Site Search

Legal Staff

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

International/Foreign Affairs

Public Policy

Funding Area

To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds

Release Date:

11/10/2015

To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds By Salem Tsegaye, Program ... Agenda Fund made a grant to The Opportunity Agenda . The group trained arts and cultural advocates to craft ... should be...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

The Opportunity Agenda

The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight

Release Date:

11/10/2015

The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight NEW YORK— Fund for Shared Insight ... Fund for Shared Insight is a collaborative effort among funders...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Rockefeller Foundation

Related Organizations

Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... been said that history rhymes rather than repeats itself. For New Yorkers who have seen record levels of homelessness on the streets, in the shelters and in the schools since the demise of Work Advantage five...

Find More By

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Booth Ferris Foundation, New York Community Trust and Others Support Apollo Theater Transformation

Release Date:

12/10/2018

... by Empire State Development, enhancing Apollo’s advocacy for African-American, African-diasporic, and Harlem-based ... the Apollo will develop a theater rental subsidy program for nonprofits, with details to...

Find More By

News type

The New York Community Trust

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Booth Ferris Foundation

Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... ever attended – and I say that as a person who has been working in philanthropy for more than 25 years, so I have attended a lot of ... session I attended in which we essentially engaged in group...

Find More By

News type

PNY News

Funding Area

Deborah Cullen-Morales Appointed New Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

04/28/2020

... Cullen-Morales as the Foundation’s new program officer for Arts and Cultural Heritage. Cullen-Morales will join the ... “We are thrilled to welcome Deborah and look forward to working with her.” “As a renowned...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Adam Sweidan Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/08/2022

... Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today ... has joined the foundation’s board of directors. “ For many years now, Adam has committed...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Arcus Foundation

Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines

Release Date:

10/19/2017

... and the Brooklyn Public Library — will forgive all fines for children 17 and under and unblock their cards. The ...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Freedom Together Foundation

Lack of Diversity Hurts Science: Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Is Changing That

Release Date:

06/10/2019

... appealing to kids’ fascination with gross stuff. Her students say the extracted material looks like white snot. She uses that as the entry point for a conversation about the building blocks of life. Lack of...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Science

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer

Release Date:

08/19/2014

... Senior Vice President and CFO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has been ... managing and analyzing financial data at Credit Suisse Group . Abrahams currently serves as a...

Find More By

News type

New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Release Date:

07/11/2016

... Ferris Foundation. She also was the associate director for the Environmental Defense Fund. She is a graduate of ... and the Harvard Law School Venture Fund Advisory Group . In 2015, Ms. Butler Plum was selected...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Related Organizations

A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

Release Date:

03/27/2012

By James Gannon Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) One year after ... are unlikely to seek out support on their own. Overseas funders can make a difference by encouraging and...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

15 Sep 2010

Can You Hear Us Now? Evaluating Policy Change and Advocacy

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... trustees, program officers, evaluation officers, and other funders interested in assessing whether their public policy ... the path to success? Who needs to be involved in order for you to be successful? What...

Find More By

Event type

Network Building

Frameworks for Private Foundations: A New Model for Impact

Publication date:

07/2017

... new societal challenges, new players, and new strategies. Funders are seeking to increase their effectiveness, and want clear, practical guidance for getting there. This GrantCraft leadership series paper ... that shape private foundations, and offers a roadmap for funders interested in reflecting on these frameworks to ...

Find More By

Resource type

Report

Funding Area

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

Release Date:

05/04/2021

... Rao whose term ends this year, and will lead the strategy for the foundation’s work to strengthen representation, ... the frontline organizations and visionary leaders working to advance this work around the...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

23 Apr 2024

AI in Grantmaking: How to Fund Initiatives that Drive Social Impact - A Webinar Hosted by Technology Association of Grantmakers

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Use code PNY423 for the access free of charge

... to determine which projects to fund Different approaches funders employ to navigate challenges Lessons acquired during ... be emailed to you before the webinar. When registering for the event...

Find More By

Event type

Tools & Strategies

Format

Panel

Presentation

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Topic(s)

Information Technology

New Report From The Redlich Horwitz Foundation: New York Should Use Family First Act As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care

Release Date:

04/24/2018

... York Should Use Family First Act As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care New York’s state government ... foster care system, with an eye on placing more foster youth in the homes of relatives and improving...

Find More By

News type

Redlich Horwitz Foundation

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... . My co-panelists and I put forth a series of ideas for fixing the financial sector that all revolved around one ... problem with finance today is that it has become a tool for the extraction of wealth from...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Roosevelt Institute

25 May 2017

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Spring Program: Effective Communication Across Generations

Thursday, May 25, 2017 -

8:45am to 10:00am

... address the professional development and networking needs for individuals serving in an administrative support function ... Our workplaces likely contain employees from all five working generations: Veterans,...

Find More By

Event type

Network Building

Format

Workshop

Audience