Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... released today. Rather, Ford will attempt to include a discussion of disabilities across its work... Ford Joins ...
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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966
Release Date:
10/06/2016
In addition to spotlighting revolutionary movements that now have an established presence in art history, the subjects of many of the works focus on social and political discussions from the era that have prominently re-emerged across the United...
Mellon Foundation Supports Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... them to share work with one another, to participate in discussion groups, and to create a range of formal and ...
Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda
Release Date:
06/29/2016
The Broadway sensation Hamilton has been hailed not only for its outstanding performances, diverse cast and ingenious composition but also for attracting new audiences to the stage and changing how we think about American history. On June 23rd, the...
NYSHealth Invests in Veterans' Health
Release Date:
02/01/2017
NYSHealth is committed to working with a broad set of partners to meet our common goal: ensuring that veterans have access to high-quality care and choices about where they get that care.
National Geographic Launches Special On Gender Revolution
Release Date:
02/08/2017
... On Gender Revolution Gender equality, gender fluidity. Discussion on gender has never been louder and more pervasive ...
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... we measure it and how we deliver it. More recently, this discussion —in the Ford Foundation’s halls and throughout ...
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement
Release Date:
06/22/2017
In this tag-team PHIL Talk, Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials.
Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads
Release Date:
07/17/2017
Central Asia’s long history of domestic repression and foreign subjugation is well known. Less appreciated, but just as important, is the on-the-ground work activists throughout the region are doing to support the people of Central Asia’s right to...
Trump Administration Considering Cuts to Cultural Exchange Visas
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... visitor program, according to people familiar with the discussion . . . Trump Administration Considering Cuts to ...
USAID Announces Over $90 Million In Additional Humanitarian Assistance To Ethiopia
Release Date:
08/31/2017
With concern expressed over deteriorating conditions from a second severe drought this year, USAID's 2017 contribution to the country comes to nearly $454 million.
What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding
Release Date:
09/11/2017
This week we're back to school and the data point is $66 billion: the amount New York's school districts received in revenue during the 2015-2016 school year.
Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.
Release Date:
09/11/2017
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst of deadly storms.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
A new report released this week, Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems, based on interviews with leading NGOs and grantmakers, seeks to offer some concrete recommendations and catalyze a conversation about how to change the industry with an eye...
The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Republicans face a daunting challenge as their tax plan comes into sharper focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box.
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD responses to “emotionally disturbed person” (EDP) calls, the slow pace of implementation for new NYPD crisis intervention training, and the tragic outcomes of...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Archivists, librarians and TV news professionals will make the journey to Vanderbilt University next year to discuss the future of preserving broadcast television news.
Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums
Release Date:
06/26/2018
In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.
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Oct
2018
Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Meeting: Finding Your Decision-Making Power
Thursday, October 4, 2018 -
8:45am to 10:15am
Join us for this professional development program, designed to identify and discuss the decision-making power we, as employees in a support role, have the privilege to exercise in our roles. This is a chance to learn about other people’s work as...