Listening for Bits of Truth in DC
Release Date:
03/22/2018
... the hard terrazzo floors of the U.S. House and Senate office buildings talking with legislators and their staffs, ...
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Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates
Release Date:
03/28/2018
Danielle Levoit, Program Officer for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes about cultivating landscapes’ health and biodiversity through conservation practices that consider the changing climate.
Taking a Stand for New York
Release Date:
04/12/2018
Lisa Fasolo Frishman, Engage New York writes "Wherever you focus your grantmaking in New York State, one fact is true for all of us - Albany is where fiscal resources are divvied up, and policies are set. Yet, few of us spend time there advocating...
Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative
Release Date:
05/24/2018
... would question the suitability of Catholic candidates for office . Social science research provides ample evidence of ...
New York City Contract Delays: The Facts
Release Date:
09/06/2018
... get paid under city contracts. A recent report from the Office of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer showed ... $500,000 because of the delays, 119 imposed burdens over $ 1 million, 57 over $2.0 million...
New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance Open Competitive Grant Program to Help Middle School Youth in Out-of-School Time Programs
Release Date:
12/13/2018
... third cycle of Aim High grants, the Foundation will award $ 1 .35 million to out-of-school time (OST) programs serving ...
Infrastructure Design as Innovation
Release Date:
04/02/2019
Here is a well-kept secret: the most innovative, transformative foundations have the most robust infrastructure. In other words, the foundations that are the bravest, the most visionary, and become trailblazers in the philanthropic sector, take...
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Through the Eyes of Children - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, April 18, 2019 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
... will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* The Office of the Inspector General announced in January 2019 ...
What Funders Need to Know About the Next Big Democracy Challenge
Release Date:
12/06/2019
... directions nationally, and right here in New York: 1 . Start with getting the 2020 Census count right ... to focus their attention on the fast-approaching February 1 , 2020 deadline for NY State’s legislative...
Racism, Inequality, and Health Care for African Americans - New Report by The Century Foundation
Release Date:
12/19/2019
... Americans comprise 13.4 percent of the U.S. population. 1 Over the span of several decades, namely since the Civil ... care premiums, and out-of-pocket costs for things such as office visit copays,...
Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/24/2020
... by Rosa Parks. “At the stop on this site on December 1 , 1955,” a plaque hoisted on a pole reads, “Mrs. Rosa ...
WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces COVID-19 Response Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Workers in the U.S.
Release Date:
05/11/2020
Earlier this month, WES Mariam Assefa Fund shared its initial responses to the needs exposed and created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrants are America’s workers, and 12 million are currently on the front lines of the...
A Letter from Surdna President Don Chen on Solidarity and Support to Grantees
Release Date:
05/13/2020
... support our grantee partners, communities, and fields to 1 ) respond in the short term, 2) recover in the ...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Continues Pandemic Relief Efforts with New Grants Totaling over $27.7 Million
Release Date:
05/29/2020
... challenging to recover. SNF grants totaling over $ 1 .6 million aim to help kids—and adults—stay engaged in their own academic, personal, and creative growth. A $ 1 million grant will help the Big Brothers Big...
New York State Health Foundation Commits $5 Million for COVID-19 Response Efforts
Release Date:
06/11/2020
NYSHealth has committed an additional $3 million in funding to support COVID-19 response and relief efforts throughout New York State, bringing its total investment to $5 million.
Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19
Release Date:
06/17/2020
... Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Director of MPI's office at NYU School of Law Muzaffar Chishti was a panelist in Part 1 of Philanthropy New York's Humanizing Immigration Series. ... out of luck...
To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together
Release Date:
06/23/2020
... Part 3 of their 3-part Insights series. Read Part 1 : Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by ...
Asian American Leaders In A Moment Of Pride And Peril - Featuring Don Chen, Surdna Foundation and Taryn Higashi, Unbound Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/30/2020
Asian American leaders in philanthropy dicscuss anti-Asian bigotry and xenophobia, their foundation's response to the COVID-19 crisis, and philanthropy's role in promoting people of color into executive roles.
Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers
Release Date:
07/30/2020
... the virus. Leonor’s work entails cleaning a commercial office building and ensuring that workspaces are sanitized, ... capital. In 2017–2018, funders directed barely 1 % of their total grantmaking toward...
CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives
Release Date:
08/13/2020
... With $500,000 in matching funds from CUNY, the combined $ 1 million in funding will allow the University to expand its ... of Mellon’s gifts with the support of the University’s Office of Academic Affairs...