Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers
Release Date:
04/20/2016
... a diverse committee of distinguished civic, business, and neighborhood leaders hailing from Brooklyn. Brooklyn is home ...
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Racial Justice Is at Heart of Brooklyn Community Foundation Shift
Release Date:
12/06/2016
... strategy, one heavily influenced by residents of the neighborhood BCF calls home. “Racial equity is core to our ... Indeed, The Sentencing Project has determined that, for U.S. residents born in 2001, one in...
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Views the Arts as a "Community Anchor"
Release Date:
12/12/2016
... that contribute to the creation of community and to neighborhood revitalization. There are interesting opportunities for funding here, so long as you’re geographically situated for it: Namely...
The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Syrian Rebels' Lessons on Aleppo
Release Date:
01/27/2017
... even under siege and surrounded on all sides, to hold out for as long as a year. Instead, faced with an overwhelming ... the Syrian opposition’s ability to challenge the regime for control of Syria’s most...
Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... continues to innovate to uplift its North End Detroit neighborhood with agricultural concepts that transform ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
05/08/2017
... and CNN says we’ve reached “a tipping point for excitement in self-driving cars.” But too much ... automobile a century ago. That’s why it’s so important for cities to start leading the shift to AVs now. And...
Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning
Release Date:
08/04/2017
Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning ... zoning that banned apartment buildings in areas designated for single-family homes, often adding minimum...
Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... Research via the BAM Online Archive It is always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic digger of sometimes obscure history. ... of BAM...
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... equipment yards and aging corner stores that dot the neighborhood . Tassafaronga Village, a six-year-old, $52.8 ... structures to withstand climate change also open the door for real estate speculation that...
Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification? A fence in East Harlem gets a facelift ... which formed in 2015. They have painted Aztec symbols, for example, and a piece devoted to women’s rights on...
Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... to set aside a certain percentage of affordable housing for low and moderate income New Yorkers. That’s the ... Stuyvesant. If approved, the proposed rezoning will allow for 1,146 apartments, 25 percent of...
As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it’s easier than others — say, at a program for overweight children, or an obesity clinic, two places ... in the...
After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... a mother who hurried to the building in the West Farms neighborhood to retrieve her two elementary-school-aged ...
The New York Community Trust Awards $9.9 Million in Grants to 53 Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/14/2021
... “The coronavirus pandemic not only created new needs for New Yorkers, but it also brought longstanding inequities ...
Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer
Release Date:
03/30/2012
... Board of Directors of Philanthropy New York, discusses how funders can support nonprofit leaders as they deal with the ... normal” of reduced revenue and growing need. Five Qs for …Douglas Bauer ...
Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term
Release Date:
05/22/2013
... Grantmakers President Nina Stack talks about the role funders can play in providing long-term relief after ... leave our region. Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term ...
Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)
Release Date:
01/10/2013
... the needs of returning veterans and their families and how funders (regardless of their focus area) can support the ...
Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery
Publication date:
02/2014
... support Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy , along with updates and opportunities for collaboration from regional associations, community foundations, and other key funders in the region. Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery ...
Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... anti-immigrant president? That’s a question lots of funders have been asking themselves since last November, ... Foundations and Ford, as well as local and regional funders like New York Community Trust and a...
Open Society Announces Fund to Support New Nonprofit Leaders
Release Date:
06/14/2013
Open Society Foundations has established a $2-million fund to help new nonprofit chief executives put their ideas to work quickly.