MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative
Release Date:
10/20/2015
... schoolyard at the William Cramp Elementary School. “ Making Philadelphia the greenest city in America involves ...
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Weinberg Foundation Launches New Website
Release Date:
10/22/2015
The Weinberg Foundation is proud to announce a complete redesign of its website. The new website is intended to present information more clearly and concisely.
09
Dec
2015
How to Win Friends and Influence Philanthropy
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 -
8:15am to 10:30am
... opportunities to influence organizational decision making Tools to develop a more systematic approach to ...
Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/04/2015
Philanthropic consultants Arabella Advisors is launching a new practice area, titled "Good Food."
Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations
Release Date:
01/06/2016
... group. All activities were designed to test whether, by making their anti-conflict stance well known, these social ... of conflict: A social network experiment in 56 schools," was published in PNAS Early...
Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)
Release Date:
01/07/2016
Many experts concur that two of the challenges keeping people underserved, underbanked and underemployed are a lack of digital skills and financial literacy.
Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy
Release Date:
01/12/2016
Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, writes about the U.S. Supreme Court's potential to weaken public sector labor unions.
07
Jul
2016
Service for Impact
Thursday, July 7, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.
Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit
Release Date:
01/27/2016
Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a longtime researcher of school integration noted there was a difference between imposed and voluntary segregation.
Arabella Advisors Hires Managing Director of Advocacy, Scott Nielsen
Release Date:
02/04/2016
Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.
Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech
Release Date:
02/17/2016
... program, which aims to promote better technology policy making and leadership; the Technology Science Research ...
Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... with a degree in journalism and mass media and a dream of making it in her field. What she lacked was confidence – and a confidant. “I was too nervous to take a journalism job,” said...
Numerous PNY Members Investing in New $31M Living Cities SIB Fund
Release Date:
03/31/2016
Living Cities launched the Blended Catalyst Fund, a $31 million impact investing debt fund that will test innovative approaches to solving urban problems. The Blended Catalyst Fund combines philanthropic and commercial debt under the premise that...
Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Artstor President James Shulman will work with Earl Lewis and Mariët Westermann, president and vice president of the Foundation, respectively, on topics of strategic importance. Among his projects, Shulman will write about high-impact philanthropy,...
NYS Health Announces Funding Opportunity in Its Newest Priority Area, Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State
Release Date:
05/06/2016
NYS Health Foundation expects to fund ambitious, large-scale projects or studies that may, as examples: create new tools and resources for consumers; make the health care system easier to navigate; identify effects of consolidation; or address...
14
Jul
2016
Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change - Webinar
Thursday, July 14, 2016 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Social movements are at the core of society -- raising awareness about issues and providing a voice for those that are often not heard.
Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest
Release Date:
05/12/2016
You don't need a political scientist to tell you something is amiss in America. It's there, lurking, in the presidential primary campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
28
Jun
2016
Building a Healthy Financial Ecosystem for Artists
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 -
9:00am to 10:30am
Artists are important cultural innovators and often the impetus for economic and social transformation. In order to sustain a healthy cultural ecosystem and contribute to the larger community, individual artists must ensure their own basic needs and...
NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... dedicated to improving our region through strategic grant making , civic engagement, and smart philanthropy. NY ...
Ford Foundation and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/10/2016
In many cases, foundations wish to solve social problems like extreme poverty and hunger — but acquire their resources through forces that have arguably helped create those very problems.