Why New Yorkers should be proud of the 2020 Census Results
Release Date:
05/06/2021
The unprecedented coalition of New Yorkers who came together to get out the count for this census have much to be proud of
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International Crisis Group Receives Grant from Open Society Foundations Aiming to Combine Local Voices and Global Expertise to Reduce Human Suffering
Release Date:
04/25/2022
This new funding will allow Crisis Group to help meet the growing demand for pragmatic recommendations and local insights into both regional and global issues fuelling violence, like climate injustice and economic inequality.
Tow Foundation Commits $2 Million to Multiple Myeloma Research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Release Date:
04/27/2022
This will support multiple myeloma research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and in particular, the work of C. Ola Landgren, M.D., Ph.D., a world-renowned hematologic oncologist.
United Way of New York City Announces Grace C. Bonilla, Esq. as the New President and CEO
Release Date:
05/23/2022
United Way of New York City is pleased to announce that Grace C. Bonilla, Esq. has been named the new President and CEO of the organization.
Eighteen arts organizations founded by, with and for communities of color are selected for national arts initiative funded by The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
05/26/2022
Arts organizations are part of a new five-year, $100 million initiative to learn together about the relationship between community orientation, resilience and relevance
Jerome Foundation taps respected, experienced arts leader Eleanor Savage as new president & CEO
Release Date:
04/11/2023
Savage’s deep connections to arts and philanthropic communities, and personal knowledge of equity issues, will advance innovative support for early career artists and arts ecosystems
Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism
Release Date:
11/05/2013
Philanthropic executive and advisor Charles Hamilton shares his thoughts on Peter Buffett’s New York Times op-ed and navigating the complex challenges of “Philanthropic Colonialism.”
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 Japan’s massive 3/11 disaster, talking about the recovery of the Tōhoku region is a “glass half full, glass half empty”...
Learning in Place
Release Date:
07/14/2011
By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel exhilarated; finding yourself...
Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting
Release Date:
02/19/2020
If you want to know where philanthropy is headed, look to the social innovators taking on tough issues in unexpected ways and get to know what makes them tick.
Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice
Release Date:
04/25/2023
Oral and alternate reporting (OAR) is an emergent practice that strives to rebalance power between funders and their grantees, drive insight and collaborative engagement around “wicked” problems and make efficient use of limited resources. Sounds...
The New York Community Trust Awards $14.6 Million in Grants to 86 Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/14/2022
... Care Development Corporation : $150,000 to strengthen the financial and operating capacity of small physician-owned ...
NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More
Release Date:
04/12/2017
... especially those most in need. See nycommunitytrust. org NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic ...
Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!
Release Date:
12/18/2009
For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t you?), maybe, like me, you’ve been struck by a few of the articles about altruism and giving and human biology. Since we are deep in the middle of the “...
Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season
Release Date:
02/21/2012
By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative
Release Date:
10/15/2015
Brooklyn Community Foundation announces grants to four expert restorative justice providers to launch full-time, in-school programs in four Brooklyn public schools.
Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship
Release Date:
01/22/2020
he Pahara Institute, together with the Aspen Institute, announced today the Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and...
Closing America's Education Funding Gaps - First-of-Its-Kind Report from The Century Foundation
Release Date:
07/22/2020
While we have known for decades that the United States is failing in its commitment to provide equal educational opportunity, there is far less consensus and understanding of how to reverse these trends.
Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2021
... pathways to economic mobility. ascend.aspeninstitute. org . Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected ...
Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development
Release Date:
01/26/2022
Funding Meets Growing Undergraduate Interest in Social Justice by Supporting Projects that Teach Humanities Skills and Methods Necessary to Transformational Change