Be Our Guest: New York City lags far behind other cities in investing in its public libraries
Release Date:
09/25/2013
An op-ed by Julie Sandorf, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation.
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To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked
Release Date:
09/19/2013
Four nonprofit leaders — including Gail B. Nayowith, founding Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact.
Knight Foundation Invests $3.6 Million in Black Male Engagement Network
Release Date:
09/22/2013
The project, in partnership with the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement and the Heinz Endowments, has worked over the last two years to recognize black male leaders from all walks of life.
JPMorgan Joins Gates Foundation, Drugmakers in Fund
Release Date:
09/23/2013
The Global Health Investment Fund, which will back late-stage development of technologies to fight diseases including malaria, tuberculosis and HIV, as well as maternal and infant mortality, in low-income countries.
Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?
Release Date:
09/18/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards $52.3 Million in Grants
Release Date:
09/28/2013
The third-quarter grants were awarded across all areas of Carnegie's grantmaking portfolio.
Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/19/2013
In this episode of the Social Good podcast, the NoVo Foundation Co-Chair discusses why he decided to write his New York Times op-ed and how social media are helping to spread a thoughtful debate about the future of philanthropy.
Women Remain Rare in the Ranks of Top-Earning Nonprofit CEOs (Login Required)
Release Date:
09/22/2013
The New York Community Trust’s Lorie Slutsky is among the leaders interviewed in this article.
Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
09/30/2013
The grants, awarded in the foundation's three program areas to 56 nonprofit organizations across the country, represent the third cycle of quarterly grants since Surdna introduced changes to each of its program strategies late last year.
Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration
Release Date:
09/30/2013
Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin and New York Community Trust President and CEO Lorie Slutsky were among the speakers at the opening of the Independent Sector annual conference.
Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’
Release Date:
10/01/2013
At Independent Sector’s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie...
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s annual conference.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $136 Million to Create Youth Job Opportunities in Greece
Release Date:
10/07/2013
The foundation will also convene a conference in New York City in early 2014 to explore proposals to combat the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece.
How to Build Strong Ties With Companies
Release Date:
10/08/2013
American Express Foundation President Timothy McClimon and DoSomething,org CEO Nancy Lublin participated in a Chronicle Live Discussion on how nonprofits can make themselves more attractive to a corporate benefactor.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields
Release Date:
10/09/2013
The grants to nine national arts organizations were awarded through DDCF's Fund for National Projects and are designed to strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting and theatre fields and improve...
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/14/2013
The Medal is awarded annually to individuals whose work creates new ways of seeing and understanding New York City.
Nadia Lagani-Montiel Appointed Grants Manager at The Tow Foundation
Release Date:
10/18/2013
Philanthropy New York staff member Nadia Lagani-Montiel has become the new Grants Manager of The Tow Foundation
Stonewall Community Foundation Promotes Jarrett Lucas to Executive Director
Release Date:
10/18/2013
The Board of Directors of the Stonewall Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Jarrett Lucas has been promoted to Executive Director.
Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network
Release Date:
10/16/2013
Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Executive Director of the Communications Network, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as of December 31, 2013.
Jessi Stafford Joins The Century Foundation as Blogger & Social Media Specialist
Release Date:
10/15/2013
Jessi Stafford is the new Blogger & Social Media Specialist for The Century Foundation. In her position, she produces content for the foundation's Blog of the Century and develops and executes TCF's social media strategy, including day-to-day...