Today is #GivingTuesday, which you no doubt are aware of from the staggering number of year-end donation requests you’re receiving. If you are thinking about making a personal donation in the coming weeks (no pressure at all!) the Fund for 2025 is...
There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. "Food Chains" reveals the human cost...
Brooklyn Community Foundation President and CEO Cecilia Clarke talks about her firsthand experience with The New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards.
Last year, the Philanthropy New York board approved a formal process for our organization to take an official position on pressing policy concerns, and earlier this year we formed a Public Policy Committee to advise staff on how to proceed on such...
The Weinberg Foundation announced that Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (Ret.) will succeed Judge Ellen M. Heller as the next Trustee of the Weinberg Foundation.
The new initiative — created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony and the League of American Orchestras — will train musicians for auditions, pair them with mentors, showcase their work in concerts and give them stipends to travel to...
Despite concerted efforts by Congress and the Trump administration to roll back key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), New York State’s individual health insurance market largely held its ground in 2017 in terms of enrollment, the cost of...
Since the first gathering to celebrate International Women's Day, held over a century ago, leaders have made great progress in driving gender equality. But, we still have work to do to continue advocating for women’s advancement around the world.
The report examines the challenges of and opportunities for mission-aligned investing and offers resources for institutional investors interested in shifting to such a strategy.
Join us for a conversation on how families successfully examine their histories to move forward with a more equitable and just philanthropic effort in the future.