F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
The Stanford Social Innovation Review blasts restricted funding as limiting and ineffective.
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01/12/2015
Denver Post lists Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation as examples of utilizing social impact investing.
Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68
Release Date:
10/27/2014
Former F.B. Heron Foundation President and PNY Board Member, Sharon King, passed away on October 21, 2014.
F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments
Release Date:
10/21/2014
By 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.
Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach
Release Date:
09/17/2014
The Heron Foundation's Kate Starr examines the value of enterprise investing.
Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development
Release Date:
06/02/2014
[Altman Foundation; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Brooklyn Community Foundation; Capital One; Citi Foundation; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; F.B. Heron Foundation; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Bank USA; M & T Bank; New York Community Trust; New...
The F.B. Heron Foundation Welcomes New Team Members
Release Date:
04/15/2014
The F.B. Heron Foundation recently welcomed new members to their team.
06
Feb
2014
The Direct Care Workforce: Issues at the Intersection of Workforce, Aging, Disability, Health Care, Low Income & Disparity
Thursday, February 6, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York
The direct care workforce is often viewed in the frame of health care delivery. This panel will provide a different lens — a view of aides or paraprofessionals as the working poor and a critical workforce need — with policy implications. The facts...
14
Dec
2010
A Conversation with Jonathan Mintz, NYC Commissioner of Consumer Affairs
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Online registration is now closed. Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org . A Philanthropy New York program presented by its policy committee Philanthopy Connects , co-sponsored by Asset Funders Network and the New York...
24
Apr
2012
Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -
8:45am to 11:00am
When it comes to foundation assets, the continuity of public benefit and the underlying “practice what you preach” approach are all too often left out of conversations between financial advisors and their clients. Yet, contributing to the public...
It’s Time to Cut Through the Hype of Impact Investing
Release Date:
08/19/2013
This op-ed mentions the roles of the Ford Foundation and the F.B. Heron Foundation in the evolution of impact investing.
A Foundation Risks All of Its Endowment on Creating Jobs
Release Date:
05/19/2013
As part of its effort to rethink its approach to fighting poverty, the F.B. Heron Foundation will fully invest its $274 million endowment in the next five years to advance its mission.
Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
03/22/2010
Like many funders, the F.B. Heron Foundation experienced a decline in its charitable assets during the past two years.
Ian Magee Joins F. B. Heron Foundation as Vice President, Finance and Operations
Release Date:
01/01/2013
The F. B. Heron Foundation has announced the appointment of Ian Magee as its new Vice President of Finance and Operations.
Rodney Christopher Named First-time F.B. Heron Foundation Fellow
Release Date:
03/01/2013
Rodney Christopher, Vice President of Advisory Services for the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), has become the F.B. Heron Foundation’s first Practice Innovation Fellow, starting March 4, 2013 for the period of one year.