After-School Enrollment Up, but Still Shy of Lofty de Blasio Goals
Release Date:
01/16/2015
The current enrollment of 91,204 falls short of the 120,000-seat goal set in March 2014.
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Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together
Publication date:
02/2015
GrantCraft offers a comprehensive look at capacity building for grantees.
Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... donated $125 million to the Carnegie Corporation to fund colleges and other schools. Imagine if John D. ...
What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees
Release Date:
04/23/2015
Director of Communications, Liane Stegmaier, details the qualities the foundation seeks in potential grantees.
Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study
Release Date:
05/29/2015
... patients. The foundation is putting up $427,700 to help fund the year-long program. Participants include two ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Donate $100 Million to Cornell Tech Campus
Release Date:
06/16/2015
... The donation, made through Bloomberg Philanthropies, will fund construction on the $2 billion campus and come with a ...
ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions
Release Date:
09/04/2015
The funds will cover adoption and "make-ready" fees for specific breeds of cats and dogs.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights
Release Date:
04/11/2016
What that means, in a profession that is notoriously short on financial remuneration, is that the designated playwrights will receive full-time salaries and benefits for three years, along with “artistic development funds’’ that they can use for...
New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... grant from the New York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, Teaching Matters brought ...
With Support from Several PNY Members, EngageNY Archive of Common-Core Materials Grows in Popularity
Release Date:
05/18/2016
The online library of common-core-aligned curricula hosted by New York state’s education department has now been downloaded more than 45 million times.
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton'
Release Date:
06/24/2016
The Rockefeller Foundation said Thursday the funding would allow students as some schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the District of Columbia to see the show for $10.
U.S. States, Rockefellers Clash With U.S. House Panel on Exxon Climate Probes
Release Date:
06/27/2016
The pushback is the latest chapter in a high-stakes fight to tackle climate change.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship
Release Date:
07/08/2016
The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded Arts@TheCore initiative from 2012.
Mellon Foundation Gives $500K to UC Merced for Humanities Undergrad Research
Release Date:
07/19/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will create a humanities-based expansion of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center, serving 60 students over three years.
William T. Grant Foundation Invites Proposals for New York City Youth Service Improvement Grants
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The William T. Grant Foundation seeks to improve the lives of youth by supporting small to medium-size organizations that have already had some success but lack the funds to make needed improvements.
Novo, Ford Foundations Create Authentic Relationships That are Key to Achieving Equitable Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/06/2016
Philanthropy typically stands at arm’s length. It is for the funded nonprofit organization to touch, engage, and understand.
NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools
Release Date:
10/05/2016
ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation.
Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors
Release Date:
10/05/2016
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Dominican Americans are the largest immigrant group in New York, with a population of more than 673,000, according to the 2014 American Community Survey. That includes both foreign-born and native-born residents.
With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections
Release Date:
10/11/2016
Institutions represented at the event, held in Tamale with funding support from Ford Foundation, included the Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), traditional leaders, political parties and various student youth...