Foundations as First Responders?
Release Date:
04/18/2013
... President, Brooklyn Community Foundation When I was in city government ( a quite remarkable time in New York City extending from the 1970s to the late 1990s) and some...
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Program Recap—Philanthropy New York’s Documentary Film Series: Advise and Dissent
Release Date:
10/16/2009
... 15th, we were honored to screen Advise and Dissent , a documentary that captures the behind-the-scenes drama of ... modern confirmation battles as well as the stakes involved in the outcome of these debates...
Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing
Release Date:
06/25/2009
... Bronfman Philanthropies At ACBP , our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters . One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is...
Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... but to futures that leave them marginalized, and prevented from contributing to our democracy and society. All the ... government’s steady construction of more prisons is a statement of surrender and an...
Fannie E. Rippel Foundation-Funded Study Shows Younger Women Delay Seeking Help for Heart Attacks
Release Date:
02/25/2015
... by the Yale School of Public Health, and published Feb. 24 in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and ... Outcomes, examined the experiences of women ranging in age from 30 to 55...
Time Warner Foundation Announces the Retirement of Dan Osheyack
Release Date:
04/14/2015
... Dan Osheyack will be leaving and beginning his retirement from Time Warner at the end of April. Starting May 1st, ... and prior to that she built an illustrious career in the nonprofit sector. She looks...
06
May
2015
Executive Assistants Network - Tech Trends
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -
8:15am to 10:30am
... staff . Technology is always evolving, whether it’s a new program or updated software— new becomes old fairly quickly. Come and learn from your peers and other professionals about the latest tips and tools...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business
Release Date:
04/23/2015
... Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business A variety of simultaneous trends are keeping more Americans ... of Public Health at Columbia University, with funding from...
How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art
Release Date:
04/24/2015
... mediating between the city and its creditors. He called in an all-star squad of foundation presidents—the newly ... Kellogg Foundation 039 ;s La June Montgomery Tabron—and made a jaw-...
The Atlantic Philanthropies Welcomes Bruce Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor
Release Date:
05/08/2015
... Bruce Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor In his new role, Trachtenberg will work closely ... policymakers and other funders understand and learn from our history and methods to help change the...
07
Jul
2015
Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch: Meet Our New FAN Members!
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
In addition to quarterly meetings, the Foundation Administrators Network hosts a summer brown bag lunch series. Rather than have a set ... is very important. Please do not share specific details...
Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League Elect Three New Board Members
Release Date:
07/08/2015
... of the PAL Board. Helena Huang (Proteus Fund) Helena is a collaborative social change leader with over twenty years of demonstrated success in nonprofit management, philanthropy, and policy advocacy ... as...
Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
07/15/2015
... program officer for arts and cultural heritage starting in October. Ms. Baff has led Jacob’s Pillow, established ... Mass., for 17 years, during which time it was designated a national historic landmark and...
Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant
Release Date:
07/16/2015
Bloomberg 039 ;s Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States 039 ; 200th Coal Plant Alliant Energy, a major Iowa utility,...
Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing
Release Date:
08/17/2015
... Effects of Impact Investing Let 039 ;s say that you budget a certain amount of money to give to charity every year, ... be optimistic but let 039 ;s start there. That money could come...
The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration
Release Date:
09/16/2015
... poor-performing school districts are very limited— a major problem that has persisted since the civil rights era. A new report, Charters without Borders: Using Inter-district ... charter school model,...
Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science The Overdeck Family Foundation ... appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science. The study from University of Chicago...
BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation
Release Date:
10/19/2015
... Community Transformation Philanthropy is trending in a new direction and women are leading the way. The newest ... to award local non-profits with individual grants ranging from tens of...
Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... with Funders to be Live-Streamed Bill Keller, Editor- in -Chief of The Marshall Project, will moderate a conversation on criminal justice reform featuring President ... and promoting successful reentry of those...
10
Feb
2016
Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
This program is a part of our Impact Investing Programs Series from our 2016-17 PNY Core Curriculum : February 10 – ... might your foundation take action and where does that fit in the "bell...