LaVerne Evans Srinivasan Named Vice President of Education Programs by Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
12/09/2014
... Home Run, a strategically redesigned and streamlined system for recruiting, hiring, and placing teachers and ...
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Improving the Health of Older Adults Using Integrated Networks for Medical Care and Social Services
Release Date:
07/10/2015
... an integrated health care and social services delivery system . The project is developing exportable tools and ... to seamless, high quality health care and to make the system as cost-effective as possible...
We Need Your Input on Justice Reform
Release Date:
05/18/2016
... reduce the number of people entering the criminal justice system . PNY’s Education Working Group is planning on ... of developing programs looking at the ways in which our system “criminalizes poverty” with...
Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation
Release Date:
04/25/2017
Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird today announced the appointment of Beth Cobert, former Acting Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and a long-time leader at McKinsey & Company, as Chief Executive...
Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... health care professionals in an evolving health care system .” Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, Dean and Executive ... Chicago, our medical school, and the hospital and health system .” Dr. Humphrey will be the...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
By Rafael Benitez, New York State Youth Leadership Council Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group , in conjunction with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust,...
Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart
Release Date:
05/15/2015
New York State Health Foundation President, James Knickman, explores the disparities in access to services between NYC neighborhoods.
PhilTV: Funder Advocacy Is Powerful in Conversation on NP Sector Sustainability
Release Date:
05/24/2016
Fred J. Ali, president and chief executive officer at the Weingart Foundation (L), and Doug Bauer, executive director of The Clark Foundation, discuss that which strikes fear into the hearts of many funders, from LA to NY: "The Big A Word."
Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change
Release Date:
05/04/2016
Recently, pop culture has been “like an injection of hi-octane fuel into the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, immigration, pay equity, and other issues of social justice.
Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/07/2017
Dara Major, philanthropic and social sector advisor, challenges funders to "embrace the power of philanthropic diversity, and work together toward more empowered philanthropy."
Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department
Release Date:
02/20/2018
A federal judge granted The Century Foundation's request for a temporary restraining order against the Department of Education — what is thought to be the first order of its kind against Secretary Betsy DeVos.
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2018
Unpacking Nutrition Education – Why It Matters for NYC Students
Monday, June 25, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
School gardening, hands-on cooking, food justice education, health literacy - by any name nutrition education is more important than ever for students' health, academic achievement, and development as 21st century citizens.
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2019
POSTPONED: Food Fight: NYC Youth vs. Predatory Marketing
Thursday, June 6, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Traditional health education provides children and youth a simple recipe for good health: stay away from drugs, don’t drink or smoke, and eat fruits and vegetables.
Beyond Rigor - Building Philanthropy's Equitable Evaluation Infrastructure
Release Date:
07/17/2019
Should the “rigor” yardstick, used in traditional evaluation practice, be used to assess an equity-focused mission? Does centering questions of validity, objectivity, and appropriateness advance equity? A growing group of funders and evaluators are...
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2020
Walking the Walk: Operationalizing Lessons from Decolonizing Wealth and Winners Take All - A Food for Thought Conversation
Thursday, February 13, 2020 -
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Racial and economic inequality are codified within philanthropy's institutional structure and often perpetuate the very inequities philanthropy tries to eradicate. Edgar Villanueva, Anand Giridharadas and others have taken aim at the philanthropic...
Aging and HIV/AIDS: A New Era of Convergence
Release Date:
10/17/2019
When the HIV/AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s, an HIV diagnosis was a virtual death sentence. Aging was not on the agenda and the medical, community, and philanthropic support structures for aging and HIV/AIDS were worlds apart.
Serious Policy Between Our Two Ferns
Release Date:
04/23/2014
... strategic planning, fundamental reforms for our education system and new approaches to supporting the arts. This is the ... of them had a specific policy focus. For example, in 2013 we produced 144 programs,...
Kelly Granat and Sherrilyn Ifill Join Mellon Foundation's Board
Release Date:
05/26/2021
... and established a series of pioneering law clinics. In 2013 , Ifill returned to lead LDF, and as its president, has ... and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system . A prolific scholar, Ifill is the...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Appoints Three New Board Members to Help Accelerate Global Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/20/2022
... Art (IL). She received a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship in 2013 . A member of the Rockefeller family, Ms. Buden has ...
Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... New York 2020 (TCNY 2020) goals. A strong primary care system is essential to addressing health inequities and ... commitment to bringing innovation to our healthcare system , so that more New Yorkers can...