Video: MetLife Foundation's Financial Inclusion Challenge Winners and Projects Profiled
Release Date:
10/15/2015
MetLife Foundation's Financial Inclusion Challenge celebrates winners and their projects.
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Pfizer and UICC Award 20 Grants Totaling $760,000 to Address the Needs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Release Date:
10/14/2015
Grants awarded for a first-of-its-kind initiative to address the unique challenges facing women with metastatic breast cancer worldwide. In total, 20 organizations from 18 countries have been selected to receive grants.
Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs
Release Date:
10/14/2015
Nearly four in 10 older adults say that managing their health care needs is difficult for them or their families, a new research study found.
NJ Residents Concerned About Doris Duke Mansion Demolition
Release Date:
10/14/2015
Local residents are protesting the proposed demolition of the Doris Duke mansion that has been requested by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Feature on Cultural Philanthropy Quotes Buff Kavelman on Donor Privacy Issues
Release Date:
10/14/2015
In the section entitled "Donors: Why They Do It", Kavelman speaks to why some donors prefer to give anonymously.
18
Nov
2015
Policing Reform: Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 -
1:45pm to 3:30pm
In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability legislation in New York City and partnering with families of New Yorkers killed by police to...
Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace
Release Date:
10/13/2015
Research into what issues women face in the workplace finds equal pay, harassment, career opportunities,children, and work-life balance remain as concerns.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that enables grantmakers to be most effective.
John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications
Release Date:
10/13/2015
The shift to value-based care could lead to expanded hospital-level acute care in patients' homes.
NYCT Announces Finalists for 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
10/13/2015
Now in its ninth year, the Awards program recognizes outstanding management practices and educates nonprofit managers and board leaders throughout New York's nonprofit community about excellent management practices.
The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times
Release Date:
10/13/2015
For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.
NYS Health Foundation Publishes Report on Expanding Health Insurance Access for New Yorkers
Release Date:
10/13/2015
The report examines the successes and challenges that Enrollment Network grantees have experienced as they sought to improve health insurance coverage for vulnerable populations across New York.
The Changing Face of Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/12/2015
Paige Blansfield and Nina Chung kick off a new series by the 2015 cohort of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club.
Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse
Release Date:
10/09/2015
When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the most cash on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund findings.
NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...
Finalists Selected for Bloomberg's C40 Cities Awards
Release Date:
10/08/2015
The C40 Cities Awards provide global recognition for cities demonstrating world-leading policies and programs that reduce emissions and improve sustainability.
Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?
12
Nov
2015
Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities - Webinar
Thursday, November 12, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Join us in person or by webinar to explore strategies family foundations and donor advised funds can take to engage more deeply in grantmaking that builds toward long-term social change.
07
Dec
2015
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar
Monday, December 7, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the first of a four part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.
Elizabeth M. Hewitt to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Chief Investment Officer, Senior VP
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Hewitt will replace long time Chief Investment Officer William Petersen, who retired earlier this year after more than 16 years of service to the foundation.