JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... donors whose names are disclosed on the agency’s website in lobbying disclosures. . . JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule ...
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals Many discussions about ... Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development...
New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Food Diversity An EU-funded index measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, giving investors a benchmark for assessing how companies and governments are making food...
Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from ... brings the pan-Asian museum up to the $61-million mark for fund-raising. “Both Akiko and...
MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix. An ambitious MTA plan to rescue the subway from collapse may get scaled back for lack of funding , the head of the MTA...
Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods Mayor de Blasio's free school ... lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community...
‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City
Release Date:
10/02/2017
‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City They have prior criminal records but now aim ... and their tactics helped to drive down crime in East New York and the South Bronx, two neighborhoods analyzed...
9 Million Kids Get Health Insurance Under CHIP. Congress Just Let It Expire.
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... to expire. If action is not taken soon to restore the funding , the effects will become obvious in schools across the country, with many of the children in the program unable to see a doctor...
Collector’s Heirs Praise Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Collector’s Heirs Praise Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII The Geneva lawyer for the heirs of a Jewish woman whose art collection was ... euros (about $94,000) from France’s reparations fund for...
Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... Schumer (N.Y.) played hardball on Wednesday, saying a fix for ObamaCare that is being negotiated by Sens. Lamar ... (D-Wash.) should be attached to the children’s health funding bill. Senate Finance Committee...
Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market. There are $92 trillion in...
A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... it means incorporating the desire to make a difference in the world into the investment process. Green bonds, fixed ... are an example of leadership from the investment community in addressing the threat of...
House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and wildfires. The ... measure 353 to 69. It will go to the Senate, which is not in session until next week...
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... initiative to become healthier, more active places. Urban in density but rural in its disconnectedness from the rest of New York City, ... working together with residents and local organizations in...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... oblige, seeking to blunt the sharp edges of capitalism by funding programs that sustain the poor. Under the leadership ... Walker, the Ford Foundation is taking a different tack. " In philanthropy we must...
Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India
Release Date:
12/08/2017
Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India The Nudge Foundation, which is backed by Infosys ... its operations across India. Currently operating only in Karnataka, the firm will use the funds for...
When Venture Philanthropy Meets Organizing: A Page from Propel Capital’s Playbook
Release Date:
01/30/2018
... CEO Propel Capital When we first started Propel Capital in 2008, we sought innovative ways to leverage capital for social impact. We looked across sectors, considered ... draws on some of the same principles...
Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism
Release Date:
02/23/2018
... of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism Racial disparities in philanthropic giving are fundamentally about whom we trust ... ever going to make true...
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New York Aging Funders - Spring Meeting
Thursday, May 3, 2018 -
2:30pm to 4:00pm
... a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging and services for older adults. Philanthropy New York members funding or interested in...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census
Release Date:
06/29/2018
... Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned ... policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’s kids with...