Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair
Release Date:
06/17/2015
Pennoyer succeeds Henry Gooss, who has served in the role since 2009.
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Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2015
... the regulation is to make insurance affordable for all age groups , critics argue that it discourages young, healthy ...
Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Feature on Cultural Philanthropy Quotes Buff Kavelman on Donor Privacy Issues
Release Date:
10/14/2015
In the section entitled "Donors: Why They Do It", Kavelman speaks to why some donors prefer to give anonymously.
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor
Release Date:
10/15/2015
Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is pleased to announce that Janice O’Connor has joined the Board of Directors.
Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The Overdeck Family Foundation supported research showing a marked increase in math achievement for children using a program called Bedtime Math. The research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science.
BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work
Release Date:
11/06/2015
... Finance US—which in turn contracts with the nonprofit groups that will deliver the planned services. The ...
Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund
Release Date:
12/14/2015
... given him a great way of understanding and seeking out groups working at the intersections of young people’s lived ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights
Release Date:
12/15/2015
... work of neighborhood residents, nonprofits, and community groups addressing four key Crown Heights’ priorities: ...
Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students
Release Date:
02/12/2016
... math whizzes from all over the world sat huddled in small groups around wicker bistro tables, talking in low voices and ...
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2016
Interested in Working in Philanthropy?
Thursday, April 28, 2016 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York hosts group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our "Interested in Working at a Foundation" series.
Warhol Foundation Brings "I Like the Sound of That" Exhibition to Artspace
Release Date:
04/22/2016
I Like the Sound of That is a group exhibition that combines works of visual art with recordings of specific sounds that artists listened to during the work’s creation.
New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
07/11/2016
Susan Butler Plum is the founding director of the Skadden Foundation, which awards two-year grants to 28 public interest attorneys per year.
Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation
Release Date:
12/12/2016
... environmental justice and movement building; supported groups anchored in low-income communities and communities of ...
The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... women, and 50 percent are people of color. Both of these groups typically earn less than their counterparts who are ...
Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/13/2017
Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.
Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research
Release Date:
04/18/2017
In this newly created position, Dr. Zezza will focus on developing the evidence base to support and advance the Foundation's role as a changemaker.
With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... development at an early age." The study looked at three groups of children: 36 transgender 3- to 5-year-olds, 36 .....
Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... community museums, neighborhood culturally explicit arts groups , individual artists, and public school ... and inclusion are not simply co-opted by mainstream groups at the exclusion of smaller, culturally...
Peterson-Kaiser Dashboard Provides Key Data on U.S. Health System Quality, Spending, Access, Outcomes
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... as well as differences and disparities across demographic groups . In addition to the Health System Dashboard, the ...
Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap
Release Date:
07/10/2017
In 2016, the Markle Foundation partnered with LinkedIn and Microsoft to create Skillful, a platform dedicated to filling “middle-skills” jobs in sectors like healthcare, the trades, logistics and other STEM-focused areas.