Brooklyn Museum Receives $5 Million From Leon Levy Foundation
Release Date:
05/24/2014
The Brooklyn Museum has announced a $5 million gift from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an endowment for the position of museum director.
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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens
Release Date:
06/01/2014
The Pinkerton Foundation has announced the launch of a neighborhood literacy initiative in South Jamaica, Queens, and awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants in support of the community-based program.
Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives
Release Date:
06/02/2014
The Citi Foundation has announced two grants totaling $2.1 million in support of initiatives designed to connect high-potential students from low-income households with mentoring and career counseling provided by early- to mid-career professionals.
New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning
Release Date:
06/02/2014
Teens will record residents' stories to make a multimedia map of the Bronx; make, play, and remix wired steel drums; and use a rock camp, audio lab, and planetarium to learn about the science of sound-with grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning...
What Kinds of Public-Private Partnerships Do We Want?
Release Date:
05/19/2014
Regardless of our approach to public-private funding partnerships, it is essential for philanthropists to engage with our government counterparts in order to better understand the larger policy, regulatory and funding environment within which we and...
11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color
Release Date:
05/30/2014
[Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the...
Diversity and Inclusion
Publication date:
06/2014
Reference documents pertaining to the topic of Diversity and Inclusion for Board members.
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Executive Assistants Network: Effective Communication Strategies
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Communication is fundamental to our day-to-day work, notably in our interactions with team members, supervisors, and in liaising with other departments. This meeting’s discussion will help identify some of the key attributes to developing good...
Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?
Release Date:
05/28/2014
[Atlantic Philanthropies] A few foundations stand out as heroes in the saga of health reform. Remember when Atlantic Philanthropies bravely committed $27 million to help win passage of the Affordable Care Act? Or when the Robert Wood Johnson...
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...
Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership
Release Date:
05/29/2014
Tynesha McHarris will be joining the Brooklyn Community Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership. Tynesha has been working with the Foundation since January on Brooklyn Insights, overseeing Neighborhood Dialogues...
Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Programs and Policy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that the Foundation’s Program Director Toya Williford will be joining the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City as the Director of Programs and Policy, starting June 9.
Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational...
Leadership for Education Innovation
Release Date:
05/24/2014
[Carnegie Corporation of New York] Michele Cahill authors Education Week piece: "Looking to implications for the country, the question is, What will it take to do this at scale? As someone involved in the New York City work and in high school reform...
New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...
CRS Now! examines No Ceilings, PNY Annual Meeting
Release Date:
05/19/2014
Last week, I attended a meeting of Philanthropy New York that was devoted to a discussion of issues related to the progress of women and girls locally and around the world. Organized in conjunction with Philanthropy New York's annual meeting, the...
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
Each year, some 10 million girls are compelled to marry before they reach age 18—the age the world has agreed upon as the beginning of adulthood under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States
Release Date:
05/14/2014
Recipients include an ordained pastor, lawyers, journalists, and people who have spent time in prison.
Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care
Release Date:
05/05/2014
The Commonwealth Fund launches the Breakthrough Health Care Opportunities program to discover and vet transformative ideas in health care.
María Teresa Ronderos, Award-Winning Reporter, to Lead Open Society’s Work on Independent Journalism
Release Date:
05/15/2014
The Open Society Foundations today named María Teresa Ronderos as the director of its Program on Independent Journalism.