Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
03/22/2010
... downturn and to inform developing government policies. In response , Heron created an Opportunity Fund to support its ...
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Scott Stringer Unveils Transition Team
Release Date:
11/18/2013
Ana Oliveira has been appointed as co-chair of Comptroller-elect Scott Stringer's transition team. Its members include Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President for Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.
Simons Foundation Funds Groundbreaking Autism Research
Release Date:
12/15/2014
New study links brain inflammation to autistic spectrum disorder.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class
Release Date:
10/27/2016
... can enhance funder grantmaking decisions in ways that are responsive to the needs and assets of low-income ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Gene-Editing Technology That Partially Restores Vision in Blind Animals
Release Date:
11/17/2016
Salk Institute researchers have discovered a holy grail of gene editing-the ability to, for the first time, insert DNA at a target location into the non-dividing cells that make up the majority of adult organs and tissues.
Andrew Golden Joins Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
03/23/2017
Andrew K. Golden, President of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), has been elected to the Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors.
73% of Donors Worldwide Are Women, and Most Like to Give Online, Study Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Seventy-three percent of charitable donors in the word are women age 37 or older, and nearly 60 percent of them prefer to give online. Ninety-three percent of them live in primarily wealthy, developed countries.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The JPB Foundation and Others Fund Brain Circuitry Research
Release Date:
05/03/2018
Observational learning, offers a major evolutionary advantage, says Kay Tye, an MIT associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a member of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.
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COO Roundtable - June 2024
Thursday, June 27, 2024 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
COO Roundtable The COO Roundtable is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network, composed of senior-level executive officers who are responsible for the financial and administrative oversight and day to day management of...
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Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session B - Webinar
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... session (3 hours): January 2016, date TBD Contribute to planning one program or event for the full YLBC cohort. Breakfast club meetings often ...
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2015
Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session A - Webinar
Friday, March 6, 2015 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
... session (3 hours): January 2016, date TBD Contribute to planning one program or event for the full YLBC cohort. Breakfast club meetings often ...
FAQ: Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort with a Racial Equity Lens
Release Date:
01/26/2022
... to racial equity through trust-based philanthropy. What ? What is unique about this Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort, ... in both operational and grantmaking roles.” What that looks...
The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members
Release Date:
06/08/2023
... Detroit. She has also served as adjunct faculty with Wayne State ’s and Oakland University’s Schools of Nursing and ...
Some Measure of Leadership
Release Date:
04/23/2009
... with bridge loans. ( Read the full press release .) What are we to make of all of this? The Mayor’s ... us an opportunity to start a candid conversation about what foundations, nonprofits, and the City (and...
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Supports Programs For Military Families of the Fallen
Release Date:
03/05/2021
... and the poor – provides flexible support for new and innovative approaches that enhance health and wellness across New York State . For more information, visit ...
You Can't Count if You're Not Counted: Exhibition Explores Census in NYC, Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
11/06/2019
... began considering an exhibition exploring the census, the 2020 decennial count had not yet become an explosive, ... a way to understand New York and its inhabitants. As the 2020 count approached, “The need to...
Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars
Release Date:
02/05/2016
... and the results of those collaborations have far exceeded what we ever thought we could achieve,” said Donald Jonas, ... “Every day we are struck by the far-reaching impact of what we thought ten years ago was...
Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact
Release Date:
02/14/2012
... and private as well as community foundations, focused on what the philanthropic community could do to advance ...
Pfizer Foundation Awards Grant to the Maryland Department of Health to Address Decreases in Childhood Vaccinations During COVID-19 Pandemic
Release Date:
07/21/2020
... given to children 0-18 years of age was in April 2020 with a decrease of 46% when compared with April 2019. In June 2020 , that percent decrease was reduced to 14% when compared ... with pediatricians and...