Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates
Release Date:
03/28/2018
... efforts earned WCS a 2017 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award from the Joint Implementation Working Group of the ...
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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate ... to address sleep disorders. A paper describing the new screening process and its results...
United Hospital Fund, New York Community Trust and Altman Foundation Launch Second Phase of Early Childhood Development Initiative
Release Date:
07/09/2018
... partnerships will continue to develop and streamline their screening and referral processes and improve strategies for ...
United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative
Release Date:
07/12/2018
Early childhood initiative screens very young children for psycho-social factors and finds families most need child care and adult education.
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam
Release Date:
08/23/2018
... "This technique has great potential to become a screening tool that helps decide who should undergo more .....
Start a Giving Circle This Summer
Release Date:
06/15/2011
By M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D., President & Chief Change Officer, MSBPhilanthropy Advisors LLC Summer is finally here! After the brutal winter many of us experienced, it is time to look forward to those long, balmy days and...
It’s Time to Define Our New Normal
Release Date:
12/19/2016
Donita Volkwijn of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors writes that philanthropy could support organizations that are advocating for criminal justice reform and accountable journalism.
Anne Tatlock and Janet Robinson to Join Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
03/12/2014
... she was honored with the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award which recognizes significant contributions to society ... of Female Executives (NAFE) Women of Excellence Award . Anne Tatlock and Janet Robinson...
NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release
Release Date:
10/12/2016
As New York City prepares its first comprehensive cultural plan, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is making more than half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in...
SeaChange Capital Partners Produces New Report That Sheds Light on Financial Health of Nonprofit Human Services Sector
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... came from non-profit human services, government, the private sector, and academia. Funding for the project was ... ecosystem—including the public sector, policymakers, private funders, industry associations,...
Hilton and American Express to Donate Up to 1 Million Rooms to Frontline Medical Professionals During COVID-19 Crisis
Release Date:
04/06/2020
... on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Through the award - winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, more than 103 ...
The New York Life Foundation provides a $2m boost for students attending two prominent Historically Black Universities.
Release Date:
06/02/2022
... tech business executive, Charles E. Phillips, and Emmy Award - winning writer and comedian Wanda Sykes. Hampton University ...
The Power of Bridging Issue Silos Through Funding Collaboratives
Release Date:
11/13/2019
... the basis of thoughtful strategies. It is part of several funder collaboratives such as the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF), ... it surfaces not just common ground, but new ground. When a funder collaborative is...
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions
Release Date:
10/11/2021
... warming by 0.2℃ by 2050. The commitment is the largest private pledge to reduce methane emissions globally and ... and sustain action from civil society, government, and private industry, including in the more...
Sample Job Descriptions: Communications Director
Publication date:
10/2013
The following jobs descriptions for communications director professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.
Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster
Release Date:
01/18/2013
By Lisa Cowan, Board President, Red Hook Initiative One hot day last summer, a group of our staff and board members sat together working on our application for the New York Community Trust—New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence...
Designing Effective Foundation Program Strategy
Publication date:
02/2013
Strong grantmaking programs reflect a foundation's values, balance internal capacities with the external environment and address constituents' needs. TCC’s Ashley Blanchard and Chris Cardona discuss the five steps to creating programs with impact.
Resilience Begins at Home
Release Date:
07/30/2013
Rockefeller Foundation Vice President of Global Communications Neill Coleman discusses the findings of a recent survey exploring the resilience of people and neighborhoods directly affected by Superstorm Sandy.
The Three Roads to Building Volunteer Value
Release Date:
07/17/2013
PNY Executive Coordinator Nur Ibrahim discusses the three themes of successful volunteerism that have emerged from regular meetings with our members, the Service for Impact working group and Reimagining Service.
General Operating Support: A GEO Action Guide Vol. 1
Publication date:
07/2007
A report inspired by a spirited discussion on GEOList among Grantmakers for Effective ...