Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... of an online learning hub, a book slated for publication in early 2017, and a knowledge campaign that will include ...
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Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care
Release Date:
04/15/2016
... important to talk with patients about the care they want in their final days. But most physicians work in systems that provide little help, and often they don’t ... people fear spending their last days...
New York Community Trust Helps Mexican Students with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... two decades, community organizing has been a central tool in the New York Community Trust’s strategy to improve the accessibility and quality of public education in New York City. The Mexican American Student...
Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program
Release Date:
05/17/2016
... institutions better serve students who often get stuck in the quagmire of process and policies. Although almost ...
Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students
Release Date:
06/02/2016
... students' individual interests and shift from a "drill and practice " type of teaching to more contextual, real-life .....
Research Travel Grant on Offer: David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowships
Release Date:
07/13/2016
... to apply for a $US20,000 grant to visit and research best practice social innovation internationally. The Macquarie ... presented biennially to CEOs of non-profit organisations in selected US cities (New York...
Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Mastering the balance between sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50.
With Support from Rockefeller, '100K Opportunities Initiative' Achieves Hiring Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule
Release Date:
09/01/2016
... of 16- to 24-year-olds who are out of work and not in school – two years ahead of schedule. The coalition, formed in July 2015, is now aligning with the cross-sector goal of ...
2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program, in its 10th year, announced the nonprofit organizations in New York City and Westchester that have been chosen as finalists for $60,000 in...
Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... not just with theater tickets, but by pioneering the practice of impact investing, where environmental concerns ... giving at the historical charity, which was founded in 1913 with the mission of aiding...
Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education
Release Date:
11/08/2016
... Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education Four new Jewish learning ... – have joined Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education. The expansion...
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Shares New Report on Data-Driven Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Youth
Release Date:
12/16/2016
... with the grantees. All PropelNext grantees participated in a three-year program that includes grants, group learning ... is designed to offer useful guidance for others interested in supporting organizations...
Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... ed gifts, and Clare Boothe Luce Program supporting women in STEM—but environmental funding has never emerged as a ... just gave $425,000 to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio for a seminary environmental...
Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11
Release Date:
05/07/2014
... Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11 In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual ... explains her trajectory as a little girl growing up in a small town in...
Carnegie Among Funders of STEM Learning Ecosystems, 17 Regional Partnerships Focused on STEM Education Pathways Added
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference. In just two years, the STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative ... See more at http://stemecosystems.org/first-community-of- practice / . “It’s so important...
For Family Foundations, Family Ties and Good Governance Work Together
Release Date:
05/30/2017
... can inform our work — and that of our fellow funders — in the future. One hundred years ago, John E. Andrus founded Surdna to be of service to those most in need. Over the last century, five successive...
Casey Family Programs Publishes Report on How Positive Factors Change Child Trauma
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... outcomes that children and families experience in midst of trauma. By now, the link between adverse ... experiences (ACEs) and poor health outcomes later in life have become well established and the focus of...
Opinion from NY Community Trust: How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... on proscenium stages to longstanding drumming circles in City parks, New York is home to an unparalleled variety of ... urban enclave; provide space for people to engage in civic action; and celebrate the...
Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children
Release Date:
08/30/2017
Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children Loopholes in state laws are allowing child marriage to flourish in the U.S., despite research showing that the practice...
Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Became Tainted Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City’s chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes. ... It...