch of www.PoliticsOfSpecies.com , an online resource that takes a look at the way humans regard and interact with other...
On April 2 and 3, Neighborhood Funders Group hosted From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?, a two-day learning tour that focused on the promise of both cities’ new mayoral administrations to be more transparent and accountable, and...
Elyse Lightman Samuels joined Unbound Philanthropy as Communications, Learning, and Special Projects Officer. Elyse has worked in communications, qualitative data analysis, and external relations at EngenderHealth and American Jewish World Service.