Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

Release Date:

03/30/2016

Open Society Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small, giving 6-month paid paternal leaves for employees.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... journalism and education serve as an inspiration to us all," said Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College. .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Marsh McLennan

The Tow Foundation

Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

Release Date:

05/06/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation: Firstenergy's "expenditures are high and transparency is low."

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

16 Jun 2016

Making Big Bets for Big Results - Webinar

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... 211. If you have already created your NCFP account with us , please click the Register Now link above. In ...

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

BUILD Health Call for Partners

Release Date:

06/02/2016

... in low-income neighborhoods. We hope you can help us spread the word to your members about this opportunity to ...

Find More By

News type

RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Health

Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

Release Date:

06/14/2016

... debt, and taxes. They raise the question for all of us , “Who pays how much and for what?” It could be easy to ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board

Release Date:

07/15/2016

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected several new members to its board of trustees. Jennifer Nolan was elected to the board in March, and she is joined by Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Heather McGhee, Miranda Kaiser, and Wyatt Rockefeller, who were...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

Release Date:

08/09/2016

... in New York and beyond. “Thanks to money to left to us by New Yorker’s bequests, we fund programs that improve ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... many directions, honest questions and questioning, to move us as a nation toward envisioning our diversity as an ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

HSC Calls for Comments on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects on Nonprofits

Release Date:

11/28/2016

... higher threshold. We are calling on our members to join us in raising concerns about the impact that this rule would ...

Find More By

News type

RFPs Etc

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

Release Date:

12/09/2016

ArtPlace America, a public-private partnership that works to position arts and culture as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development, has announced grants totaling $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Community Development

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Surdna Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

Release Date:

12/19/2016

... You cannot normalize this atrocity. You cannot expect us to put it all behind and get back to business. You want ... It is our right to fear for the lives of those around us . It is our right to fear even for...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

02 Feb 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... invited to join the group's fall meeting. Agenda Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network .....

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Network Building

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Hiring of George Suttles as Program Officer

Release Date:

01/06/2017

George Suttles, MPA, MA, joined The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new Program Officer, the Foundation announced.

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Aging

Related Organizations

The John A. Hartford Foundation

08 Feb 2017

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network - Breakfast Mixer

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Join us for our first meeting of 2017! Philanthropy New York is ...

Find More By

Event type

Network Building

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Executive Support Staff

Topic(s)

Leadership Development

As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

Release Date:

01/26/2017

... We will depend more than ever on nonprofits to guide us . That means those of us who give money away need to do all we can to help ... efforts, connecting with young people, and setting us all...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Cricket Island Foundation

“Repeal and Replace” Gives States More Control over Healthcare Market

Release Date:

01/27/2017

While the order does not specify aspects of the law to focus on, it clearly states that the goal of any ACA replacement will be to give states more control over government-funded health care options (particularly Medicaid) while simultaneously...