New Online Tool Created With Support from OSF Helps Immigrants Make a Plan
Release Date:
04/04/2018
"Make a Plan," on immi.org provides basic information to help individuals and families prepare for potential detention or deportation.
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Rockefeller Foundation Focuses on How to Prevent Food Waste at Events
Release Date:
04/03/2018
As Americans, we waste enough food annually to feed the planet’s malnourished several times over, according to The Rockefeller Foundation. The average American household spends an estimated $1,500 to $2,000 a year on food never eaten. Businesses,...
Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya
Release Date:
04/03/2018
On the eve of the South Asian monsoon season, the Open Society Foundations have announced the creation of a $10 million emergency assistance fund to help Rohingya people displaced from Myanmar and their host communities in Bangladesh.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough
Release Date:
04/03/2018
The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification.
Simons Foundation Announces 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Release Date:
04/02/2018
The Simons Foundation congratulates the 52 outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2018.
Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, and New York Women’s Foundation Harnessing Talent To Remake Workplace Giving
Release Date:
04/02/2018
Corporate philanthropy is a rapidly evolving space these days. Companies are getting more creative and strategic, backing causes that utilize corporate assets and line up nicely with the quest for profit . Peeking under the hood, some of these...
New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country
Release Date:
04/02/2018
As Albany lawmakers consider imposing costly new taxes and mandates on health insurance, a report from the New York State Health Foundation offers a timely reminder: The state’s premiums are already among the highest in the country, and rising fast.
National Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need
Release Date:
03/30/2018
The National Grid Foundation has been a steadfast partner of United Way and the Family Fund, giving nearly $1.5 million spanning over a decade to help families in need.
Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers
Release Date:
03/30/2018
With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Con Edison, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of Gesel Mason...
Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For
Release Date:
03/30/2018
Advocates are fighting to save C2H from budget cuts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would eliminate state funding for the program just as Raise the Age legislation – mandating that 16 and 17-year-olds are held in age-appropriate facilities like...
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region
Release Date:
03/30/2018
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has thrown fully into the battle to turn around battered communities.
11
Apr
2018
Moving Beyond Financial Education: A Grantmaker's Guide to Investing in Impactful Financial Capability Programs - Webinar
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
For decades, we believed in Francis Bacon's declaration that "knowledge is power" when it comes to increasing financial health. Now we have ample evidence that financial education alone is not powerful enough to change behavior. So, what works?
New York Foundation Releases New Video in the Ongoing Series "In Their Own Words"
Release Date:
03/29/2018
In this installment, New York Foundation sits down with Quardean Lewis-Allen, founder and CEO of Made in Brownsville
Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry
Release Date:
03/29/2018
In 2017, Arcus allocated $350,000 to support Mighty Earth’s work to stop deforestation connected to commercial agriculture, including cacao. This grant, while not huge, has already had outsized impact.
26
Apr
2018
Shifting the Power: Applying Community Philanthropy to Sustainable Development Here and Abroad (Brown Bag Lunch)
Thursday, April 26, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
While slogans like “think globally, act locally” have been around for decades, still so much decision-making about philanthropy and development aid happens by stakeholders outside communities. Even those funders that care deeply about championing...
New Study From The Commonwealth Fund Examines State Regulation Coverage Options Outside the Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
03/29/2018
The Trump administration’s proposed regulations encouraging the sale of health insurance plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) benefit requirements or consumer protections could siphon healthy enrollees from the ACA marketplaces...
JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders
Release Date:
03/29/2018
A recent grant is getting the ball rolling on what could become a sizable partnership with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation
Release Date:
03/28/2018
Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.
William T. Grant Foundation Awards Rapid Response Research Grants to Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.
Release Date:
03/28/2018
The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded six Rapid Response Research Grants that will leverage research to address major challenges facing young people in the United States.
2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows Bring Chinese Philanthropy Insights to the U.S
Release Date:
03/28/2018
This month, the Fund welcomed Oma Lee and Danxi Shen, young professionals in China’s growing philanthropic sector, as our 2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows.