Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... itself as a practical, problem-solving institution—one working to "promote the well-being of humanity throughout the .....
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In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster
Release Date:
09/07/2017
It’s too soon to tell exactly how much damage the storm has caused, but we know it’s far-reaching and not over. As the country’s fourth-largest city, Houston is home to a number of venerable arts and cultural institutions, including the Museum of...
Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board
Release Date:
09/28/2017
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) board of directors elected new officers and welcomed five new esteemed members during its board meeting.
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... ideas on topics ranging from classroom discipline to working with families to improving teaching. While the ...
Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid
Release Date:
10/12/2017
The critical component of any group anywhere in the world winning the Hilton Humanitarian Prize is that it must have made “extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering,” often at great risk and hardship to the organization’s...
Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation
Release Date:
10/05/2017
A new short film, the second installment in a series produced by the Simons Foundation, chronicles the work of scientists developing the Simons Observatory. The film traverses the globe, from the barren Atacama Desert in Chile to the sunny beaches...
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery
Release Date:
10/20/2017
In this Times Picayune Op-ed, Darren Walker highlights the role of innovative partnerships in New Orleans' recovery.
Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times
Release Date:
11/02/2017
Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism
Release Date:
11/06/2017
The nonprofit GroundTruth Project is devoted to narrative storytelling around the world. Its new offshoot, Report for America, is designed to reignite local journalism in
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.
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YLBC Info Session Webinar 2
Monday, December 18, 2017 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online registration is closed. For last minute registration requests, please email Allyson Goldhagen . Philanthropy New York is excited to announce that our 2018 Young Leaders Breakfast Club will run from March 2018 to December...
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Dec
2017
YLBC Info Session Webinar 1
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -
9:00am to 10:00am
Online registration is closed. For last minute registration requests, please email Allyson Goldhagen . Philanthropy New York is excited to announce that our 2018 Young Leaders Breakfast Club will run from March 2018 to December...
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization,” examined how large multipurpose youth organizations can best...
The Story Of Bloomberg LP's Rebuilding Team In The U.S. Virgin Islands
Release Date:
12/06/2017
One of the most dramatic examples of this new model of “all-in philanthropy” is unfolding in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where a well-resourced team from Bloomberg LP.
Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... her career to the fields of law and philanthropy, working to expand opportunity, strengthen democracy, and ...
Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid
Release Date:
01/09/2018
For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...
Nina C. Robbins Chosen to Lead F.Y. Eye, Inc.
Release Date:
01/19/2018
Nina C. Robbins will lead F.Y. Eye, Inc., a NYC-based non-profit organization that offers strategic message distribution and effective, affordable content development to social service, health and civil organizations serving all New Yorkers.
Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize
Release Date:
01/25/2018
Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize The Milbank Memorial Fund has teamed up with AcademyHealth to establish a new annual award that recognizes state and local efforts to advance...
Trinity Joins Brief Filed in Support of Dreamers
Release Date:
01/29/2018
Trinity joined 86 other religious organizations that recently filed an amicus curiae brief supporting an injunction against overturning DACA “on the basis of faith and morality, that these children and young adults must be protected.”