Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use
Release Date:
08/10/2017
... later, the story goes, Ackman said the board didn’t want to prolong her fundraising and committed to supporting ...
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Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... I just felt I had to do it now,” he says. “I didn’t want to leave the wall up too long, because it would look ...
Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’s future, which includes the use of science and technology for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-...
Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... possession of information that the police or prosecutors want . While the warrants are ostensibly meant to seek the ...
Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job
Release Date:
09/11/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration quietly announced a policy reversal: In the coming year, schools will once again be forced to hire teachers that no other school has wanted to hire.
Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A conversation with Williamson Foundation's ED Caroline Williams explores how the foundation uses adaptive leadership, the framework developed by Dr. Ronald Heifetz and colleagues at Harvard’s Kennedy School, as a form of reflective practice.
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
A new health care bill before the Senate would require every state in the country to make a ssoup-to-nuts evaluation of how they’d like their health care systems to work, to build such a system and be ready to open their doors in substantially less...
After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... incredibly generous.When they hear about disasters. They want to help. He predicts the amount of money donated for the ...
Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Over the past year, the Skoll, Draper Richards Kaplan, Ford, and Porticus Foundations, working with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, have partnered to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like...
Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... on what they are trying to effect, the direction they want to go with their investment, and how to accomplish their ...
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 residents just outside of Madison.
United Hospital Fund Study Doubts Utility of Quality Performance Websites
Release Date:
01/03/2018
... often fail to deliver information that consumers actually want and can readily assimilate, according to a new report ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... flexibility, interaction, and iteration, and governments want to be seen as responsive to new ideas and services. On ...
Funded by The Charles H. Revson Foundation, New York Library Lends Out Ties, Briefcases, Handbags for Job Interviews
Release Date:
09/24/2018
... "They can use it for a school performance, or prom if they want a tie," said young adult librarian Michelle Lee, who .....
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan
Release Date:
11/29/2018
... this sentence: "Where I live or work, one thing teens want when they are not in school is ...". Teen Opinions .....
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Movement Building and System Change
Release Date:
05/17/2012
This spring, we hosted a members briefing (co-sponsored by the North Star ... create a more fair, just and compassionate New York. We ’re pleased to have PhilanTopic's Mitch Nauffts provide .....
Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?
Release Date:
07/30/2010
We recently held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz ... advocates can work together to produce change in Albany. We are pleased to have one of the program’s presenters, ...
Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
Release Date:
05/10/2012
How can we measure well-being, access and opportunity in the New York ... at how people are faring in fundamental areas of life. We ’re pleased to have them explain their work—and how New ...
COF 2.0: Is This What The Field of Philanthropy Really Needs?
Release Date:
08/21/2013
... NCRP’s Summer 2013 issue of Responsive Philanthropy. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the economic correction ... to consider whether grantmakers fully recognize that we have entered what Mario Marino...