With Support from NoVo Foundation, Buen Vivir Fund Heralds a More Democratic Kind of Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/22/2018
... equal voting rights in decision making.” To date, 19 partners have raised $1 million for the Fund. The group ...
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Rockefeller Foundation Focuses on How to Prevent Food Waste at Events
Release Date:
04/03/2018
As Americans, we waste enough food annually to feed the planet’s malnourished several times over, according to The Rockefeller Foundation. The average American household spends an estimated $1,500 to $2,000 a year on food never eaten. Businesses,...
The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya
Release Date:
04/24/2018
The lab is the first research and development fund for sub-Saharan Africa that focuses exclusively on testing business model innovations in the mini grid sector.
Easy to Say and Hard to Do Well
Release Date:
05/02/2018
... community knowledge into your work is essential. Finding partners with whom you can share goals and develop long term ...
05
Jun
2018
What Funders Need to Know About Census 2020 Operations - June Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Census 2020 is less than two years away; the time to act is now! Planning has started for a “Get Out The Count” campaign to reach hard-to-count populations in the communities you care about. What key information do you need to guide your investments...
27
Jun
2018
Where Are the Children? Family Separation Becomes U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Since October 2017, the U.S. government has forcibly separated at least 2,400 children—including hundreds who are under four years old—from their parents as they arrive on our southern border seeking refuge. Attorneys and other humanitarian aid...
Rauch Foundation Co-Sponsors Long Island Delegation to Attend “Reimagining Education Summer Institute”
Release Date:
07/12/2018
The Rauch Foundation announced today that it is partnering with ERASE Racism to sponsor a delegation from Long Island to attend the “Reimagining Education Summer Institute” from July 16-19 at Teachers College Columbia University.
Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag
Release Date:
07/25/2018
The work by German artist Josephine Meckseper was commissioned by the New York–based nonprofit Creative Time as part of its “Pledge of Allegiance” series. The initiative invited sixteen artists to make flags in response to contemporary political...
16
Aug
2018
Tools to Assess Program Gaps & Needs for the 2018 Voter Mobilization - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, August 16, 2018 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Election Day 2018 is just weeks away! Please join us for a two part funders-only discussion series that is designed to share intelligence on timely, nonpartisan opportunities for philanthropy to help ensure full and fair participation in the...
10
Sep
2018
GOTV + Election Protection Needs + Opportunities - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, September 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Election Day 2018 is just weeks away! Please join us for a two part funders-only discussion series that is designed to share intelligence on timely, nonpartisan opportunities for philanthropy to help ensure full and fair participation in the...
27
Nov
2018
Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served, and the...
23
Oct
2018
Making The Case For Equity And Grassroots Organizing: Funder Stories and Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by HEFN
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Philanthropy is abuzz right now about racial and gender equity and the grassroots. Some of this reflects deepening recognition of moral and political imperatives. For funders focused on issues like toxics, fracking, or drinking water, it also...
15
Oct
2018
Hurricane Michael: How to Respond - A Webinar Hosted by Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Monday, October 15, 2018 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph. It was the strongest storm to make landfall in the continental U.S. since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The devastation from the Hurricane...
11
Dec
2018
Impact Investing in the Arts 101: Building Your Funding Tool Box
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... Tajreena Tabassoom , Vice President, SeaChange Capital Partners Deborah T. Velazquez , Incoming President, Altman ...
12
Dec
2018
Meet Chancellor Richard A. Carranza
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Richard A. Carranza has served as Schools Chancellor of New York City schools since 2018. Since taking office, Chancellor Carranza has spoken about his four priorities for the 2018-2019 academic year: 1) accelerate learning and instruction, 2)...
29
Nov
2018
The Urgency of the First Amendment: Holding on to Core Values in Crisis - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders
Thursday, November 29, 2018 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
In this moment of grief and division within our country, it’s urgent that we reflect on the core values that make us Americans, and that we must maintain and strengthen in times of crisis. Philanthropy plays a critical role in maintaining our First...
13
Nov
2018
California Fires Briefing with Local Responders and Funders - A Webinar Hosted by Philanthropy California
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Philanthropy California is offering funders an up-to-the-minute briefing on the fires, local and state agency responses, and how to aid local efforts and avoid fraud. Fires in Northern and Southern California are causing deaths and mass evacuations...
17
Apr
2019
"Giving Done Right" with Phil Buchanan
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
This program is co-hosted with our partners , Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) and Ford ...
30
Jan
2019
New Tools, New Partnerships: Is It Time To Break Your Engagement Mold?
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... third-party platforms to teaming up with unlikely content partners , increasingly, companies are thinking outside the ...
06
Feb
2019
2020 Census and the Current Immigration Landscape: Lasting Implications for Young Children in New York - A Webinar Hosted by the NY Funders Alliance
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
When children are missed in the decennial census, children suffer the results for a decade. Over 2 million children under 5 years of age were missed in the 2010 Census; here in NY, there was a net undercount of 55,000 young children. An accurate...