What Kinds of Public-Private Partnerships Do We Want?
Release Date:
05/19/2014
... imposed by its public funding streams and contracting requirements . The project is intended to guide or strengthen ...
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Brooklyn Public Library Receives $400,000 From The New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2014
Brooklyn Public Library has received a two year, $400,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its Brooklyn Connections program.
A Year of Service
Release Date:
07/23/2014
Tim McClimon, vice president for corporate social responsibility at American Express and president of the American Express Foundation, writes about a new national effort that envisions a future in which young people spend a year in service to the...
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Sep
2014
Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power
Thursday, September 18, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
A series of Supreme Court decisions; Buckley v Valeo, Citizens United, Shelby v FEC and McCutcheon v FEC, have expanded corporate constitutional rights and limited the ability of Congress and the states to protect voting rights and regulate campaign...
Informal But Important: Improving the Lives of Informal Workers
Release Date:
08/19/2014
Some 1.8 billion people work without the protection of regulations or other social nets like health care. The Rockefeller Foundation's Michael Myers offers thoughts on developing effective and durable approaches to serve the growing numbers of...
The Right Starting Point for Productive Grantee Relationships is Putting Power Points Aside
Release Date:
09/03/2014
The Pinkerton Foundation's Laurie Dien discusses the importance of cultivating positive relationships at the beginning of the grantmaking process.
08
Oct
2014
Deputy Mayor and Four Commissioners Explore Opportunities for Better Coordination on Vulnerable Youth
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 -
1:45pm to 3:30pm
According to the Administration for Children’s Services (as of September 2014) there were 11,386 children in foster care. There are 1,000 young people who annually age out of foster care. In September 2014, there were 24,124 children who were...
28
Oct
2014
Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Collective impact is an approach to solving societal problems based on the idea that no organization acting alone can solve complex issues. A collective impact approach requires the commitment of a group of organizations — including nonprofits,...
Grantmakers Should Seize the Moment to Support Racial-Justice Solutions
Release Date:
10/10/2014
Shireen Zaman, Director of the Security & Rights Collaborative at the Proteus Fund, co-authored this opinion piece on the urgent need for racial justice funding.
Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea
Release Date:
10/17/2014
Rockefeller Program Associate, Rehana Nathoo, discusses the foundation's social media campaign during the Social Capital Markets Conference.
26
Feb
2015
What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement
Thursday, February 26, 2015 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis.
18
Dec
2014
Who Will Benefit from the President's Immigration Reforms? - Webinar
Thursday, December 18, 2014 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a new policy that could allow nearly five million undocumented immigrants, mostly parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, to apply for temporary work permits and reprieve from...
12
Jan
2015
Ebola: Philanthropy’s Multidimensional Approach to Healthcare Amidst Crisis
Monday, January 12, 2015 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
A second part of Philanthropy New York’s program on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa examines how can philanthropy respond with funding that meets immediate needs and invests in long-term solutions.
Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term
Release Date:
05/22/2013
by Nina Stack, President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers It is difficult to be patient when lives, and indeed entire communities, have been torn apart. So when Gov. Chris Christie famously declared “Shame on Congress” and...
12
Feb
2015
Key Traits of Phenomenal Foundation Executive Directors
Thursday, February 12, 2015 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Whether you’re a foundation executive director, trustee, junior staff member, or advisor, you’ll come away with insights and ideas on how to strengthen your organization’s leadership capacity.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
... of someone who is trained to help. They need to know the requirements . They need to know that they may actually be ...
Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model
Release Date:
08/27/2012
By Nessa Rapoport and Emily Milder, Charles H. Revson Foundation A nation’s most valuable resource is the brainpower of its citizens. Today, in the knowledge-based economies of the West and, increasingly, of the globe, no country...
From the Macy Foundation: AAMC’s Marc Nivet On Developing LGBTI Competencies
Release Date:
05/31/2012
(This conversation between the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and Dr. Marc Nivet , Chief Diversity Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , appeared on the Foundation’s blog on May 1, 2012 and is reprinted with...
10
Mar
2015
Supporting Grantee Capacity
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
Missed this session? View the recording here . Each foundation takes its own approach to thinking about and supporting grantee capacity. GrantCraft, a service of Foundation Center, launched a guide called Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening...
26
Feb
2015
Administrative Relief: Helping the City’s Undocumented Immigrants Benefit from New Education, Employment and Health Care Opportunities
Thursday, February 26, 2015 -
2:15pm to 5:00pm
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced plans to expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children remain in the U.S. free from fear of deportation and with permission to work.