Site Search

The Rockefeller Foundation

Funding Area

Technology

Related Organizations

25 Mar 2015

Beyond Gender Equity: How Philanthropy is Taking Gender Norms into Account

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... are the beliefs, scripts and expectations we all have for how to be men and women. And addressing them is proving ... Ana Oliveira, President & CEO, The New York Women's Foundation Scyatta A. Wallace...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Location

OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

Release Date:

02/12/2015

OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Wor k Mayor Bill de Blasio spurred foundation leaders Wednesday to invest in projects and ... not have such access.... OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Ford Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , will help low and middle-income countries facing ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

Release Date:

03/24/2015

North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform Mayor de Blasio has a new police problem ... on the left. The North Star Fund, a liberal activist foundation with ties to de Blasio, has launched a campaign to...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

North Star Fund

OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

Release Date:

03/25/2015

The cost of the drug Naloxone has doubled in the last year.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Deeper Than Political Sound Bites on Economic Inequality

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... This piece was originally published as the feature article for the April 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost ... leaders are: Jane Waldfogel , who is the Compton Foundation Centennial Professor at...

Find More By

News type

PNY News

Winners of the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Announced

Release Date:

05/11/2015

... the winners of the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. Established in ... year's prize-winners will each receive $200,000 per year for up to three years to enable...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Education

Pershing Square Foundation

Related Organizations

Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data

Release Date:

07/01/2015

... donor organizations, and Green 2.0, a group that advocates for increased diversity at environmental groups on the ...

Find More By

News type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

Release Date:

08/14/2015

... On August 5, The Commonwealth Fund, the New York-based not- for -profit “private foundation that aims to promote a high performing healthcare ... improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Public Policy

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

Release Date:

09/01/2015

... chief social corporate responsibility officer and Verizon Foundation president Rose Kirk and several other speakers in commending the young women for their focus on such a critical skill.... Verizon ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Verizon

Q & A with FJC: The ABCs Of Donor-Advised Funds

Release Date:

11/12/2015

... Glickman is the chief executive officer of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, which manages more than ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... philanthropic partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, and Coca-Cola have signed ...

Find More By

News type

Corporate Social Responsibility

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Deutsche Bank Supports Transgender Economic Empowerment Forum

Release Date:

12/10/2015

... organizer Lala Zannell joined First Lady Chirlane McCray for the Transgender Economic Empowerment Forum, held in the ... employment resource tables. “This really is a first for Wall Street,” said Deutsche Bank...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

LGBTQ

Gender Justice

In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan

Release Date:

01/25/2016

... trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation noted for its commitment to pioneering projects in urban affairs ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon

Release Date:

03/24/2016

... through that business. But another Rockefeller-associated foundation , the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, led the way down ...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Family Fund

NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

Release Date:

04/18/2016

... Consumers in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) for our newest priority area: Empowering Health Care ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

New York Health Foundation

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation , Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what ... be doing in the newly created job. The only thing we know for sure is that somebody other...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

Release Date:

08/15/2016

... during his 12 years as mayor of New York City. At the foundation , we apply the same philosophy on data use to global public health. The Data for Health initiative, led by the public health team at Bloomberg...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Commonwealth Fund Exec Comments on Obamacare Marketplace Pressures

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... people gain health coverage. Sara Collins, vice president for healthcare coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that supports independent research on healthcare ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area