Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice
Release Date:
01/24/2017
The longer you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving.
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FAN Brown Bag Lunch: The Work Life Juggle
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12:30pm to 1:30pm
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12
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2017
Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch: Relationship Building and Networking for Success
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
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20
Jun
2017
Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Tools and Principles to Consider When Enhancing Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Human Resources professionals have a critical role to play in developing and executing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies within their organizations. In many organizations, conversations relating to DEI initiatives have intensified...
Open Society Foundations Fellow Makes Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees
Release Date:
01/23/2017
A group of people walking through the fields caught Vasilis Tsartsanis’s eye as he passed the railroad that connects Greece to the rest of the Balkans. It was a warm September day in 2014, outside the small, usually quiet town of Idomeni. He stopped...
Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition
Release Date:
01/23/2017
This innovative challenge is the first-ever to be modeled after the award-winning Rebuild by Design Hurricane Sandy Design Competition , which was pioneered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in partnership with The Rockefeller...
Fake News as a Real Opportunity
Release Date:
01/23/2017
Celeste Ford, manager of media relations for Carnegie Corporation of New York, says philanthropic organizations are in a strong position to offer a wide range of credible and newsworthy information to audiences that are increasingly open to new...
14
Feb
2017
Service for Impact
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Skills-based volunteering is one of the fastest growing areas of corporate volunteering, and it brings value to both nonprofits and the employees who volunteer.
Sarah Williams and Ella Gudwin Share Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'
Release Date:
01/20/2017
After the Philanthropy New York program, " Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures ," Policy Fellow Shiza Pasha interviews Sarah Williams of Propel Capital and Ella Gudwin of Vision Spring about the...
Joan Guzik Joins United Hospital Fund as Director, Quality Improvement of the Quality Institute
Release Date:
01/19/2017
Joan Guzik has joined the United Hospital Fund as director of quality improvement for the Fund’s Quality Institute, effective January 3.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Project
Release Date:
01/19/2017
Free co-working space for emerging nonprofits and community leaders at foundation’s headquarters in Crown Heights.
Century Foundation Releases New Report on Reproductive Health Care
Release Date:
01/19/2017
In a new Century Foundation report, “Reproductive Health Care: A Favorite Target in America,” editorial associate Molly Bangs analyzes growing state restrictions on a women's right to choose, such as limits on late-term abortions, parental consent...
$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice
Release Date:
01/19/2017
The grants address a range of issues across The Foundation’s core focus areas of Economic Security, Anti-Violence & Safety, Health, Sexual Rights, and Reproductive Justice.
George Soros, Mastercard to Partner to Aid Migrants, Refugees
Release Date:
01/19/2017
Billionaire investor George Soros will partner with Mastercard Inc on a venture they said could help migrants, refugees and others struggling within their communities worldwide to improve their economic and social status.
Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration
Release Date:
01/19/2017
The common goal of health policy leaders at the level of state government in the United States is promoting the health and well-being of all populations to the greatest extent possible within fixed resource constraints.
Ms. Foundation Supports New Civil Rights Video: 'We Won't Go Back'
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Can you imagine if Alice Paul or Ida B. Wells, women who fought for our right to vote, had to watch as a Donald Trump is sworn in on Friday?
Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Months before actress Meryl Streep's plug at the Golden Globes for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Donald Trump was on the group's radar for his contempt for reporters and their bosses.
Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So
Release Date:
01/18/2017
We've written quite a lot about the Henry Luce Foundation—including its significant arts grantmaking, higher ed gifts, and Clare Boothe Luce Program supporting women in STEM—but environmental funding has never emerged as a big topic.
Debate Your Philanthropic Philosophies
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Bianca D. Alston, Finance and Operations Assistant at Arcus Foundation, writes, "I strongly believe in general operating support. The flexible nature of core support grants enables grantees to pursue unforeseen opportunities, adapt to the times and...
Paul Di Donato Announced as New President and CEO of Proteus Fund
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Proteus Fund has appointed activist, advocate, nonprofit executive, and philanthropic leader Paul Di Donato as its new President and CEO.