Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Baltimore eight graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the Citi Foundation.
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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program
Release Date:
10/12/2016
The U.S. Green Building Council and Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced the five projects selected for the 2016 Affordable Green Neighborhoods grant program.
Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing
Release Date:
10/12/2016
LOIs are due by November 1st. Noyes will review the LOI and then select up to five firms to receive a more detailed request for proposal.
William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core
Release Date:
10/12/2016
The Spencer Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have awarded a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, Brown University and Stanford University nearly $5 million for the first phase of a five-year analysis of the Common Core...
NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release
Release Date:
10/12/2016
As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is making more than half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in...
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2016
International Grantmakers Network: Brown Bag Lunch
Monday, November 14, 2016 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, NYC
The International Grantmakers Network invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to an informal brown-bag lunch (bring your own lunch!) for networking and conversation.
Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/11/2016
How could a small foundation be impactful when hundreds of billions of dollars are needed to achieve large-scale environmental problems mission globally?
With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections
Release Date:
10/11/2016
Institutions represented at the event, held in Tamale with funding support from Ford Foundation, included the Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), traditional leaders, political parties and various student youth...
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Nov
2016
Expand Your Comfort Zone: Taking Risks in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, November 17, 2016 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Philanthropy is often described as society’s “risk capital.” Private generosity can support causes and ideas that business and government agencies cannot or will not. However, the idea of risk in philanthropy quickly muddies as we direct our...
Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services
Release Date:
10/07/2016
One-year grants for up to $4,000 will be awarded in November. Completed proposals are due by no later than noon on Thursday, October 20th, 2016.
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, ranks as the most...
Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy
Release Date:
10/07/2016
Women still earn less than men, but they've narrowed the gap because they tend to work in jobs that require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center and the Markle Foundation finds.
2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
Release Date:
10/07/2016
Three of these finalists will be selected as winners of the 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards and will be honored at a special Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation on December 2 at the New York Hall of Medicine.
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
NYCT Program Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with the Trust's long-standing work with immigrant communities.
Mertz Gilmore, NY Community Trust and Howard Gilman Support Dancer's Residency at CUNY
Release Date:
10/06/2016
The residency and performance of Jeremy McQueen and the Black Iris Project at City College Center for the Arts is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative.
Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents
Release Date:
10/06/2016
More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend on family to help them with financial needs, from big-ticket items like college tuition to smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll.
Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966
Release Date:
10/06/2016
In addition to spotlighting revolutionary movements that now have an established presence in art history, the subjects of many of the works focus on social and political discussions from the era that have prominently re-emerged across the United...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Dominican Americans are the largest immigrant group in New York, with a population of more than 673,000, according to the 2014 American Community Survey. That includes both foreign-born and native-born residents.
Joan Minieri Appointed Executive Director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Joan Minieri has been appointed as the executive director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island.
Soros Slams Putin For 'Heinous Crimes Against Humanity' In Syria
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Billionaire investor George Soros has vehemently condemned Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, accusing President Vladimir Putin of aggressively exploiting a power void in the White House ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.