Health at A Planetary Scale
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Why we should think bigger about public health — way bigger.
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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... made attacking gender equity a key priority. To respond effectively , the philanthropic sector, too, must make gender ...
U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories
Release Date:
09/28/2017
The Department of Homeland Security intends to monitor the social media accounts and internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month.
What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Delivering humanitarian aid can be enormously complex. It requires far-flung logistical efforts that involve moving, tracking and delivering huge amounts of material. And all this needs to happen quickly in places where infrastructure may be...
More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The tipster's account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung at the hands of a man who for nine years had been forcing her into prostitution.
Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would be holding onto federal funding that helps offset uncompensated care until it can determine an equitable way to distribute the money. Those funds include money that was expected to be distributed last year and...
Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions
Release Date:
11/01/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities (WWC), a $42 million program to foster data analytics in cities, has added Athens, Georgia; Chula Vista, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Gainesville, Florida; and Palmdale, California to its...
“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
... and nonprofit sectors. Fannie Mae is seeking proposals to effectively increase access to sustainable communities that ...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President
Release Date:
02/07/2018
The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will succeed Earl Lewis, who has served as President since 2013.
New York Foundation Releases New Video in the Ongoing Series "In Their Own Words"
Release Date:
03/29/2018
In this installment, New York Foundation sits down with Quardean Lewis-Allen, founder and CEO of Made in Brownsville
Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program
Release Date:
12/05/2018
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.
Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty
Release Date:
02/04/2019
A pioneering $25 million, four-year initiative to spur the development of new solutions to sustainably lift families out of poverty, and to promote dynamic leaders who will aim to change the national conversation around social and economic mobility...
Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG), a leader in understanding violence, has named Joel Wallman Director of Research. In this role, Dr. Wallman will guide the Foundation’s research agenda on the nature, consequences and responses to violence...
New York State Health Foundation Publishes Review of NY State Laws Regarding Surprise Bills
Release Date:
02/26/2019
Bipartisan support is swelling for a federal fix to combat "surprise" bills, which often occur when patients receive out-of-network care in an emergency or don't realize a specialist isn't covered by their insurer. The New York State Health...
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) has announced a hundred and twenty-seven grants totaling $24 million in support of research focused on defining, measuring, and treating Parkinson's disease. In support of defining and...
DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants
Release Date:
04/23/2019
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the five inaugural recipients of Child Well-being Leadership Development grants.
Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO of The Robert H. N. Ho Foundation
Release Date:
09/02/2019
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation appoints Phillip Henderson as Chief Executive Officer.
Workforce Funders Collaborative
New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative meets quarterly, along with colleagues from City and State agencies, to share information about workforce development. A subset of the Workforce Funders makes grants to the collaborative fund to develop...
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Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young Black Men in New York City
Thursday, October 21, 2010 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
The Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, NYC.
A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program presented with the Black Male Donor Collaborative (BMDC). WHO SHOULD ATTEND : All interested funders. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Collaboration and innovation must be key ingredients in an...