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Bloomberg Philanthropies Addresses Road Safety Issues in Mumbai
Release Date:
02/23/2015
... Issues in Mumbai Billionaire media mogul and former New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was in India ... and other measures. The organisation spent as much in the first phase of the initiative between...
Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double ... The grant strategy fleshes out a broad shift first laid out in June, when the grant maker...
WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA
Release Date:
03/08/2016
... law. Twenty million fewer Americans were uninsured in the first nine months of 2015 than in 2010. The proportion of ... highest level since 2007. Critics of Obamacare say this new insurance isn’t worth much...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers
Release Date:
04/20/2016
... Foundation announces the inaugural Spark Prize, the first and only honor of its kind celebrating changemakers in ... organizations will each receive the $100,000 prize this year , selected through a competitive...
Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows. Eighty-seven percent of those age ... have been in the U.S. longer agree. Eighty-five percent of first and second generation...
Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
01/31/2017
... Vehicles announced last fall. Over the course of the next year , the multi-city cohort will produce a set of principles ... world can use to chart their own paths forward with the new technology... Five More...
Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs
Release Date:
05/01/2017
... as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford Foundation and the Kapor ...
Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... selective evacuation of those most vulnerable is prudent. First response is something America is getting better at, and ... and Sandy seemed far better than Hurricanes Katrina in New Orleans and Rita on the...
Surdna Foundation Appoints Sophy Yem as Program Officer, Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/01/2019
... thrilled to that Sophy will serve the foundation as its first -ever program officer focused on building capacity and ... of experience and relationships in the sector.” In her new role, Sophy will be...
Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging center at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital . “It’s very tough losing a little more sight every year ,” says Mr. Jonas, a retired retail...
“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
... sustainable, and affordable,” said Jeffery Hayward, Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily, Fannie Mae. “We are excited to collaborate with new partners to source innovative ideas from other ...
How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises
Release Date:
09/28/2011
By Doug Bauer, Executive Director , The Clark Foundation Chair of the Board of Directors, Philanthropy New York ( This essay originally appeared in Foundation ...
Ai Weiwei's Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village Neighborhood Group
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... and more. But because nothing of this scale can happen in New York City without someone finding something wrong with ... Square Association—a group founded in 1906 as “the first neighborhood association” in...
Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally
Release Date:
04/19/2018
... Digitally City officials on Wednesday announced the first step in launching an initiative aimed at improving ... the option to store their vital documents digitally using new blockchain technology. The effort...
Connecticut Seventh-Grader Wins SIFMA Foundation’s National InvestWrite ® Essay Competition
Release Date:
04/26/2019
... trophies, plaques and banners, and certificates. The first -place national winners in middle school and high school are awarded a three-day all-expense paid trip to New York City, the financial capital of the...
Pinkerton Foundation Adds $3.8 Million To John Jay Fellowship Initiative
Release Date:
01/25/2018
... Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative. Now in its sixth year , the Initiative provides funding for up to nineteen John ... to work in nonprofit youth justice programs throughout New York City. To date, John Jay...
14
Jul
2022
Climate Refugees: Supporting Receiving Communities - A Webinar Hosted by CDP
Thursday, July 14, 2022 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, within the first year , about 130,...
Congratulations to the 2018 Young Leaders Breakfast Club!
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... Philanthropy Advisors Nupur Chaudhury, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation Juliana Chessin, Grants ... Charitable Trust Natasha Sealy-Dorvelus, Assistant Director , Finance & Operations, F.B...
12
May
2021
State of Health Town Hall
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
If the COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test on the New York and the nation’s healthcare and public health infrastructure, the past year would reveal both strengths (our frontline workforce) ... Please join us for a...