Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor
Release Date:
10/15/2013
... K-12 and higher ed, tackled that question at the EdFunders event . While a number of ideas emerged from that discussion, ...
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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?
Release Date:
06/11/2013
by Nicole Rodriguez Leach, Vice President, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation In today’s global economy, students must be well prepared for the demands of college and the workplace. Entering college ill-prepared...
Health Care Innovators Are Filmmakers and Farmers, Not Physicians, Insurers, Hospitals and Drug Companies
Release Date:
12/12/2016
David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation says the pace of change in health care can feel stuck in a low gear. Claims of innovation and disruption abound, but they often turn out to be more hype and marketing than really big...
Unbound Philanthropy Adds New Staff
Release Date:
07/02/2012
... than 60 articles, chapters and papers. Somerville holds a first class History degree from the University of Leeds and a ... Foundation and speaks French and Spanish. Lee holds a first class degree in Economics...
Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors
Release Date:
05/12/2014
... among philanthropies is driven by two coalescing forces. First , the realization that philanthropists, even combined ... people to help them get into the workforce. The UK’s first SIB, focused on reducing rates...
Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned
Release Date:
11/23/2012
... that are cloud-based like Google.com addresses. On that first day, we were already working to organize a conference ... page at philanthropynewyork.org/sandy . Also on that first day, we were working with our...
Random Reflections By A New Author
Release Date:
05/24/2010
... encounters and how these lessons inform my practice. The first reflection is generated by the consistent head bobbing ... philanthropy. Most of us don’t recognize that we are the first people to experience...
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Food Systems and Movements
Monday, March 16, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... nez Join Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First , for a discussion on the global food system, food ... Presenters Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director, Food First Kolu Zigbi, Program Director for...
Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart
Release Date:
02/19/2015
... try to turn money into love. Into trust. Into safety. The first elements in the periodic table of relationships. And ... putting love back into the world of philanthropy. First , love means understanding that...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative
Release Date:
10/15/2015
... this month. Each program is receiving $100,000 for this first year. The Foundation has committed four years of ... and in-school arrests are often young people’s first brush with the criminal justice system...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative
Release Date:
12/10/2015
... a combined $31 billion. Ten of the 21 mayors are in their first term in office, and four of the 21 mayors are women. ... of a contract. Bloomberg Philanthropies named the first eight cities - Chattanooga,...
Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... Wall Street. She will create and lead the church’s first in-house investment team, shepherding the ... hire for a new investment team under the Corporation’s first Chief Investment Officer, Ellen Shuman. At...
NoVo Foundation Announces $90M Investment in Girls & Young Women of Color Across the U.S.
Release Date:
03/23/2016
... the next seven years. In the United States, the foundation first began working with girls and young women of color, ... the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, the first ever caucus devoted to...
Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others
Release Date:
05/06/2016
... systems that keep women from accessing their power in the first place. We have been around long enough to know that ... norms and beliefs that marginalize women and girls in the first place, by carefully...
Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?
Release Date:
06/14/2016
... for charities is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment prohibits the federal government from ... food banks, and public radio, along with the nation’s first charitable tax credit for gifts...
NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release
Release Date:
10/12/2016
... Cultural Plan Release As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural ... equity during this historic moment as the City crafts its first cultural plan," says...
Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition
Release Date:
01/23/2017
... San Francisco Bay Area. This innovative challenge is the first -ever to be modeled after the award-winning Rebuild by ... by Design will be divided into two phases: in the first phase, teams will participate in...
Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age
Release Date:
02/13/2017
... Post and re-posted with permission by the author. These first two weeks in Trump’s America have been chaotic and ... to the work in these uncertain times. Put Progress First Philanthropy has always been a...
Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... In May 2015, New York City decided to create its first cultural plan to direct the City’s policies on arts ...
The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... Forum opened its membership to national PSOs. In just the first six months under this new membership structure, the ... site on your website New emails for Forum staff will be ( first name)@ unitedphilforum...