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...
Kathryn D. Haslanger, Chief Executive Officer of JASA (Jewish Association Serving the Aging), has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors.
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...
With important fiscal deadlines looming in coming weeks, the nation’s fiscal outlook remains a top concern for American voters, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's polling results.
The Weinberg Foundation announced that Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (Ret.) will succeed Judge Ellen M. Heller as the next Trustee of the Weinberg Foundation.
Human Resources professionals have a critical role to play in developing and executing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies within their organizations. In many organizations, conversations relating to DEI initiatives have intensified...
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...
Today, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced $13 million in new grants to create a Gut Cell Atlas, cataloguing the many cell types in the small and large intestines.
The following is a conversation between Sampriti Ganguli, CEO of Arabella Advisors, and Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City.