What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality
Release Date:
01/05/2016
... of the Ford Foundation. Ford’s grant-makers are employed “for the general purpose of advancing human ...
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Heineken Just Put Out the Antidote to That Pepsi Kendal Jenner Ad
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Two strangers with polar opposite views meet in this Heineken ad, which gets political in a way that Pepsi would do well to consider next time.
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... or personal hardships. The experiment aims to find ways to make college possible for people who are often discouraged, excluded or underestimated. “The way ...
New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry City food pantries are turning to technology to help feed the hungry. A new ... the recipients and amount of food distributed. “Things are much, much easier,” Shapiro said...
Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... models, it often doesn’t work for humans. Scientists are aiming to change that with stem cell technology by taking ... diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, these model systems are still a long way from...
Study Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Pay, Flexibility, Advancement All Matter for Workers' Health and Safety
Release Date:
09/26/2019
... of the Social Sciences. Technology and other forces are changing the nature of work, researchers said. The ...
Build Up Advisory Group Shares Part III of How to Build an Effective Grant-Making Process
Release Date:
03/26/2021
... as soon as we see the request and we know those requests are missing 2 important building blocks. Today’s Fast Build ... ensure that the core and overall design of the process are equitable and inclusive. This...
Mellon President Elizabeth Alexander is one of the TIME 100 most influential people of 2022
Release Date:
05/26/2022
... Alexander is an explorer who’s constantly finding new ways to tell the stories of Black America. And through her ... narratives, whether through physical monuments or the ways in which we tell our stories. It’...
William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Anupreet Sidhu, Ph. D
Release Date:
02/02/2023
... of studies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. In addition, Dr. Sidhu will review ... regulatory practices. “Dr. Sidhu’s experience studying ways to encourage regulatory bodies...
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Performance Reviews for Changemakers: Can We Do Better?
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2:30pm to 4:00pm
... anxiety, overwhelm, and less than positive emotions. What are the reasons for this? And what if there’s a better ... for an interactive meeting to: Hear from your peers about ways they are...
Forty Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy: 1970-2010
Publication date:
01/2012
... support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities . Among the report's findings: in total, 799 U.S. ... donor by dollar amount (the Ford and Tides foundations are also in the top ten). Forty Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy: .....
Rosa Asciolla Joins Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence
Release Date:
07/02/2012
Rosa Asciolla has joined the staff of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence as Grants Management Associate. Most recently, she was the Development Assistant at the Bayou District Foundation in New Orleans, LA.
Movement Building and System Change
Release Date:
05/17/2012
This spring, we hosted a members briefing (co-sponsored by the North Star Fund, The New York Women's Foundation, The Daphne Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund) that focused on strategies that funders can pursue to help community-based...
Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?
Release Date:
07/30/2010
... can work together to produce change in Albany. We are pleased to have one of the program’s presenters, Dick ...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group, in conjunction with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a recent briefing to bring greater clarity to New York City’s efforts to...
Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City
Release Date:
11/08/2012
... United States, with more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks locations). We’re pleased to have Abby ...
Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster
Release Date:
01/18/2013
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn’s Red Hook Initiative (RHI), one of the three winners of the 2012 NYCT-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards, became a hub of emergency disaster relief for their entire neighborhood. In a new blog...
Grantmaking With a Racial Equity Lens: Using a Racial Equity Analysis
Publication date:
11/2007
A focus on racial equity can increase your effectiveness at every stage of the grantmaking process. Blending experience and candid advice from grantmakers, this guide explores how a racial equity lens can help you scan your field or community, cultivate new leaders, encourage creative approaches, get people talking, and nourish change inside your own foundation.
Scanning the Landscape
Publication date:
04/2004
... a shift in strategy. Using learning networks, grant makers are starting to scan continuously, looking beyond the usual ... networks to discover the unexpected in their fields and communities : Scanning the Landscape ...
The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs
Publication date:
09/2011
... have worked to assess their performance in the fields and communities they seek to address. Data-driven forms of ...