RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development
Release Date:
11/20/2014
The partnership will focus on global development post-2015.
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Release Date:
11/19/2014
President and CEO, Cecilia Clarke, outlines the extensive 6-month process Brooklyn Community Foundation utilized to determine how to effectively address the challenges of the borough.
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Dec
2014
Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color
Monday, December 15, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
If we listened to girls and young women of color, what would they tell us? To find out, African American Policy Forum (AAPF), in partnership with local organizations, is hosting town hall hearings in cities throughout the country allowing community...
Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality
Release Date:
11/18/2014
Ford Foundation created messaging to build public support for government anti-poverty action.
Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board
Release Date:
11/18/2014
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, has been appointed to Independent Sector's Board of Directors.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts
Release Date:
11/18/2014
Gift will assist GlobalGiving's efforts to rebuild West African health systems.
The Living Wage Debate: Affordability and Feasibility
Release Date:
11/17/2014
Carol Kellerman, President of the Citizens Budget Commission, offers insight on the practicality of providing living wages for nonprofit employees.
Restoring and Extending Tax Incentives
Release Date:
11/17/2014
The end-of-year tax bill would restore several expired tax incentives.
The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World
Release Date:
11/17/2014
The fund is backed by Open Society Institute, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, among others.
Four Freedoms Fund Names New Director
Release Date:
11/14/2014
Anita Khashu has been appointed Director of Four Freedoms Fund.
People with Health Insurance Still Can't Afford All the Care They Need
Release Date:
11/14/2014
Commonwealth Fund reports that at least 13 percent of privately insured adults spend at least 10 percent of their income on medical care.
John A. Hartford Foundation Forges Public-Private Partnership With CMMI to Spread "Hospital at Home" Model of Care
Release Date:
11/14/2014
Initiative offers hospital-level care for older adults with certain chronic conditions in their own homes.
Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality
Release Date:
11/13/2014
Elmezzi Foundation Executive Director Pooja Joshi O'Hanlon defines the popular philanthropic idea of "collective impact."
Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search
Release Date:
11/13/2014
Kofi Appenteng outlines the CEO search process that led to Darren Walker being named CEO of Ford Foundation.
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Scholars Finalists
Release Date:
11/09/2014
The William T. Grant Scholars Program awards early-career researchers in social, behavioral and health sciences.
Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?
Release Date:
11/12/2014
Local organizations, such as the Elmezzi Foundation, received smaller planning grants, but were not selected for the larger implementation awards.
Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions
Release Date:
11/12/2014
Six foundations (including the Ford Foundation) have committed over $330 million in support.
NY Foundation’s Leader Quoted in Baldwin’s Withdrawal from IS Conference
Release Date:
11/11/2014
Maria Mottola, Executive Director of New York Foundation, questioned Independent Sector's choice of naming Alec Baldwin as plenary speaker in a recent blog post.
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Dec
2014
Big Ideas for Short Videos
Thursday, December 4, 2014 -
8:00am to 10:45am
The question is no longer “Should we be producing multimedia?” but “How do we?”.
A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China
Release Date:
11/11/2014
Funders like Bloomberg Philanthropies and Rockefeller Brothers Fund have increased giving in China over the past decade.