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Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field
Publication date:
04/2012
GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and how it’s useful to scan the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An update of their 2004 publication, with 15 new interviews, Scan 2.0 is filled with examples of scans that have helped funders find a strategic direction, hear from key constituencies, understand emerging issues, map the funding environment and synthesize information and find gaps.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
... with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a ...
Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact
Release Date:
02/14/2012
Our collaborative program on January 10th examined the Reimagining Service and Cities of Service initiatives and how supporting volunteer capacity can strengthen grantees and increase the impact of grantmaking, even in an era of reduced funding. We’...
Working with Start-Ups: Grant Makers and New Organizations
Publication date:
04/2003
In this GrantCraft guide, grant makers from a wide range of funding organizations describe their experiences as supporters of new nonprofits, or start-ups. Find out how they negotiated the path from idea to organization, and what they learned along the way about how to solve problems and help an organization sustain itself into the future. Contributors to this guide also offer their recommendations for capacity-building resources on the Web.
Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting
Release Date:
04/16/2013
... outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its ...
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust- fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust .....
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, ...
New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement [North Star Fund ] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of ...
Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced
Release Date:
05/03/2016
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced 21 recipients of its fifth annual Doris Duke Artist Awards. Among them are eight jazz artists.
With Support From Doris Duke, WRI Aims to Scale Restoration to Deliver Environmental and Financial Returns
Release Date:
09/08/2016
Despite plenty of political momentum for forest restoration, only about 17% of funding needs are met each year with very little of that coming from the private sector.
02
Feb
2017
New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting
Thursday, February 2, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network with colleagues, and catch up on topics impacting foster youth today.
Hospitals: We Want Billions Back if Obamacare Dismantled
Release Date:
02/10/2017
Hospital executives have a clear message for Washington: if you dismantle the Affordable Care Act, we want billions in funding replaced.
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
Release Date:
09/06/2017
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will open for applications for its 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators on October 2. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year.
21
Nov
2017
New York Aging Funders - Fall Meeting
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 -
12:30pm to 2:00pm
... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging ... Network’s aim is to advance members’ knowledge of: ( 1 ) current and emerging needs among...
29
Nov
2017
New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
New York Foster Youth Funders Group is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster...
How the Rockefeller Auction is Leaving an Inspirational Legacy
Release Date:
05/08/2018
... The auction is estimated to bring in a record-breaking $ 1 billion, specifically endowing a select number of ... Council on Foreign Relations The David Rockefeller Fund Harvard University Museum of Modern Art...
09
Jul
2019
Meet and Greet with the New Commissioner of DFTA
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging ...
30
Jul
2019
New York Environmental Funders Network – Summer Meeting
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program areas of environment, ... Network’s aim is to advance members’ knowledge of: ( 1 ) current and emerging issues in these...
01
Oct
2024
October 2024 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Fall Meeting
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
... Age-Friendly Funders is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging ... The network aims to advance members’ knowledge of ( 1 ) current and emerging needs among...