Philanthropy in Focus
Release Date:
10/07/2020
... and organizers who are already doing the work. It can fund policy advocacy as a lever towards systemic change. It ...
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New Grants Approved by The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
12/10/2020
Three grants totaling $2,630,296 have been approved to improve care for older adults and family caregivers.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Promotes David Gilmore to Role of Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Release Date:
01/06/2021
Since joining the Foundation in 2014, Mr. Gilmore has served as Managing Director of Investments.
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa
Release Date:
01/28/2021
Testing and tracing remain two of the strongest public health interventions for containing Covid-19 on this continent of about 1.3 billion people.
The Term Impact Investing Needs to Be Better Understood
Release Date:
02/03/2016
Some funders are way out front on impact investing. Some foundations have been trying to ensure their investments are ethical for many years. Still others are initiating conversations with trustees about the possibilities of impact investing and...
How do we decide what topics to explore in these deeper dives? The short answer is: You.
Release Date:
08/13/2014
... that was developed in partnership with the Sister Fund , EDGE Funders Alliance and the Movement Generation ...
How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown
Release Date:
10/18/2013
... midst of the Washington standoff, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced the formation of the National Purpose ...
How Philanthropy Can Address the Needs of Our Veterans
Release Date:
11/05/2014
It has been almost exactly two years since Philanthropy New York last brought together funders to explore the best ways to help returning Veterans thrive.
22
Feb
2021
Bottom-up Climate Policy: How One State Coalition is Influencing Federal Climate Policy
Monday, February 22, 2021 -
7:30pm to 8:30pm
Passed in 2019, New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) has had huge impacts on state policies and on attitudes towards addressing climate change at every level of government. Join federal policymakers and New York Renews...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Expansion of Arts and Education Programs and Social Impact Initiatives at Silkroad
Release Date:
03/25/2021
The largest gift in the organization’s history will support capacity building around the expansion of its arts and education programs and social impact initiatives
Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Digitization Initiative of the Library of Trinity College Dublin's Most Valued Collections
Release Date:
04/02/2021
The new virtual Trinity Library will conserve, catalog, curate, digitize and research its unique collections of national importance, granting universal, free access.
04
May
2021
Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021 - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -
9:30am to 11:00am
Virtual Meeting - Register by 5/3
... of foundations pooled their resources to collectively fund three of New York’s leading food policy research ...
Citi’s $1 Billion Action for Racial Equity Initiative Demonstrates Early Results in the Fight to Address the Racial Wealth Gap
Release Date:
04/26/2021
Initial results announced from their $1 billion in strategic initiatives to help close the racial wealth gap and increase economic mobility in the US
A Message from CEO Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham
Release Date:
05/14/2021
... or a sense of loss; as Vanessa Daniel of the Groundswell Fund has said , “ Relinquishing dominance is not the same ...
15
Jun
2021
Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -
9:00am to 10:30am
Like many inequities exposed by the pandemic, small businesses owned by people of color have struggled and failed at far higher rates than those of their white peers during the last 12 months. Please join Next Street, Philanthropy New York and Asset...
Kelly Granat and Sherrilyn Ifill Join Mellon Foundation's Board
Release Date:
05/26/2021
... of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund , Inc. (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law ...
Our Path to a Just and Equitable New Jersey - The long and winding road of transformation
Release Date:
06/16/2021
There is no guidebook for leading a foundation through transformational change, particularly when that change comes amidst a global pandemic and a national reckoning on racism.
23
Jun
2021
A New Frontier - Racial Equity in the Asset Management Industry Today
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
... President, Finance and Operations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Robert Raben (Moderator), President and Founder, The ...
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces New Chief Investment Officer, Leena Bhutta
Release Date:
07/29/2021
CIO Jeffrey Heil to Retire on Dec. 31; Leena Bhutta to Succeed as CIO
Mellon Foundation Names Carter Stewart Executive Vice President for Programs
Release Date:
07/21/2021
Working closely with Mellon President Elizabeth Alexander, the role serves to shape future funding priorities