To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy
Release Date:
05/22/2013
Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian delivered this address ... to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University’s class of...
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Morgan Stanley Pledges Additional $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
05/21/2013
The new $8 million commitment is part of its continuing Fill the Plate initiative and an expansion ... longstanding partnership with Feeding America through a new $8 million commitment to its...
Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap
Release Date:
10/15/2013
... Education Forum conversation on the achievement gap in New York City was reviewed on The Times’ SchoolBook blog. ... rates have risen dramatically across the board in New York City yet, close observers...
Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools
Release Date:
10/08/2013
... strides" in raising high school graduation rates, two new reports published today find the New York City public schools still face huge challenges in .....
Giving Circles: More Impact to Go Around
Release Date:
11/07/2013
Ana L. Oliveira, President of the New York Women's Foundation, is quoted in a New York Times examination of the rise of giving circles. .....
Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive
Publication date:
03/2014
A skyrocketing stock market helped boost the assets of the Gates, Hewlett, and other big foundations last year to ... Recession gutted endowments six years ago, according to a new Chronicle survey. Yet grant makers still aren’t as rich ... giving. What it’s not doing though: crimping ambitious new grant-making efforts to deal with vexing problems…. ...
Deadline approaching: NYSHealth's 10th Anniversary Awards Program Nominations/Applications
Release Date:
06/01/2016
... To mark its 10th anniversary in 2016, the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has created two special awards programs to recognize a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to...
Edwin Gould Foundation Helps Present 2016 Blackboard Awards For Teachers
Release Date:
07/08/2016
... the 2016 Blackboard Awards for Teachers honoring seventeen of the finest teachers from around New York City. The event was sponsored in part by the Edwin Gould Foundation, Kumon, Manhattan Media and ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program Gives $400K to Community Hospital
Release Date:
04/12/2017
... has received a $400,000 grant to be used to purchase a new CT scanner. The grant comes from the Leona M. and Harry ... According to a news release from the hospital, the new CT scanner will allow for faster...
Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking
Release Date:
05/16/2013
... possible fracking. Most states are not on the sidelines of this serious industrial activity. Is your state in the ... constitution. And similar laws have been proposed in New York . To learn more about the...
Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact
Publication date:
12/2010
Three foundations — the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund , the Energy Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges we face: civil rights, ... protection. This case study provides an in-depth look at how these foundations cultivate an understanding of their ...
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
... sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s ... Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation ...
Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting
Release Date:
04/16/2013
... outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its investigation of a pipeline oil spill in Michigan. InsideClimate News, a ... outlet that covers...
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust- fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust .....
Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities
Release Date:
06/07/2013
... and six other cities next year, slashing the number of the fundraising events by half, as participation continues ...
Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District
Release Date:
08/14/2013
Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite .....
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown ...
Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... from the DDCF, artists are “appointed in recognition of their creative vitality and ongoing contributions to the fields of dance, jazz and theater.” Awardees will each receive ...
JPB Foundation Plays a Role in Improving a Blighted Park in Baltimore
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... say, the campaign will result in the development of training resources for park, planning, and green ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... more than $5 million in funding through a combination of grants from JDRF, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Health, and The Leona M. ...