Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/04/2015
Philanthropic consultants Arabella Advisors is launching a new practice area, titled "Good Food."
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Arcus Foundation Establishes Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
Release Date:
12/04/2015
The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College named four Southwest Michigan social justice activists to its inaugural ACSJL Regional Fellowship Program.
Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City
Release Date:
12/04/2015
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation has selected four NYC organizations that support four distinct homeless populations – veterans, domestic violence survivors, LGBTQ youth, and formerly incarcerated individuals and their families – as grantees for...
Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Sarah Geisenheimer, of the Rockefeller Foundation, will replace Iris Chen, executive director of the NYC Department of Education’s private fundraising arm, who resigned earlier this week.
A New Way Forward: Bringing an Equity Lens to the Work of Reducing the Influence of Money in Our Democracy
Publication date:
12/2015
Based on candid interviews with funding partners and thought leaders, Piper’s report "A New Way Forward: Bringing an Equity Lens to the Work of Reducing the Influence of Money in Our Democracy” touches upon key issues to help analyze their grantmaking strategies.
Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Following decades of leadership and many social justice victories to her credit, Meg Gage has stepped down from her role as President of Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League as of November 30.
Tisch, NY State Health Foundations Support Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Farms are being built at public housing sites to grow produce for communities with limited access to healthy food.
Community-Development Conference -NeighborWorks Training Institute - Supported by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Citi Foundation - Kicks Off
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The NeighborWorks Training Institute convenes in Washington Dec. 7-11. The conference is hosted by NeighborWorks America, a national, congressionally chartered nonprofit that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve...
Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Eric Schneider, senior vice president for policy and research at the Commonwealth Fund, notes that state regulators typically have been more active in intervening against proposed mergers of providers such as hospitals in their states.
New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...
Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports...
Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity in Science, Math Instruction
Release Date:
12/02/2015
A select group of city teachers are being honored Wednesday with the annual Sloan Awards for Teaching Science and Mathematics.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New VP of Programs Kaberi Banerjee Murthy
Release Date:
12/02/2015
Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to welcome Kaberi Banerjee Murthy as the organization’s new Vice President of Programs.
Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'
Release Date:
12/02/2015
Russian authorities have barred the pro-democracy charity network founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros from the country, saying its work undermined state security, Reuters and CNBC report.
Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle
Release Date:
12/02/2015
Julian Robertson, chairman of the Robertson Foundation, and Julia Stasch, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation write about what philanthropies must do to impact climate change.
Helmsley Trust Supported Data Tool: From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems
Release Date:
12/01/2015
DATA2GO.NYC brings together for the first time federal, state, and local data vital to understanding inequality and how multiple factors combine to influence New Yorkers’ well-being in every neighborhood.
Tisch Education Center at Whitney Museum Profiled in Education Update
Release Date:
12/01/2015
The Whitney’s new Laurie M. Tisch Education Center, prominently situated on the third floor of the museum’s new downtown home, was spotlighted in an Education Update article.
Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. Fiscal Challenges
Release Date:
12/01/2015
Peter G. Peterson Foundation launched a new website that leverages the latest digital tools, helping to fulfill our role as a source for non-partisan information and analysis about fiscal issues and the economy.
Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want
Release Date:
12/01/2015
Terry Fulmer of the John A. Hartford Foundation writes about the desires of elders to avoid dependence on others and institutionalization.
New York Community Trust Honors 2015 Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
12/01/2015
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (NPCC), The New York Community Trust, and Philanthropy New York announced the three winners for the 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards on November 18.