The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth
Release Date:
03/31/2014
The Citi Foundation launched Pathways to Progress to improve career Readiness for 100,000 youth.
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Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice
Release Date:
04/09/2014
Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice, which will provide concrete, actionable recommendations regarding youth in New York's criminal and juvenile justice...
Ford Foundation's Hilary Pennington Appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board
Release Date:
03/16/2014
Hilary Pennington, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's Education, Creativity and Free Expression program has been appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board.
Doug Bauer Named to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Doug Bauer, Executive Director of The Clark Foundation, has been named to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits.
Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?
Release Date:
02/27/2014
What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Taking Arts Programs to the Next Level with The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
03/20/2014
The Wallace Foundation made a $5.35 Million, 2.5-year commitment to help Boys & Girls Clubs of America launch a Youth Arts Initiative.
Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana
Release Date:
03/26/2014
Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana, reports Philanthropy News Digest.
Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/16/2014
Teagle Foundation awards more than $1.5 million in grants to higher-ed institutions, reports Philanthropy News Digest.
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
Release Date:
03/15/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Simons Foundation profiled in New York Times article on billionaires privatizing American science research.
The State of Philanthropy: How to Maximize Impact
Release Date:
03/26/2014
Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin on the state of philanthropy in Huffington Post.
Foundations as the "Brain Trust" for City Officials
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Foundations who want to serve in the "brain trust" capacity need to come to the table.
Best Practices in Disaster Grantmaking: Lessons from the Gulf Coast
Publication date:
04/2008
This comprehensive report shares the experiences of donors that provided funding following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and offers a blueprint for future philanthropic intervention following such disasters.
Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
Publication date:
10/2009
This report examines the racial, gender, sexuality, and disability staff demographics of participating New York City-area foundations and nonprofits. It also looks at grantmaking policies and data collection around diversity and inclusion, examines the institutional capacities of nonprofit organizations, and looks at the range of ways that nonprofits define themselves as “minority-led.”
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Apr
2014
Meet the New Health Commissioner: Dr. Mary T. Bassett is One of Our Own
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York’s Health Policy Working Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the newly appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Most recently, she has been a program director for African...
09
Apr
2014
School Diversity in New York City
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Fifty years of research suggests economic and racial segregation of schools damages student outcomes. Unfortunately, New York City schools are the third most segregated in the country. For the first time in a long while, however, New York City is...
09
Apr
2014
Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm
Conversations about the new economy often revolve around negative trends, from the expansion of low-wage, low-quality, insecure jobs to the rise in contingent and temporary work for a diminishing middle class. Many are concerned that as...
24
Apr
2014
The Future of Education for New Yorkers Without High School Diplomas
Thursday, April 24, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
An estimated 1.8 million New Yorkers do not have high school diplomas. Until December 31, 2013, the only way for these individuals to get vocational training, entry-level jobs, or enroll in college was to pass the General Education Development (GED...
30
Apr
2014
CEO Interview Series: Will Miller, The Wallace Foundation, with Phil Henderson
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 -
3:15pm to 5:30pm
In October of 2012, Philanthropy New York launched its CEO Interview Series, a set of intimate, engaging, and, thought-provoking conversations with relatively newly appointed CEOs on the future of philanthropy. Appointed in 2011, Will Miller...
Documentary Film Series
Philanthropy New York created the Documentary Film Series in partnership with Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative to encourage members to think about alternative avenues for promoting their missions.
01
May
2014
E-TEAM - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series
Thursday, May 1, 2014 -
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary E-TEAM and a brief panel discussion. Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the boots on the ground division of a respected...