In a relatively short period of time, there have been some high-level changes at important philanthropy organizations, leading to questions of both why this is occurring, and what’s involved today with managing a CEO or president transition at a...
The Museum of the City of New York launches its first-ever app, A Walk Through Gilded New York , a digital companion to the critically acclaimed exhibition Gilded New York.
The Rauch Foundation, along with German American Bank, hosted the 2017 Imagine Awards Saturday, celebrating those in the community who work to build “A Community Where Everyone Belongs.”
The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $500 million in resilience since 2005 and developed 100 Resilient Cities , an organization that helps cities around the world organize plans for climate change and other disasters.
From legal assistance to racial justice training, the benefactors behind the new Liberty Fund are taking a front-line position in the battle to preserve civil rights and basic freedoms.
Join us for a conversation with Ali Noorani, Executive Director, the National Immigration Forum and author of There Goes the Neighborhood , Sayu Bhojwani, President of The New American Leaders Project, and Julia Preston, former New York Times’...
International Grantmakers Network is pleased to be hosting Kay Guinane, Executive Director of the Charity and Securi ty Network (CSN) for a brown bag lunch (bring your own lunch!) to discuss the financial and...
Funded by the New York Community Trust and introduced to the Museum by its Education Department in 2016, the fellowship provides talented, culturally underrepresented rising artists with financial support and a dedicated studio at MAD for full-time...
Impact investing – a field that has seen much growth over the last decade, through a combination of strategic grant making and industry development – is steadily gaining attention and traction.
If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness has motivated some deep-pocketed donors for at...
In 2013 the MetLife Foundation made a $200 million commitment to advance global financial inclusion. With $100 million left to move, where is the money going?
Montefiore Health System and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been awarded grants that they hope will lead to primary care physicians in small practices better support for treating common behavioral health...
Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism.
Patricia Eng at the New York Women’s Foundation, writes about her recent discovery that this country draws its own roots from the principles of governance in tribal nations, yet this is not taught as part of American history.
The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rona Sheramy as its next Executive Director, effective February 15, 2017.
Founded by Peggy Traub and Phyllis Dicker, the Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship is awarded to LGBTQ woman-identified students across the country who demonstrate their dedication to making a difference through their aspirations and actions.
Recently, leaked documents from House Republicans show plans to create high-risk pools as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) guaranteed access to health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions.
Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U.S. -- lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in educational achievement.