A Short Guide to Impact Investing
Publication date:
02/2015
... individuals, family offices and others to know some of the questions , if not the answers, to determine what’s right for them and what to do next to move toward meaningful, ...
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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard
Release Date:
07/09/2010
... connotes protests and raises IRS concerns. For others, direct services seem too “simple,” merely ... in advocacy or direct services, but certainly not both. For better or worse, the recent economic crisis has...
Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
02/03/2016
Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) ... it could potentially be transplanted without the need for anti-rejection drugs. The research was...
NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals
Release Date:
09/02/2016
NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals The New York State Health Foundation ... (NYSHealth) 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available. Applicants must...
Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... Today's consumers, particularly millennials, are looking for more than just a product from the brands they support. ... want social responsibility and corporate accountability. For many companies, this is...
In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... in Times of Disaster Beginning the weekend of August 26– 27 , Hurricane Harvey bore down on Texas and Western Louisiana, surpassing records for total rainfall from a single hurricane in the continental .....
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... Fund, which was awarded $1.2 million in support of Funders for Housing and Opportunity, a national collaborative ... in three low-income private school choice locales; and $8. 5 million over three years to the...
Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways
Release Date:
06/18/2018
... where she stood with a sign that read “Your Narcissism for Sale” and offered to sell the spheres to passers-by for about $2. The piece has since been installed around the ... other mirror-based pieces — is...
Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY Member, Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away
Release Date:
08/16/2018
Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY ... courageous battle with cancer. Joyce was born on August 27 , 1950 in Medford, MA to the late Frank and Grace Bove. She ... MPA from Indiana...
Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program
Release Date:
09/05/2018
... Fellowships program, open to Puerto Rican youths age 18– 27 with proposed projects focusing on human rights and ... said Karina Claudio Betancourt, program officer for the Puerto Rico Project at the Open...
New Survey from Commonwealth Fund: Just Over a Quarter of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information
Release Date:
09/26/2019
... Fund: Just Over a Quarter of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information Slightly more than one-fourth ( 27 %) of adults favor eliminating all private health insurance and instituting a...
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Executive, Dennis Johnson, to Co-Chair PNY Working Group
Release Date:
01/28/2022
... to Co-Chair PNY Working Group Our Managing Director for Strategy and Evaluation, Dennis Johnson, has been named ... Working Group. We are looking forward to his enthusiasm for making greater connections across...
New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
Release Date:
09/11/2009
... York’s newest members, the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), in our Member Spotlight. We ... your primary areas of focus? Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS) is committed...
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Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Equity: How Can School Districts Provide Effective Teaching in Every Classroom?
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10:00am to 11:30am
MEMBERS: Please log in to register yourself or a colleague online by clicking on the link above (visible through May 31st). NON-MEMBERS: Please fill out this online form . A program presented by...
NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education
Release Date:
07/30/2015
... of later dropping out of high school, research shows. And for students of color and with disabilities, the punitive repercussions for minor misbehavior are even more severe. This crisis of ... Mayor Bill de...
Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age
Release Date:
02/13/2017
... of programs and advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education and a recognized voice in progressive ... particularly on the local level. County and city leaders, for example, have very practical needs...
Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway
Release Date:
03/27/2017
... Rahman, senior program officer, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) DDFIA is an extension of the Doris ... Chanelle Truscott performed a piece arguing the need for “societal rehearsal.” Truscott...
Unbound Philanthropy and OSF Among U.S. Foundations Taking Action to Address Refugee Crisis, Report Finds
Release Date:
06/20/2018
... Weingart Foundation — the report offers suggestions for how philanthropy can leverage its resources and calls on ...
Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'
Release Date:
06/19/2014
... and The Rockefeller Foundation. From a search for new technology to thwart robocallers to a bid to boost ... prizes awarded since 2010. The median purse for the government prizes has jumped to about $10,000 in...
LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund
Release Date:
07/16/2014
... Nine LGBT-themed documentary films have been selected for support from the Arcus Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute. Established in 2013 , the fund supports independent, high potential ... support. "...