Anti-Poverty Research Study Launched in NY
Release Date:
05/18/2014
The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, and UJA-Federation of New York have...
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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial
Release Date:
05/22/2015
... in HuffPost Editorial On Wednesday evening, May 20, New York City celebrated what New York magazine calls "the Oscars for Libraries." The 2nd ... each, after being selected by a distinguished panel...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs “The New York Theater Program recognizes the out-sized influence of the city’s small and mid-sized nonprofit theater ... organizations on the development and...
NYS Health Foundation Co-Authors Column on Blocking Immigrants from Essential Services
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... foreign-born residents, immigrants are vital to the health of New York City’s economy and neighborhoods. The critical ... bringing in one third of the overall earned-income in New...
Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down New data for 2016, released by the U.S. Census Bureau last ... drops in poverty, especially childhood poverty, in New York City. The new figures...
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Apr
2016
Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
... time for nonprofits all across the United States. Years of government cost-cutting, shifting priorities and funding ... in LA and about the strategies that might be employed in New York to increase the...
2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences Announced
Release Date:
06/10/2014
... Foundation and the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund have announced the 12 recipients of the 2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the ... each receive $75,000 a year for three years. Aimed...
Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing
Release Date:
06/09/2015
Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing Community loan funds are ... While community loan funds have a 30+ year track record of successfully lending in underserved areas, investors and .....
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula
Release Date:
08/06/2015
... Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) and the University of Michigan's ArtsEngine program have received an $800,000 ... from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund the SPARC Project:...
Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government
Release Date:
09/08/2015
Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government The head of the Indian operations of the U.S.-based Ford Foundation, one of the world's largest .....
Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was selected to receive ... a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund . After...
Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come? One of Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s major philanthropic ... are changing. The funding goes toward the work of Greg Johnson, who works for the NOAA...
Groups seek changes in NY policy as hunger grows
Release Date:
10/14/2013
ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocacy groups are pushing for changes in New York policy to attack what they say is a rising tide of hunger among the working poor, children and the elderly ... to streamline its procedures to...
NY begins first statewide school-to-job project
Release Date:
11/03/2013
... Litow was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about a new statewide workforce development program for high school ... program to link students with companies in search of specific job skills is set to...
JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills
Release Date:
12/11/2013
JPMorgan Chase's new $250 million initiative aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job markets, reports The New York Times. When Mayor Rahm...
Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY
Release Date:
06/11/2014
Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY In an interview with the Jewish ... down at the end of the month as CEO of UJA-Federation of...
Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... awarded a large grant by a private foundation to support a new program aimed at enhancing the academic experience for its second-year ... program. This new program will offer a new...
Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in ... Advocate Letitia James called for the city Department of Education to appoint a chief...
Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty
Release Date:
03/31/2016
Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty Noting the ... nationwide approach to the goal of more diversity at the front of college classrooms...
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Oct
2016
Funder Briefing on Poverty in the LGBTQ Community
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 -
2:30pm to 4:30pm
... transgender, and queer Americans face higher rates of poverty than their straight counterparts? Have you heard ... policy advocates, and fellow funders who are working hard at the intersections of...