A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development
Release Date:
04/18/2012
... national experts, and employers with a track record in working effectively with workforce programs. Participants at ...
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03
Mar
2015
Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -
7:00am to 10:00am
Summer jobs have a long-term impact, especially on low-income youth and their communities. Data shows that for every year a young person works, income during their 20s rises by 14-16%.
16
Mar
2015
Food Systems and Movements
Monday, March 16, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
The modern food system has been shaped by the privatization of public goods and the deregulation of corporate capital— leading to the highest levels of global inequality in economic history.
Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart
Release Date:
02/19/2015
NoVo Co-Presidents, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, discuss the importance of love in the philanthropic sector.
23
Mar
2015
What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?
Monday, March 23, 2015 -
11:45am to 2:00pm
In November, the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that identified food-service as one of six priority sectors for workforce development - a surprise given the traditional perception of food service as being limited in career...
03
Feb
2016
It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
We face a unique moment in the life of public transit in New York. After three decades of steadily improving service, quality indicators have started to decline. You see it every day: train cars break down more often, delays have gone up,...
Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street
Release Date:
01/19/2016
Meredith Jenkins of Carnegie Corporation of New York stepping down to lead the investment team at Trinity Church Wall Street.
Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others
Release Date:
05/06/2016
Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Presidents of the NoVo Foundation, say a philanthropist from on high will never reach down and “empower” a girl in Sierra Leone.
Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Ann Maldonado, Office Manager at Altman Foundation, writes about the three "Ms" that may help you navigate your next difficult conversation: Mindful preparation, Monoriting and Meta-conversations.
The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... of 33 regional philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) working to advance, inform and support philanthropy. Over the ... philanthropic network that we’re creating, where we are working together better and...
Nonprofit Resource Equity and Access: A Call to Close the Gap
Release Date:
08/14/2018
Kate Crisalli, Associate Director and Peter Kramer, Director at Nonprofit Finance Fund write " Nonprofits of all sizes, but especially smaller organizations and those led by people of color and other marginalized populations, have suffered from...
New York City Contract Delays: The Facts
Release Date:
09/06/2018
... more foundations to consider providing last-resort working capital to grantees pushed to the brink. New York ...
New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance Open Competitive Grant Program to Help Middle School Youth in Out-of-School Time Programs
Release Date:
12/13/2018
... keep children safe, inspire them to learn, and help working families, with a focus on a particularly critical ...
Citi Releases 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report
Release Date:
04/26/2021
An annual report that highlights the ways in which Citi is enabling progress and sustainable growth in communities across the world
How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery
Release Date:
05/13/2021
... , where I serve as president and CEO, we have been working to understand how to most effectively deploy our ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Releases New Report: Mission Aligned Investing: How We Assess Our Progress
Release Date:
04/07/2022
Geraldine Watson shares insight on the Fund's new report and how they assess their progress.
Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Moves $4.9 million to BIPOC Newsrooms and Field Building Partners
Release Date:
10/04/2022
The REJ Fund’s grantmaking aims to ensure Black, Indigenous, Latine, and Asian people have access to the news and information they need to navigate today’s geographies and social systems.
Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund
Release Date:
06/20/2023
... of funding , ODI and Publish What You Fund, which are working to rapidly develop research to improve understanding ...
Add the “A” and It’s Full STEAM Ahead for Girls
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... Culture, with time during the third week to work on small group projects. AOL Inc. enhanced the program's curriculum .....
Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... negotiating differences among this large, representative group is hard. The challenge: Setting individual interests ... coalition , to strengthen representation in public policy . Great ideas, but they didn’t...