Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare
Release Date:
10/19/2016
... philanthropic capital from high profile institutions such as Google.org, Y Combinator and the Pershing Square ...
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Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
Release Date:
11/01/2016
... But the way the foundation has zeroed in on this niche— as a key leverage point for its grant dollars—makes a lot ...
Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship
Release Date:
11/07/2016
... open society challenges. The fellowship program seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those ...
Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs
Release Date:
11/09/2016
Research shows that only 13 percent to 17 percent of the total annual funding needs for restoration and conservation are met — about $50 billion.
Long Island Community Foundation Supports Diversity Through International Food Tasting at Gala Fresh Farms
Release Date:
11/15/2016
One of the goals of the newly formed Peconic River Community Development Alliance is to bring people of different backgrounds and ethnicities together in Riverhead Town.
Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members
Release Date:
12/16/2016
TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Open Society Foundations form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort to promote sharing of articles and data between researchers and organizations.
US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact
Release Date:
02/03/2017
Funded by U.S. Trust, the survey also found that small foundations and individual donors have been formalizing their governance structures and process over the past decade.
Century Foundation Report Finds Out Why High-Risk Insurance Pools Still Won't Work
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... House Republicans show plans to create high-risk pools as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) .....
CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001
Release Date:
03/07/2017
While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison with other international donors, the Ford Foundation was an important international actor and the biggest player within international philanthropy for almost 50 years.
Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation
Release Date:
03/13/2017
... to Combat Misinformation Working alongside Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on ...
Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs
Release Date:
04/17/2017
The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’s progress toward democracy.
Watchdog Group Claims MTA Mistakenly Signed off on $42M Towers with No Use
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... towers worth $42 million at bridges and tunnels, as part of Gov. Cuomo’s open-road tolling project. Reinvent ... voting on contracts for the towers described in documents as “architectural enhancements” that...
Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond
Release Date:
10/01/2018
... college plans have gained significant momentum recently, as public funding for higher education has fallen and student ...
18
Nov
2021
Money, Money, Money – Beyond Philanthropy: What is the Role of Public Dollars? A Webinar Hosted by CDP
Thursday, November 18, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Join the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid in a webinar to highlight findings from the 2021 Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. The report is an annual publication by CDP and Candid that examines how much funding...
06
May
2015
Scaling for Social Impact: Perspectives from Both Sides
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -
9:15am to 11:15am
... support them? Presenters Chitra Aiyar , Executive Director , Sadie Nash Leadership Project Sarah Jankowski , Program Director , Viking Global Investors Pooja O’Hanlon , Executive Director , The...
09
Nov
2015
How Does Implicit Bias Influence Philanthropic Effectiveness?
Monday, November 9, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Jeanné Isler , Field Director at the National Committee for Responsive ... the definitions of Implicit Bias, how it affects all of us as individuals, and how it impacts the...
13
Oct
2020
Housing and Homelessness Narrative Change: From Research to Action - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 3:00pm
... projects of their own Speakers Sarah Armour-Jones , Director of Communications, Melville Charitable Trust Ruby Bolaria-Shifrin , Director , Housing Affordability, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Jeanne Fekade-...
26
Jan
2022
Flexing Your Biggest Muscle: Shareholder Engagement for Foundations
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
... a company’s behavior by exercising their rights as partial owners. However, shareholder engagement is tool ... by breakout discussions. Speakers Shelley Alpern , Director of Corporate Engagement, Rhia Ventures...
08
Apr
2013
Public/Private Partnerships That Work
Monday, April 8, 2013 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
... from a railroad bridge abandoned since 1974, opened as a New York state park in October 2009. The Dyson Foundation in ... by Dyson found that the Walkway has resulted in 383 new jobs, $9.4...