NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M
Release Date:
01/10/2017
NYC non-profits advancing the well-being and leadership of young women of color as change agents received awards.
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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Reminder to apply for NYSHealth funding opportunity: sponsoring conference participation in support of healthy communities.
Native Americans in Philanthropy #GenIndigenous Response Fund Announces Call for Proposals
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Native-led youth organizations responding to current movements through organizing and activism may be eligible to receive grants up to $5,000 from the #GenIndigenous Response Fund.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens
Release Date:
01/09/2017
GallopNYC had acquired the horse stables near Forest Park, Queens, operated for many years as Lynne's Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills).
Towards an Equitable NYC Cultural Policy in 2017: What We Can Learn from Seattle and Nashville
Release Date:
01/09/2017
Michele Kumi Baer at The New York Community Trust asks, "How do we get the City to more deeply embrace the values of cultural equity, and enshrine those values in the plan?"
Supported by Doris Duke, The New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Program Design Changes
Release Date:
01/09/2017
The New England Foundation for the Arts announced a series of program design changes to the National Dance Project. These design changes are supported in part by a two-year renewed grant of $3,629,400 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
14
Feb
2017
Social and Emotional Intelligence: Insights on Creating Effective Learning Communities for Staff Who Work with Young People
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join the NYC Youth Funders in a discussion focused on how those who work with youth assess the social emotional learning objectives of their programs. The session will also explore staff efforts for continual improvement of their practices while...
08
Feb
2017
Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network - Breakfast Mixer
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 -
8:30am to 10:00am
Join us for our first meeting of 2017! Philanthropy New York is hosting a casual breakfast for members to network and prepare for PACNet’s exciting year ahead. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"
Release Date:
01/06/2017
President of the Ford Foundation Darren reflects, "for as much progress as we have made, America has yet to fully live up to its promise and founding aspiration to be a nation of liberty, dignity, and justice for all. Yet this noble vision remains...
The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Hiring of George Suttles as Program Officer
Release Date:
01/06/2017
George Suttles, MPA, MA, joined The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new Program Officer, the Foundation announced.
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs
Release Date:
01/06/2017
Congress has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the nation 3 million jobs and trigger negative economic impacts...
Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit
Release Date:
01/06/2017
Kelly Henning, who leads Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health efforts, writes in Health Affairs about the foundation's progress and challenges with supporting tobacco control measures globally.
Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune
Release Date:
01/06/2017
Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.
Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Story Explores Trump's Immigration Policies on Turkish Communities
Release Date:
01/05/2017
Osman Altay, 56, a Turkish-American who has been living in Paterson, N.J., for 40 years, voted for Trump. He said that he thought the immigration policies of Trump during the election were just words.
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
On Thursday, the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most influential philanthropies, will name Mr. Shah to succeed Judith Rodin, who has been president for 12 years.
Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation, Chats About the Intersection of Health & Justice
Release Date:
09/19/2016
Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation, explains how he chose the panel for the PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic."
01
Mar
2017
New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Adult Education and Workforce Development: WIOA Opportunities to Work Together
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2014.
02
Feb
2017
New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting
Thursday, February 2, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network with colleagues, and catch up on topics impacting foster youth today.
Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Neighborhood Strength is a resident-led investment program that brings community members together at the neighborhood-level to identify, and direct funding to, solutions that target significant local challenges.
Commonwealth Fund, John A. Hartford and Peterson Center on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices
Release Date:
01/04/2017
A new nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs shows that the health care system is failing them, with these individuals having far more unmet behavioral health and social service challenges than other adults.