Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... integrated curricula and team-teaching arrangements and fund interdisciplinary student projects. Engineering ...
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Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future
Release Date:
07/02/2015
Brooklyn Community Foundation Director of Community Leadership, Tynesha McHarris, outlines some of the foundation's youth development initiatives.
NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education
Release Date:
07/30/2015
... for Children, Teachers Unite, Children’s Defense Fund , the Legal Aid Society and the Morningside Center to ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative
Release Date:
10/15/2015
Brooklyn Community Foundation announces grants to four expert restorative justice providers to launch full-time, in-school programs in four Brooklyn public schools.
Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term
Release Date:
10/29/2015
The Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the unanimous election of business executive Richard D. Parsons as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees.
School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... in education tax credit programs which use tax dollars to fund private school vouchers. In Georgia, for example, the ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative
Release Date:
12/10/2015
Twenty-one American cities are now participating in the nation's most comprehensive initiative to help city halls use data and evidence to improve residents' lives.
This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking
Release Date:
03/04/2016
Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, speaks on the challenges and successes of participatory grantmaking.
Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health
Release Date:
05/20/2016
... said Darlene Curley, MS, RN, CEO of the Jonas Family Fund and Executive Director of the Jonas Center. “As a ...
"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation
Release Date:
05/20/2016
NCF Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans announced the inaugural class of movement leaders from across the United States who will take part in a first-of-its-kind retreat series exploring the power and potential of culture change and pop culture strategy...
Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration
Release Date:
06/09/2016
Halley Potter of The Century Foundation asks: How can we translate research into policy? And how can we support and expand burgeoning efforts to diversity schools?
The Director, Evaluation and Learning, Education (United Way of New York City)
Release Date:
08/16/2016
... strategies to produce far-reaching results. We create and fund initiatives focused on improving the quality of life for ...
13
Sep
2016
Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Health care costs associated with the current U.S. opioid epidemic total an estimated $25 billion, according to the CDC. Despite having the third-highest spending in the nation (more than $1.2 billion) to confront the challenge, New York’s opioid...
Native American Youth Can't Wait
Release Date:
08/22/2016
Edgar Villanueva, VP of Programs & Advocacy at The Schott Foundation for Public Education urges philanthropy to see the tremendous potential in Native communities.
Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs
Release Date:
09/15/2016
gabriel sayegh, Co-founder, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, was one of the panelists at the recent Philanthropy New York Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic
As Funders of Equity and Education, Connect Research to Action for School Integration
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Gisela Alvarez, Esq., Coordinator, Donors’ Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust, says funders who believe in equity and the power of education must support the choir that is preaching about school integration.
NY Women’s Foundation Projects Precarious Situation for Young Girls Dependent on Struggling Caregivers
Release Date:
12/01/2016
Report finds that tens of thousands of low-income girls in NYC lack strong, consistent nurturance from well-supported and well-prepared adults.
25
Jan
2017
Ask Charities Bureau Chief Sheehan Your Questions
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
James Sheehan was appointed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to lead the New York State Charities Bureau in January 2014, and his first focus was the implementation and enforcement of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 , The NPRA was the...
PhilTV: Partner Buy-In Is More Likely When a Funder’s Long-term Commitment is Clear
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... Girls for Gender Equity Rye Young, Director, Third Wave Fund Cassie Schwerner (Moderator), Senior Vice President of ...
A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard
Release Date:
02/03/2017
David Biemesderfer of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, writes, "Whenever there is a new Congress and new Presidential administration, it is a critical moment for all sectors to ensure they are being heard—philanthropy included."