Site Search

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

18 May 2023

Setting a New Standard: The Role of Philanthropy in Grantee Working Conditions

Thursday, May 18, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... to “practice what they preach,” to improve jobs while investing in long-term, enduring impact. Come learn more ... you know? **This is a part of our From Possibility into Practice program series, to build on...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Format

Breakout Discussion

Livestream

Presentation

Roundtable Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

Release Date:

10/25/2013

... in a Crain's New York Business article on our research into institutional giving totals for Superstorm Sandy. ... Super storm Sandy as of earlier this month, according to report by Philanthropy New York,...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Related Organizations

North Star Fund

CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

Release Date:

05/30/2014

The USA has the most measles cases in 20 years and the most since homegrown outbreaks were eliminated in 2000, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.

Find More By

Funding Area

Health

Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media

Release Date:

09/24/2014

... network Open Society Foundations published a 360-page report that evaluated the forces affecting digital media ... innovations in the past ten years. A good portion of the report examined the ways in which the...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Technology

Commission: US Lacks Strategies to Lower Child Abuse Deaths (Casey Family Programs)

Release Date:

03/18/2016

... years. But citing gaps in how this data is compiled, the report suggests the actual number may be as high as 3,000 a ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Related Organizations

Casey Family Programs

Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government

Release Date:

03/21/2016

... permission” category. The Ministry, on the basis of a report sent by the Gujarat government last year, had put the ... to “national security”. The Gujarat government report had said that the organisation...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... in communities and organizations around the world, a report from the Institute of International Education finds. The report , Social Justice and Sustainable Change: The Impact of ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

Release Date:

09/15/2016

The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Research to Prevent Blindness

Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

Release Date:

09/22/2016

... in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education. According to "A Primer on the College Student Journey," a report released Thursday by the Commission on...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

Release Date:

12/15/2016

... The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has released a report that suggests a diminishing share of United ... humanistic research, business, and government. Its final report will recommend a range of options...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists

Release Date:

01/18/2017

Months before actress Meryl Streep's plug at the Golden Globes for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Donald Trump was on the group's radar for his contempt for reporters and their bosses.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Blaustein Foundation

The Overbrook Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation

Rockefeller, Gates and Norway to Bolster ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Following Climate Change Flooding Fears

Release Date:

05/22/2017

... flooded after permafrost melted and sent water “gushing into the entrance tunnel.” Panic began to spread online ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Food Systems

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... were married from 2000 to 2015 in the U.S., according to a report released Wednesday by the Tahirih Justice Center, a ... marriage problem,” said Jeanne Smoot, author of the report . “It hurts children here,...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

UN Moves To Blacklist Saudi Coalition For Violations Against Children In Yemen

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... for grave violations against children in conflict. The report , parts of which have been seen by the Guardian, ...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits

Release Date:

11/09/2017

... the state of for-profit higher education in America. The report comes as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faces ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

Release Date:

12/10/2018

... variation between states' total healthcare costs. The report also found vast differences in costs between five .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Materials for Philanthropy New York's 42nd Annual Meeting Business Meeting

Publication date:

05/2021

... 2021 Draft Minutes from the 41st Annual Meeting 2021 Report of the Governance & Nominating Committee Biographical ... the candidates nominated to the Board of Directors Formal Report of the Board of Directors to the memebrs (audited ...