Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... Foundation website, foundations have been experimenting with variations on the classic grantmaking model for at least ...
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Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership
Release Date:
05/29/2014
... Director of Community Leadership. Tynesha has been working with us since January on Brooklyn Insights, overseeing ...
Voices Of Brooklyn Communities Helping Refine Foundation's New Strategy
Release Date:
07/02/2014
Brooklyn Community Foundation, which already gets high marks for putting residents' voices at the forefront of its work, is taking that commitment to a new level.
Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... on the boards of Community Foundation of South Jersey and Grantmakers in the Arts, a national service organization. ...
Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists
Release Date:
09/09/2014
... nation’s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation with more than $2 billion in assets. Operating out of one ... has since doubled in size, according to a person familiar with its activities, and currently...
Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media
Release Date:
09/24/2014
Report published by Open Society Foundations looks at media innovations over the last decade.
WSJ Seeks PNY Comment on Geffen $100 Million Gift to Lincoln Center
Release Date:
03/04/2015
... rights for one of the premier venues in classical music with a $100 million gift toward the renovation of Avery ... vice president of Philanthropy New York, an association of grantmakers .... WSJ Seeks PNY...
Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits
Release Date:
05/14/2015
The foundation has invested $1.36 million in Baltimore in 2015.
Brooklyn Community Foundation, OSF and New York Foundation Accept National Impact Awards
Release Date:
05/20/2015
The foundations were honored at the Center for Effective Philanthropy conference in San Francisco.
New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness
Release Date:
05/27/2015
The New York Community Foundation was one of five groups nationwide to receive an Impact Award from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. The group was honored for taking risks by issuing grants to support community engagement and help...
Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality
Release Date:
06/12/2015
The Ford Foundation also aims to double the total amount it grants out for general operating support.
The State of Philanthropic Infrastructure
Release Date:
08/05/2015
... Monthly August 2015 edition. After a week in Baltimore with colleagues from around the United States meeting to talk ... annual conference of the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers – which included...
Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia
Release Date:
11/17/2015
The Atlantic Philanthropies, which will conclude its grant-making commitments next year, announced on Monday the capstone of its work on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia.
Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth
Release Date:
01/22/2016
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a significant funder in foster youth programs, and definitely one to track as they are a major player in the future funding for child welfare.
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2016
Philanthropy 101 - Module 1: Speaking the Same Language
Friday, September 23, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:00am
... Attendees will also learn about key terms, types of grantmakers , trends in giving, and learn to "speak the ... foundations are and what they do Identify the types of grantmakers and trends in giving...
Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... a little bit younger? Very few funders support child care with their grantmaking, yet this is a key and common issue ...
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2016
Philanthropy 101 - Module 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues
Friday, October 28, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:00am
... last 12-18 months; open to the entire range of disciplines with the field, e.g., Assistant to the President, Program ... (no fee) Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. Philanthropy...
UJA-Federation Names New Chief Program Officer
Release Date:
08/16/2016
UJA-Federation of New York announced the appointment of Rabbi Deborah Joselow as UJA-Federation's Chief Program Officer.
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities Saying it made a major mistake by overlooking the needs of people with disabilities in revamping its programs to focus on ... Ford Joins...
Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... to their field. The first collaboration between the three grantmakers , the Faculty Scholars Program will award ... million, including indirect costs, will enable researchers with between four and ten years of...