In Memory of Former Century Foundation President Janice Nittoli
Release Date:
07/03/2017
... Foundation from 2011 to 2014 and was much loved by all of us here at TCF. Janice was a warm and passionate person, with ...
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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead
Release Date:
07/05/2017
One of Michael Bloomberg's main contributions to the global fight against climate change has been to help mobilize cities to curb greenhouse gas emissions, improving the quality of life for ciitzens. Now, he is looking to do the same with improving...
The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion
Release Date:
07/28/2017
The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation funds $150,000 pilot to pair Baltimore police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort to calm situations that can easily move from...
Can Humanities Grants to Universities Be a Bridge to Something Bigger? Mellon Foundation Backs Humanities
Release Date:
07/31/2017
... the fundamental qualities—and questions—that make us human." . . . Can Humanities Grants to Universities Be a .....
Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/01/2017
Sometimes it’s the smaller foundations that take on the most audacious goals. One example of such a funder is the Overbrook Foundation, which has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
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Pulling Back the Curtain: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice to Improve Early Childhood Education
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9:00am to 11:00am
... different stakeholders have a seat at the table. Join us for a conversation where we explore philanthropy’s role ...
Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites
Release Date:
08/08/2017
The Legal Services Corporation published a comprehensive report and accompanying toolkit for its Statewide Website Evaluation Project, which assessed the quality of centralized legal information websites in every state, the District of Columbia, and...
Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact
Release Date:
08/14/2017
As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change, a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is working to spread the practice, and to ensure impact investing stays true to its roots as its popularity grows.
Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues
Release Date:
08/16/2017
As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping cities with a novel kind of financing, one that transfers some of the risk of innovative projects from...
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... and old, jazz aficionados and new fans alike will join us in honoring the legacy of Charlie Parker and jazz in New ...
Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth
Release Date:
08/25/2017
... In the category of research that doesn’t tell any of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is ...
Audacious Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century.
How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... a Nonprofit Board Late one night, not too long ago, one of us got a phone call from a desperate executive director. The ...
A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Glenn E. Martin, formerly incarcerated, founded Just Leadership in 2014 to train ex-convicts to lead criminal justice reform in their own communities.
Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Immigrant youth like me are fighting to defend DACA at the national level. But we also need New York lawmakers to step up by passing the Liberty and DREAM Acts.
With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers
Release Date:
09/06/2017
ust hours after the Trump White House announced on Tuesday that it would move to rescind protections for young undocumented immigrants, New York City politicians, religious leaders and educators filled City Hall to pledge support for “Dreamers” who...
BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... board trends, but its purview is far too broad for us to manage in the context of one article. Therefore, NPQ ...
A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent
Release Date:
09/07/2017
On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George Mason University on Thursday to make a "major policy address on Title IX enforcement."
The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... aware and active. In 2015, more than 75 percent of large US corporations were engaged in corporate citizenship ...
Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... years ago. With the city’s quadrennial elections upon us , a new Council class will be inaugurated in January, with ...