Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

23 Mar 2015

Holistic Monitoring and Evaluation for Peace and Security Work - Webinar

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

In this webinar, we will explore how to use ... Foster, Chief Executive Officer, Global Insight Designed for All interested funders. Registration Registration is ... register@philanthropynewyork.org with any...

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Topic(s)

09 Apr 2015

More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar

Thursday, April 9, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... are proving to be impactful and cost efficient. Join us for this webinar, where Peace and Security Funders Group ... Milt Lauenstein will discuss lessons from his 10+ years funding locally-led peacebuilding...

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Board & Trustees

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

30 Apr 2015

"Exit Interviews" with Former and Retiring Foundation CEOs

Thursday, April 30, 2015 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join us in conversation with three great leaders in the philanthropic field – Corinne Rieder, David Nee and ... Rieder , President, John A. Hartford Foundation Designed for All funders...

Find More By

Event type

Professional Development

Format

Audience

Board & Trustees

Executive Leadership

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Location

New York State Health Foundation Releases New Reports on the Potential of Accountable Care

Release Date:

04/10/2015

... the potential to improve patient care and reduce costs. In New York, 27 provider organizations are now participating in Medicare's Pioneer ACO program or in the Medicaid shared savings...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

New York Health Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

Release Date:

04/23/2015

... Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business A variety of simultaneous trends are ... active roles – at work or in their communities – for as long as possible...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... mediating between the city and its creditors. He called in an all-star squad of foundation presidents—the newly ... request, "Foundations fund the future. They don't pay for the mistakes of the past...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

PHI Granted $50,000 Award to Commemorate Retirement of President of John A. Hartford Foundation

Release Date:

07/15/2015

... a $50,000 grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation in honor of Corinne H. Rieder, Ed.D., who as president led the Foundation for nearly 20 years until her retirement this spring. Dr. ... care teams, has also...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The John A. Hartford Foundation

Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

Release Date:

08/17/2015

... "Foundations are investing 100 percent of their assets for impact; they just don't know whether it's positive or ... negative." The F.B. Heron Foundation is guided by a belief in socially...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

F.B. Heron Foundation

Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

Release Date:

09/18/2015

... Sickle Cell Research The discovery, published in the journal Nature, creates a path for developing gene editing approaches for treating SCD and other hemoglobin disorders, such as ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

The Simons Foundation

03 Nov 2015

Building a Program-Based Budget, and Other Secrets to Successful Financial Management - Webinar

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... to assist nonprofits with aligning budget line items for restricted (and unrestricted) revenue sources. ... Participants will receive a free copy of the tool for use in their own...

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

Release Date:

11/12/2015

Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace ... they so desperately need. That’s an agonizing choice for any nonprofit, because we genuinely want to change the ... results, but throughout...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

The Wallace Foundation

Robertson Foundation

AT&T Foundation

NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... co-directors of the NoVo Foundation, wrote an op-ed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, calling for a model of philanthropy that “leads from the heart.” As the non-profit funding sector focuses...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

NoVo Foundation

Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida A smartphone app might help ... & Rehabilitation app. Findings were published Oct. 20 in the American Journal of Physical...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Related Organizations

Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

Release Date:

12/15/2015

... Michael Platt, the James S. Riepe University Professor in the psychology, neuroscience and marketing departments at ... giving in humans. Such a link could have implications for people with...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

Release Date:

01/07/2016

... crisis has abated, it remains a devastating morass for many, especially young adults, ethnic and racial ... is critical to avoiding high levels of debt, excess fees for financial products, accessing credit and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Capital One [Corporate]

The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

Release Date:

01/15/2016

... on foundations whose endowments were heavily invested in a deteriorating stock market. For the Robert Bowne Foundation, the loss of over one-third ... had a couple of choices. We could have not made any grants...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Robert Bowne Foundation

Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms

Release Date:

01/26/2016

... Viruses infect more than humans or plants. For microorganisms in the oceans -- including those that capture half of the ... as part of a working group from the National Institute for...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

Release Date:

02/02/2016

... Foundation, one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New York, has appointed Tara Seeley as ... position with Plan 2020, the bicentennial planning process for Indianapolis, she worked with...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Westchester Community Foundation

Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

02/03/2016

Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) ... have corrected a blindness-causing gene mutation in stem cells derived from an affected patient. The...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Research to Prevent Blindness

Doris Duke Foundation

Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

Release Date:

02/18/2016

... biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene ... term, the results suggest Nmu as a potential candidate for...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Rita Allen Foundation

Pages

Filter By

Content Type

Funding area

Topic

Audience