There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding
Release Date:
11/16/2015
Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Saadia Madsbjerg says the future of successful development lies with financing and not with giving.
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Dec
2015
JustFilms and Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund Celebration
Thursday, December 10, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Interactive projects are shaking up the documentary film landscape.
Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma
Release Date:
11/16/2015
The International Trachoma Initiative, Pfizer Inc. and International Coalition for Trachoma Control partners announce the donation of the 500 millionth dose of Zithromax® (azithromycin), an antibiotic used to treat the infections eye disease,...
06
Apr
2016
New Pathways for Building Immigrant Women’s Leadership
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Women are more than half of the immigrant population in the United States. They start businesses at higher rates than American-born women, and research shows they are often the ones that propel their families toward obtaining American citizenship...
Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology
Release Date:
11/13/2015
The Distinguished Service Award honors an individual or organization for ongoing notable service and this year's recipient is Research to Prevent Blindness.
Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015
Publication date:
11/2015
Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015 is the second report from the Foundation Center's Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study
Release Date:
11/13/2015
When it comes to paid family leave, the United States has a dismal record. But one industry is leading the way on family leave policies: the technology sector.
Ms. & New York Women’s Foundation Join Others in $100M Pledge to Support Economic Security of Women & Families
Release Date:
11/13/2015
NYWF is a leading partner with 27 public U.S. women’s foundations in Prosperity Together. With 18 million women in poverty nationwide, and with women at the financial helm of two-thirds of U.S. families, supporting women’s economic security is more...
In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize
Release Date:
11/12/2015
As a family foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund has supported early-stage innovation for 70 years. This year, they offered prizes for social innovation. The results were amazing.
Johnson & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in Health-related Fields
Release Date:
11/12/2015
Marking the 250th anniversary of Rutgers University, Johnson & Johnson made a pledge of up to $50,000 for student scholarships in health-care related fields.
ASPCA Grants More than $250,000 to Help More Than 100 Organizations Launch ‘Adoption Ambassadors’ Programs
Release Date:
11/12/2015
People who foster animals will become adoption counselors on behalf of their local shelters through local Adoption Ambassadors programs.
Weinberg Foundation Announces Former Ambassador as New Trustee
Release Date:
11/12/2015
The Weinberg Foundation announced that Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (Ret.) will succeed Judge Ellen M. Heller as the next Trustee of the Weinberg Foundation.
Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)
Release Date:
11/12/2015
At Communities In Schools, we went through a decade-long effort to emphasize quality over scale, writes Dan Cardinali, CIS president.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models
Release Date:
11/11/2015
Carnegie Corporation of New York has pledged $25 million to back innovative school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people, and technology, and through catalytic work across the education sector."
14
Dec
2015
Unpacking Youth Development: The Evolution of a 25 Year Journey
Monday, December 14, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Over the years, the field of youth services has adopted youth development principles as a philosophy, approach, knowledge base and set of practices and outcomes to create a framework for working effectively with young people.
Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.
Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
11/11/2015
America Needs You, BRC and New York Common Pantry win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for exemplary management practices.
To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds
Release Date:
11/10/2015
Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate for the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund at The New York Community Trust, says that we should have a strong, consistent narrative to tell the story of crises not as momentary threats to an individual organization’s...
Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest
Release Date:
11/10/2015
New analysis from The Commonwealth Fund offers guidance on how to improve outcomes and lower costs for “high-need, high-cost” patients.
06
Apr
2016
Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...