JPB, Rockefeller Support New Initiative, 'Reimagining the Civic Commons'
Release Date:
09/08/2016
... equitable revitalization, to be enjoyed by many, not just neighborhood elites. On Thursday, the JPB Foundation, the ...
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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... by a distinguished committee of civic, business, and neighborhood leaders all hailing from Brooklyn. The Spark ...
Capital One, Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season
Release Date:
04/11/2017
... bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. This year's .....
Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Changing Americans’ access to healthy nutrition and replacing those food deserts with well-stocked stores starts at the local level, says Dr. Garth Graham, president of the nonprofit Aetna Foundation, which each year provides funding to local...
NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement
Release Date:
05/04/2017
Charitable giving can help create a cleaner, healthier environment by supporting communities already coping with climate change and other environmental burdens and ensuring they lead the way in a creating a more just, sustainable future.
Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools
Release Date:
08/31/2017
City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year.
New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... seats is coming to East 76th Street, providing spots in a neighborhood clamoring for more pre-K options, DNAinfo New ...
Red Tape, Frustration Pushing Out Applicants for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Program, Report Shows
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Hurricane Sandy victims have dropped out in droves from the city’s Build It Back recovery program, new data shows.
City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... by $33 million. It will now cost $318 million to rehab 67 neighborhood parks under the Community Parks Initiative, up ...
NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... housing development in the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood of East Williamsburg. The new mid-rise ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... grantmaking effort in Crown Heights, a rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood of Hasidic Jews, West Indians and ...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census
Release Date:
06/29/2018
The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’s kids with the likely undercount of about 1 million children under age 5 in the 2020 census, as the Foundation released the 2018...
TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change
Release Date:
05/28/2013
... Vincent Stehle, the Executive Director of Media Impact Funders , provide a recap of our recent program on the vision ...
Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead
Release Date:
02/12/2013
New York Foundation Executive Director Maria Mottola talks about a recent funder trip to meet nonprofit leaders in Far Rockaway and what she and others learned about the challenges that community faces.
Impact Investing in New York and Beyond
Release Date:
07/12/2012
... discuss recent investment projects across New York and how funders can successfully implement their own impact investing ...
Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking
Release Date:
05/16/2013
Health and Environmental Funders Network Program Manager Ramtin Arablouei shares the ...
Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season
Release Date:
02/21/2012
... Sterling Clark Foundation, offers her suggestions on how funders can promote important issues to political candidates ...
Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners
Publication date:
01/2013
Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to ...
Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity
Publication date:
09/2013
... the core capacities nonprofits need to collaborate and how funders can help. Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit ...
The Boom in Charitable Funds
Release Date:
01/23/2013
... charitable gift funds at Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group . Due to an uncertain tax climate and several years of ... Investments Charles SchwabSCHW -0.22% and Vanguard Group ... The Boom in Charitable...