Philanthropy Must Do More to Influence Policy, Say Government Officials
Release Date:
02/13/2013
An in -depth profile of Philanthropy New York’s “Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where Is Philanthropy?” ...
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Simplify: A New Data-Sharing Process for Funders & Grantees
Publication date:
01/2014
Simplify is a data-sharing and standards-setting process that eliminates the repetitive elements of grant applications.
Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... managed domestic and international grant-making programs in the fields of LGBT rights, human rights, youth, ...
JPMorgan Commits $125 Million to Help Urban Neighborhoods
Release Date:
04/05/2016
... strategy, called PRO Neighborhoods, at a meeting Tuesday in Washington with Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... type 1 diabetes. PDT has secured more than $5 million in funding through a combination of grants from JDRF, the National Institute of Diabetes and ...
Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... social reformers who paved the way for today's activists. In Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes ... with, distinguishing them from movements of the past and, in so doing, reveals how...
Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
01/31/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute announced today that five cities have joined its global initiative to help city leaders plan and prepare for the emergence of autonomous vehicles.
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities In East Oakland, a few blocks from the home of the champion ... is also an example of the tradeoffs that can emerge in the...
Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... May Be The New Normal One week after the record deluge in Texas, the biggest hurricane ever measured in the mid-Atlantic is tearing through the Caribbean. ... The governor of Florida has already declared a...
Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... Data Several months ago, David Leonhardt wrote a column in the New York Times summarizing evidence of the striking success public charter schools have had in providing better educations for urban children. “...
Opinion: New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Per existing law, homeless young people can only stay in specialized youth shelters until the age of 21, at which ... ZG previously had access to runaway homeless youth drop- in centers, emergency...
Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... had fatally stabbed a classmate during history class in a Bronx school. A school social worker in New York City for 25 years, Harding formed a theory about ... and a family friend, Cedeno faced persistent...
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate. The new ...
Applications to the 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards are up 25%
Release Date:
05/19/2014
... of New York (NPCC) today announced a 25 percent jump in applications over last year for the 2014 New York ... recognizes outstanding management practices of nonprofits in New York City, Long Island and...
NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread
Release Date:
04/06/2016
NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread Strong ... to healthy foods and parks, housing, and employment, in their communities at large...
World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... for Sanctions The World Bank announced Wednesday that in response to the “violence, destruction and forced ... and represented the first instance of direct financial support from the World Bank to Myanmar’s...
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Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off
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... racial reckoning, foundations are increasingly interested in various forms of impact investing. Over time, this should ... investing should be a tool in your toolkit to advance your foundation...
Tides Announces Kriss Deiglmeier as New CEO
Release Date:
01/15/2014
... as its new CEO. Deiglmeier is recognized as a pioneer in the social innovation field and most recently was the ... Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at Stanford University in Palo Alto. For the past ten years...
To Combat Islamophobia, Start Where You Are
Release Date:
03/23/2016
... You Are by Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I woke up yesterday morning to the news of what ... on our grantees that serve Muslim Arab and South Asian communities . We know from past...
Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... Business Save The World from Climate Change? "We are still in ." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. ... corporate America was not following suit. "We Are Still In " launched...