Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
Release Date:
06/19/2014
... $8 per year for a family earning a median income, to help fund the city’s pre-K initiative. It seems San Antonio’s ...
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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo
Release Date:
09/05/2014
Rachel Leifer and Denis Udall discuss how philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.
Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism
Release Date:
11/05/2013
... Foundation for many years and, earlier, the J. M. Kaplan Fund . He served as Philanthropy New York’s Senior Fellow ...
Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information
Release Date:
01/06/2015
New York State Health Foundation Program Officer Brian Byrd details a two-year study to help improve the quality of Wikipedia's health information.
College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?
Release Date:
06/11/2013
... Jennifer Sattem from the New York State Regents Research Fund ; Andrea Soonachan from the New York City Department of ...
As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill
Release Date:
12/19/2012
By Lori Bezahler, President, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Twelve years ago I sat in a room with high school students in East Los Angeles and heard them describe the tracking in their schools. As one youth leader of Innercity Struggle...
The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange
Release Date:
04/30/2012
By Sarah C. Shih, MPH, Executive Director, Program Evaluation and Planning, Primary Care Information Project It was a great privilege to take part in a recent Philanthropy New York session on New York State’s overall health...
Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State
Release Date:
02/29/2012
By Robert Ward, Deputy Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Change often takes time. For funders interested in public policy, an object lesson is unfolding right now in New York State. Let’s go back to July 2009...
Learning in Place
Release Date:
07/14/2011
By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel exhilarated; finding yourself...
Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success
Release Date:
12/14/2010
By Judy Plows, Principal, KrasnePlows & Jeanne M. Haws, COO, Wellspring Advisors Foundations worry a lot about their grantees. Which of the many struggling organizations do they help and how do they do it? Equally important,...
Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates
Release Date:
09/23/2010
By Douglas Gould President, Douglas Gould and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders across the country face immense challenges in mobilizing support to...
National Service and Grassroots Youth Organizing Groups: A Strategy for Building Diverse Nonprofit and Civic Leadership for New York
Release Date:
01/14/2010
The fiscal 2010 budget includes an appropriation of $1.49 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the largest budget in CNCS history.
Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”
Release Date:
08/31/2009
Philanthropy was once described as “invisible aid.”
Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard
Release Date:
06/12/2009
... in multimedia and investigative reporting; an R&D fund for journalistic innovation that invests in ...
When It Comes to Youth Justice, a Look Abroad Could Teach Us Lessons
Release Date:
05/05/2015
Tow Foundation Program Director, Diane Sierpina, suggests evaluating justice systems in other countries to improve our own.
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Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
For more than two million youth and young adults in the United States, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) offers first-time access to the American Dream.
Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals
Release Date:
10/18/2016
The four-part video series, "A Bold Move to Better Prepare Principals: The Illinois Story," begins with the tale of how the state of Illinois and its partners, including universities, districts and teachers' unions, accomplished this change.
Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border
Release Date:
10/03/2019
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to see firsthand the horrid and inhumane living conditions in which the migrants at our Southern Border find themselves.
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New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom
Monday, May 4, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... and if there is interest in a collaborative response fund . Explore Unique challenges and needs of maintaining and ...
We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees
Release Date:
08/12/2020
... out to funders to support our Emergency Client Support Fund . This meant that clients in the most vulnerable ...