Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030
Release Date:
02/07/2017
Local and global stakeholders in the Nigerian tomato value chain met late last year for the first YieldWise partner planning session.
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Release Date:
02/06/2017
In January, the New York Community Trust, issued a call for proposals for a new fund addressing “hate crimes and New York City residents’ fears of deportation, discrimination, arrest, and poverty.”
Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing
Release Date:
02/06/2017
The Foundation will allocate $100 million of its endowment to impact investing as a way to advance its social justice mission and grow the field. The commitment will focus on a combination of mission-related investments (MRI) and program-related...
Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family
Release Date:
02/06/2017
New research funded by the Foundation for Child Development, Children’s Experience with Parental Employment Insecurity and Family Income Inequality, provides a more accurate picture of the economic health of families and the ability of parents to...
A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard
Release Date:
02/03/2017
David Biemesderfer of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, writes, "Whenever there is a new Congress and new Presidential administration, it is a critical moment for all sectors to ensure they are being heard—philanthropy included."
Jonas Center Supports Global Health Nursing in the Dominican Republic
Release Date:
02/03/2017
The Jonas Center supports the Dominican Republic Medical Partnership and the University of Missouri in their efforts to expand a successful grassroots hypertension screening and treatment program to under-served communities in the Dominican Republic...
US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact
Release Date:
02/03/2017
Funded by U.S. Trust, the survey also found that small foundations and individual donors have been formalizing their governance structures and process over the past decade.
Former Goldman Sachs Foundation President Among Many GS Leaders Now in Trump Administration
Release Date:
02/03/2017
For weeks, Donald Trump ran his presidential transition out of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan. Now that he has been sworn in as president, he has made the move to the White House – and he’s taking part of New York with him.
Sarah Eagle Heart of Native American Philanthropies Clarifies Debate Around Labels for Indigenous Communities
Release Date:
02/02/2017
There is a lot of confusion for people who would be allies around the language to use to address indigenous communities. Are you first nations? Are you Native American? American Indian? What's the right label?
Edgar Villanueva of Schott Foundation Says Less Than .3% of Funding Goes to Native Communities
Release Date:
02/02/2017
Less than .3% of funding goes to native communities. What are ways funders can be creative in engaging native communities?
International Critical Theory Consortium Launches With Mellon Foundation Help
Release Date:
02/02/2017
The consortium, a special project of the Program in Critical Theory, is made possible by a $1.5 million, three-and-a half-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Arabella Advisors Study Finds Global Funds For Fossil Fuels Are On The Decline
Release Date:
02/02/2017
As the Trump administration threatens to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and double up on efforts to revive a slowing fossil fuels industry, the rest of the world is pulling out of coal projects and redirecting investment towards renewables...
NYSHealth Invests in Veterans' Health
Release Date:
02/01/2017
NYSHealth is committed to working with a broad set of partners to meet our common goal: ensuring that veterans have access to high-quality care and choices about where they get that care.
Altman Foundation, NY Community Trust, PNY Among Nonprofit Leaders Named to Value-Based Payment Commission
Release Date:
02/01/2017
The Human Services Council of New York (HSC) today announced the formation of a Value-Based Payment Commission to support New York State's shift to a value-based payment (VBP) model for health and human services in the area of Medicaid.
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How to Creatively Fund Social Movements
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As 2017 begins, community groups are organizing in a changing environment — democracy and civil rights protections are eroding, white supremacist movements are growing in chapters and members, state suppression of organizing and social justice...
North Star Fund Welcomes New Executive Director Jennifer Ching
Release Date:
02/01/2017
Jenn has worked with communities directly affected by oppression and inequity to design and deliver solutions that change the daily realities they face.
New York Community Trust Supports Program to Educate Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues
Release Date:
02/01/2017
By the time a homeless young person who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning arrives at the Hetrick-Martin Institute , it is often too late to mend their frayed family bonds, according to staff members at the 37-year-old...
Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees
Release Date:
02/01/2017
With the United States moving to ban refugees from around the world, efforts to help these people where they are will now become even more important. No philanthropist is doing more on this front than George Soros.
Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma
Release Date:
01/31/2017
Angel's Story looks at the early success of a home-visit program at Northwest Assistance Ministries children's clinic in Houston funded by the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF).