Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... corn and soy for cheap meat and processed food, which make us fat and sick. While we can talk about the extent to which ...
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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way
Release Date:
10/02/2017
For the first time in several years, the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment, saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, the median return of more than 5,700 foundations that...
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/03/2017
The Wallace Foundation’s latest report, “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, Partnerships and Fidelity,” is the latest entry in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “field of scale-up studies.”
Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Is New York City significantly better prepared for the next big one? My answer is “No.”
SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP-USA) has launched Disaster Services Corporation, SVdP-USA to better respond to disasters such as those seen in recent weeks in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The corporation, which...
Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... The authors develop the first poverty measure in the US that takes into account the need for health care and find ...
Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines
Release Date:
10/19/2017
... according to library officials. “They shouldn’t block us from reading because of money.” On Thursday, the ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change
Release Date:
10/20/2017
... realized climate progress, and many solutions available to us now remain underutilized—especially in the land sector, ...
14
Nov
2017
Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... organizational and field types. We hope you’ll join us . Explore Nuts and bolts of capacity building - what it ...
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
Release Date:
11/01/2017
Bard College plans to launch a “microcollege” at the Brooklyn Public Library and will be free for students, aiming to attract talented low-income applicants who haven’t sought degrees due to the pricetag or personal hardships
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
The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Leading Philanthropists to Announce Co-Impact, A Global Collaborative for Systems Change
Release Date:
11/16/2017
... and social change at scale. Co-Impact will invest US $500 million in three critical areas—health, education, ...
15
Mar
2018
Imagining the Future: Pursuing Excellence in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, March 15, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... personally in our collective efforts and community? Join us for this special interactive webinar as we continue to ...
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
11/26/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
11/26/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...
Bloomberg Donates $5 Million To Baltimore Police For New Cameras, Technology
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... occurs with maps of the camera system. “This will allow us to fill in those blind spots that exist currently,” he ...
Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers
Release Date:
12/07/2017
In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 60 percent of health care revenues reported by the five largest U.S. commercial health insurance companies (UnitedHealthCare, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study...
John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America
Release Date:
12/15/2017
Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as the U.S. elderly population grows rapidly.
The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Lifetime Arts to lead major effort to advance Creative Aging movement in NYC.
Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants
Release Date:
01/11/2018
Five national organizations awarded grants, advancing the Foundation's $100 million commitment to impact investing