Navigating the Evolving Political Landscape: Resources for Philanthropy
Publication date:
03/2025
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Sample Job Descriptions: Development VP / Director / Officer
Publication date:
09/2013
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We've Moved!
In January, Philanthropy New York became tenants at 320 East 43rd Street. This exciting move is grounded in our mission and values, provides long-term sustainability in a central location and will increase our convening capacity to better serve our...
To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked
Release Date:
09/19/2013
... saw as solutions to difficult social problems were even making a dent... To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the ...
Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care
Release Date:
09/19/2013
The three grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation include an award of more than $5 million to the Gerontological Society of America to create the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative, and a grant to Community Catalyst, Inc. which augments an award...
The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the Foundation Center Partner to Share Knowledge on Foundations Spending Down
Release Date:
09/23/2013
... the Foundation Center launched a new blog series today, " Making Change by Spending Down." The series will share .....
17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies,...
A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers
Release Date:
02/25/2014
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America has received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its own terms over the next decade, reports The New York Times.
Meet the 15 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/05/2014
... are a fast-rising force in philanthropy. More women are making their own fortunes than ever before and women are also ...
Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative. When I was first hired at the John A. Hartford Foundation, I gave ... that the program staff spent a lot of time editing (aka “ making stronger”) all sorts...
A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project
Release Date:
02/28/2014
... about the United States' federal budget process, making it easier for citizens to oversee and influence how .....
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... N.R.A., reports the New York Times. Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving ...
NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups ...
Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans to work instead of retiring and with many opting ...
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
... of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells ... In another case, the court said that Massachusetts was wrong to require buffer...
Bloggers Falsely Accuse JPMorgan Chase of Employee "LGBT Loyalty Test"
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... to be the victim of right wing bloggers who have been making erroneous posts alleging the bank requires its ...
More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups
Release Date:
07/25/2014
If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues
Release Date:
08/20/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use innovation to tackle major challenges and improve urban life.
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... Sloane died on August 24 after a lengthy illness. She was 91. Sloane was elected President of the Heckscher Foundation for Children in 1986 and was appointed President Emeritus in 2012. Under...
Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps
Release Date:
11/03/2014
Arcus Foundation, Johnson Family Foundation, Overbrook Foundation and Ford Foundation explore the future of the LGBTQ movement.