Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network is hosting a two-part series on capacity building. Part I will focus on how we define and approach “capacity building” in an international context. Part II will build on this discussion and...
... isolated, high-poverty, poor-performing school districts are very limited—a major problem that has persisted since the civil rights era. A new report, Charters without Borders: ...
Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.
W. Robert Connor, Senior Advisor to the President of the Teagle Foundation, suggests five alternative -- and more effective -- ways to talk about the value of the humanities.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected several new members to its board of trustees. Jennifer Nolan was elected to the board in March, and she is joined by Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Heather McGhee, Miranda Kaiser, and Wyatt Rockefeller, who were...
While transparency is an important value in principle, what do you do when your foundation’s privacy is also your family’s privacy? How do we balance the need for public accountability with a family’s right to privacy?
While the order does not specify aspects of the law to focus on, it clearly states that the goal of any ACA replacement will be to give states more control over government-funded health care options (particularly Medicaid) while simultaneously...
... the logic of OpenNotes. Good things happen when patients are able to access and review what a healthcare provider thought and said during a visit. They are more likely to take medications as prescribed and...
... be more focused on environmental and human health. There are lots of players with lots of agendas, but the key issues ... While we can talk about the extent to which these things are true (and I have, in eye-...
... Will Forgive All Children’s Fines Library books are free, until they aren’t: Patrons who rack up $15 in late fees at the city’s public libraries are blocked from taking out more books until the fine is paid...
... holds great promise.” In our bodies right now, there are normal cells mutating from their typical form and ... and perform important biological functions, mutated cells are recognized and destroyed...
... in fostering the inclusion, integration, and human rights of the more than 3 million immigrants in the New York ... artists and cultural workers. Foreign-born New Yorkers are shockingly underrepresented in the...
Please join Philanthropy New York’s Committee on Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy (CEIP) for a brown bag lunch session to discuss school segregation.
... with all public schools — which, by many measures, are more segregated today than they were in the 1970s — ... of charter schools and charter networks across the country are using the flexibility of the...