NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... MEDIA CONTACTS: Nancy Guida, 646-564-5988 or nguida@nywf. org Ilyse Fink or Barbara Dimajo, 212-575-4545 or ...
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Wallace Foundation Names Gigi Antoni New Director of Learning and Enrichment
Release Date:
02/28/2017
Giselle “Gigi” Antoni, president and CEO of Big Thought in Dallas, a nonprofit organization that focuses on building partnerships that close the opportunity gap through creative out-of-school time programs, will join Wallace after May 1, said Will...
William T. Grant Foundation Names Rosanna Aybar as Vice President, Finance And Administration
Release Date:
03/13/2017
Ms. Aybar will oversee the external managers of the Foundation’s endowment. She will also have responsibility for the Foundation’s budget, accounting, audit, human resources, and information technology systems, as well as management of the...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Artealia Gilliard as its First Director of Communications
Release Date:
03/23/2017
In this role, Gilliard will be a key member of the leadership team supporting the Foundation and the work of NCF grantees and Fellows to advance innovative and visionary solutions to the two most challenging problems of our time – the climate crisis...
Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program
Release Date:
05/04/2017
A Kentucky native, Will brings almost 15 years of experience in advocacy, organizing, fundraising and grantmaking designed to increase justice for low-income communities of color across the country and internationally.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines Hospital Patients’ Refusal of Home Care Services & the Impact on Readmissions and Outcomes
Release Date:
05/15/2017
United Hospital Fund and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation analyzed the issue of patients who refuse home health care services when they are discharged from inpatient care. Such refusals can lead to higher rates of readmission to...
Carnegie Names Nine Philanthropists as Recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/26/2017
... the man, please visit our website at MedalofPhilanthropy. org , and follow us on Twitter @CarnegieMedal #CMOP Carnegie ...
Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship
Release Date:
06/28/2017
The Arcus Foundation announced the selection of 12 executive directors to participate in the Arcus Leadership Fellowship. Among this year’s fellows are a longtime grassroots activist organizing around issues of social, economic, and environmental...
Adam Falk Named Next President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Release Date:
06/29/2017
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named Adam Frederick Falk to be the next president of the Foundation, effective January 2018. Falk is currently the President of Williams College.
William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/12/2017
The William T. Grant Foundation today announced the appointments of Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to serve as members of its Board of Trustees. Both have been longtime advocates and voices for vulnerable children and youth.
Four Philanthropy Leaders Join Forum's Board of Directors
Release Date:
07/26/2017
Four philanthropy leaders from across the country have joined the Board of Directors of United Philanthropy Forum, the largest network serving philanthropy in America. The new Directors were elected by the Forum’s membership at its 2017 Annual...
American Cities Lead the Way Amongst 25 Climate Change Projects Competing to be C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Eleven US cities, including Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., are among the 25 finalists for the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017. These projects represent the most ambitious and...
ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Advocates say a food-stamp program that includes pet food would address a little-discussed gap in the social safety net: Currently, there is no federal program that helps low-income people care for their pets.
Pinkerton Foundation Adds $3.8 Million To John Jay Fellowship Initiative
Release Date:
01/25/2018
The Pinkerton Foundation announced the grant to John Jay College of Criminal Justice for continued support of the school’s Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative. Now in its sixth year, the Initiative provides funding for up to nineteen John Jay...
Zul Jamal and Carley Roney Join Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors
Release Date:
02/05/2018
Zul Jamal and Carley Roney Join Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Zul Jamal and Carley Roney to its Board of Directors, effective Friday, January...
Poses Family Foundation and Citi Behind New Public-Private Partnership to Pull People With Disabilities Out of Poverty
Release Date:
02/08/2018
The new partnership centered on people with disabilities includes CCD, the de Blasio administration and the National Disability Institute. The Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities, the Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial...
The Wallace Foundation Releases New Guide to Help School Districts Recruit Students for Voluntary Summer Learning Programs
Release Date:
03/06/2018
The resource, “ Summer Learning Recruitment Guide, ” is available online and in print and is based on the experiences of five large urban districts and their community partners that recruited thousands of children for voluntary summer learning...
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Apr
2018
Private Funders Meeting with Dr. Mitchell Katz
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Please join Philanthropy New York’s Health Working Group for a special funders meeting with Dr. Mitchell Katz , the new President of NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) at Philanthropy New York on Wednesday, April 4 th from 9:00 am...
Christine Heenan Joins The Rockefeller Foundation as Vice President for Policy, Partnerships and Communications
Release Date:
03/19/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Christine Heenan, founder and president of Clarendon Group and former vice president of public affairs and communications for Harvard University, will join the Foundation as vice president for policy,...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Consolidates Its Programs
Release Date:
06/05/2018
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is the latest major grantmaker to consolidate its programs in a bid to be more strategic. Its CEO explains that this wasn’t an easy process.