Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... operation known for its creative chaos. Stone set to work. As he told me last year, his goal was to create a more ...
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Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity
Release Date:
08/17/2016
... Foundation declared itself all-in on equity, setting this as its exclusive focus. In this, they join the Ford ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the five organizations selected to receive its first annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in Brooklyn’s thriving nonprofit sector.
Rockefeller, Gates and Norway to Bolster ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Following Climate Change Flooding Fears
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... in the remote Arctic. It is intended to operate as a backup to seed banks around the world in case of a major ...
Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program
Release Date:
08/28/2017
One of the country’s largest servicers of federal student loans has badly mismanaged debt forgiveness programs for public service workers, significantly raising repayment costs for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, according to a lawsuit filed on...
Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... standards while they often face what’s become known as "operational anxiety" as they try to figure out how to pay for rising costs that .....
What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... it’s only belt buckles clanging and zippers being pulled as everyone hurries in silence to get dressed. The ship’s rhythmic engine roars to life as it heads toward its target. It’s 6 a.m. on the Vos ...
City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year
Release Date:
09/11/2017
The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class.
Voters Pick Women Over Men in Primary for All Six Brooklyn Judicial Seats
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... voters chose a combination of women from both slates as well as a female judge running independently. . . Voters Pick ...
De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Nearly two years after Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing to deal with the homelessness crisis, just 48 units are ready and occupied, The Post has learned.
Closing Space for Open Society
Release Date:
05/17/2018
The operating environment has gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their office from Budapest, Soros’ birth city, to Berlin.
Report: Job Gains In NY, But Not Everywhere
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... In NY, But Not Everywhere Unemployment rates are down for New York state overall, but wide swaths of upstate had fewer jobs in 2016 than in 2011, according to a new report. New York's...
What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to create new charter schools in New York City. "So what's new about ... the type of charter schools the funder wants to support,...
Cuomo Warns NY House Republicans
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... criticized on Wednesday Republican House members from New York who have supported broad changes to the Affordable ... cuts that would impact hospitals and tax reform efforts as “reprehensible.” Cuomo compared...
Financial Series - Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees
... the program, Financial Series - The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity Financial ...
The Fall’s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... unfolding in real time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as this august institution tries to right itself after ... A lot has happened since Thomas P. Campbell, its director of eight years, resigned under...
The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award
Release Date:
06/06/2018
... The Covenant Award Naomi Ackerman, Founder and Executive Director of The Advot Project, Los Angeles, CA; Deborah Newbrun, Senior Jewish Educator and Director Emeritus at Camp Tawonga, San Francisco, CA; and Dr...
Why Helping Pets Helps People
Release Date:
12/05/2013
... found or rescued, the owner typically benefits just as much as the animal. That’s easy to picture. But what’s ... of the constituencies served by grantees of Philanthropy New York members...
Bank of America and JPMorgan Work to Find Social Enterprise Solutions to Break Down Employment Barriers
Release Date:
08/11/2015
... it has received a federal grant from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) program, totaling $7 million over the next two ... with mental health disabilities. The Social Innovation Fund is a powerful approach to...
JPMorgan Chase Strengthens Its Commitment To Support Urban Entrepreneurs of Color
Release Date:
02/27/2018
... annual support. The bulk of that extra grantmaking will fund existing focus areas like workforce and youth ... giving in Detroit through the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund . Located at the Detroit Development...