OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'
Release Date:
08/13/2015
... Address the 'Accountability Gap' Until recently, the Government of Malawi faced difficulties tracking whether .....
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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says
Release Date:
12/10/2015
... their money if the disaster happens, leaving the city or government borrower with money to pay for clean-up costs. ...
At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t
Release Date:
03/30/2016
... appeared to abandon any belief that higher levels of government have any interest in helping New York City grapple ... cities have to innovate solutions, because no level of government above us has the...
Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy
Release Date:
05/11/2016
Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time, many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs.
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... cities, fund new research on innovations in city government , and launch an executive coaching program through ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Yale University researchers conducted a study with the Milbank Memorial Fund to learn what the challenges were in implementing a more social services-oriented approach within health departments and across communities.
City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... the proposed requirement by offering IRAs, choosing from a government -curated “marketplace” of 401(k) plans or joining a government -sponsored group 401(k) plan designed to protect ...
Open Society Foundations Targeted by New Hungarian Law Requiring NGOs to Disclose Foreign Funding Sources
Release Date:
03/10/2017
... to migrants and refugees, populations the Hungarian government is working to keep out of the country... Open ...
With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... there is a big opportunity to use nudging more widely in government in conjunction with traditional policy tools,” ...
As Harvey Hammers Texas, Oddo Says Lessons Of Sandy Are Ignored
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Harvey, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo said government officials still need to learn from the critical ... benefit from a candid top-to-bottom review of flaws in the government response to Sandy...
Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... over the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally laid out ... the 23-year-old pact “more progressive.” By that, the government meant not only...
Intragovernmental Collaborations: Pipedreams or the Future of the Public Sector?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... among public sector leaders, those working with or in government know too well that such collaborations are rare. The motivation and ability to collaborate in government is usually lacking. So how did these ...
Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... cutting their funding, some by as much as 90 percent, the government told the groups last week. But the navigators, as they're called, say the government doesn't understand the time involved in the...
Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... using data to drive systemic changes across municipal government . That common set of standards for operations and ...
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... for how to use private, philanthropic, local government , and federal recovery dollars to repair and ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety
Release Date:
01/05/2018
The real work for city leaders today is to create not just new rules, but new ways of writing and adjusting regulations that better fit the dynamism and pace of change of cities themselves.
Eric Marchall Concludes Tenure as FCCP’s Executive Director
Release Date:
10/02/2018
FCCP announces the transition in a letter from the FCCP Transition Committee, Advisory Board.
May 25, 2023 - A Day Without Human Services
Release Date:
05/26/2023
... and paying nonprofit contracts. Philanthropy and City Government are co-funders to critical human services and ... agencies where workers are paid about 30% less than what government employees make to provide...
Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit
Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit This Toolkit is the first practical, comprehensive framework providing guidance to funders on how to implement best practices in risk management. The Toolkit includes ten adoptable and adaptable tools that cover a spectrum of practice including how to determine your organizational risk profile and how to integrate specific financial, governance, and other procedural risk management activities into daily philanthropic practice. The tools are designed to be used in total or a la carte. Ultimately, the Toolkit is meant to facilitate...
Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp
Release Date:
03/15/2010
... Fund—which focused on ways that the public, private, and government sectors are working together to improve the food ...