Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... report by EdBuild, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on education spending. Nationally, EdBuild researchers found ...
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Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative Welcomes 35 Career Coaches From Indiana for its First Convening Governor’s Coaching Corps
Release Date:
03/19/2019
... professionals who play a pivotal role in our workforce and education communities,” Gov. Holcomb said in announcing the ...
How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion Mistake - Report from The Century Foundation
Release Date:
10/29/2020
... rate among men.” 1 In August, CNN ran the headline, “ Working mothers are quitting to take care of their kids, and ... care sector and how that affects families—particularly working mothers—and especially...
Four Essentials for Evaluation
Publication date:
06/2012
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations created this guide to help grantmakers get to the next level in their evaluation efforts and embed evaluation practices more deeply in the work of their organizations. GEO pinpoints four essential steps —Lead, Plan, Organize and Share— and includes the stories of 13 GEO members who have demonstrated effective evaluation in action.
Ford Foundation Appoints Ricardo Castro as General Counsel
Release Date:
02/01/2013
The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Ricardo Castro as Vice President and General Counsel. He will also serve as an officer of the foundation. Castro joins the foundation following an extensive national search, and succeeds Nancy...
Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home
Release Date:
08/13/2010
In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) worked to find a way to help victims of the disaster—and at the same time follow its mission to improve the health of New Yorkers.
Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
Release Date:
05/10/2012
How can we measure well-being, access and opportunity in the New York metropolitan area? At a recent Philanthropy New York session, Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-Directors at Measure of America, described how their American Human...
Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation
"What are we doing, and why do we think it's going to make a difference? Are we being effective?" Grantmakers ask evaluation questions like these of their grantees and themselves. This brief guide explains why grantmakers use theories of change to guide their questioning, unearth assumptions that underlie their work, establish common language, and develop strong action plans. Contributors to the guide also describe how a theory of change sets the stage for evaluation by clarifying goals, strategies, and milestones.
The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs
Publication date:
09/2011
Over the past decade foundations have worked to assess their performance in the fields and communities they seek to address. Data-driven forms of measurement have become more widely used to judge the results of programs, as part of a broader range of information used, as CEOs place great importance on assessing their foundations’ effectiveness.
Financial Know-How for Nonprofits Online
Release Date:
02/18/2013
... of financial management, from budgeting to oversight to working with a board on financial accountability. The ...
Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative
Release Date:
02/15/2013
The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to healthy foods for people in low-income neighborhoods.
At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job
Release Date:
07/24/2013
Darren Walker will become the 10th President of the Ford Foundation this September.
Bending the Cost Curve? Results from a Comprehensive Primary Care Payment Pilot
Publication date:
12/2013
In a patient-centered medical home (PCMH), clinicians work together in a team to provide patients with coordinated, comprehensive, and continuous care.
Open Society Foundations Announces 2014 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
05/15/2014
The Open Society Foundations has announced the 2014 class of Soros Justice Fellows. The fourteen fellows from six states will receive a total of $1.25 million in support of their work on a range of criminal justice issues, from solitary confinement...
Investing for Real and Permanent Good
Release Date:
06/06/2014
Interviewed for a Harvard Business School podcast, Carnegie Corporation of New York's co-Chief Investment Officers Kim Lew and Meredith Jenkins discuss how they got into foundation investing and explain why the field makes sense for parents seeking...
Time Warner Foundation Announces the Retirement of Dan Osheyack
Release Date:
04/14/2015
... career in the nonprofit sector. She looks forward to working closely with each of you and will ensure that we do ...
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness
Release Date:
05/26/2015
In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness.
Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety
Release Date:
10/20/2015
... why, since 2007, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been working to help other cities and countries adopt these measures. We’ve been working in ten low- and middle-income countries that together ...
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
Art Peck, Gap Inc. CEO & John B. King, U.S. Secretary of Education, write about the benefit of hiring young folks and the value of work experience.
Deadline approaching: NYSHealth's 10th Anniversary Awards Program Nominations/Applications
Release Date:
06/01/2016
... a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New York State... Deadline ...