New York Women's Foundation's 2016 Celebrating Women Breakfast
Release Date:
05/05/2016
Honorees Amanda Matos, Gloria Malone, Doctor Danielle Moss Lee and Cherno Biko attended The New York Women's Foundation's 2016 celebration womens breakfast.
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Release Date:
05/05/2016
The report, "Capitation and the Evolving Roles of Providers and Payers in New York," describes the basics of capitation, spelling out the range of new skills and capacities required by providers to be successful.
Applications Sought for Jerome Foundation Scholarship
Release Date:
05/05/2016
A committee of directors from the foundation will judge the scholarship applicants based upon academic merit, creative accomplishment, community service and leadership.
NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For Resettled Refugees
Release Date:
05/05/2016
The influx of newly resettled people in upstate New York has forced several nonprofit health care clinics to either shut their doors to new refugees or close down altogether because of the financial burden of treating these patients.
Pershing Square, New York Community Trust Awards Funding to Seven NYC-Based Cancer Research Scientists
Release Date:
05/05/2016
Winners are making bold advances in research for all cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, lung, pancreatic and breast cancer.
Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice
Release Date:
05/04/2016
Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation says social justice fellowships use non-traditional ways to recruit talented individuals already working toward positive change in their communities.
Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change
Release Date:
05/04/2016
Recently, pop culture has been “like an injection of hi-octane fuel into the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, immigration, pay equity, and other issues of social justice.
Ford Foundation Takes a Stand On Income Inequality at Milken Institute Global Conference 2016
Release Date:
05/04/2016
When The Ford Foundation began asking “Who are the drivers behind income inequality” they received technical answers from experts and cultural narratives from the average joe.
Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes
Release Date:
05/04/2016
While the difference in high school graduation rates between high- and low-income students shrunk, inequality may have shifted to higher education, with gaps growing in college attendance and completion.
UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust
Release Date:
05/04/2016
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone
Release Date:
05/04/2016
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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.
Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective
Release Date:
05/03/2016
In a study of nearly 500,000 individuals in 22 countries, researchers could not find any evidence that these programs had an impact on changing individual behavior.
Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development
Release Date:
05/03/2016
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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects
Release Date:
05/03/2016
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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Release Date:
05/03/2016
In this newly created position, she will help to oversee the Foundation's Innovation and Education portfolios.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open
Release Date:
05/03/2016
The Spark Prize provides annual recognition and meaningful support to organizations with a strong track record of addressing critical challenges and opportunities in Brooklyn.
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2016
Leadership Matters: A Breakfast Conversation with Philip Li
Friday, June 10, 2016 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Leadership — we are all trying to bottle that secret sauce, the right mix of basic ingredients spiced up in individual formulas. Articles are written every day distilling its critical elements. With accomplished, confident leaders at the helm,...
Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Following the 2008 financial crisis, Clark identified working capital as a much more critical need for the nonprofits in its portfolio.
JPB Foundation Research Finds Advanced Energy Driving Job Growth in Renewables, Smart Buildings
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Building on a state's strengths in advanced energy technology can maximize job growth and give a state a competitive economic edge, according to research from the American Jobs Project.