Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... revenues over the past decade than they cost. The draft report , which was obtained by The New York Times, contradicts ...
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At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... part because the Council’s Women’s Caucus released a report on the subject, and there are efforts underway to ...
Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no exception.
Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims
Release Date:
10/03/2017
In the latest allegation of sexual harassment by a high-profile academic, a prominent historian at Columbia University has been accused of forcing himself on a 29-year-old female doctoral student and disparaging her to colleagues when she rebuffed...
After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues
Release Date:
10/03/2017
On Monday, in a conversation about school safety with invited parent leaders from throughout the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Ms. Fariña emphasized that crime in schools was at its lowest level on record and said they were making investments in...
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 residents just outside of Madison.
Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City alleges the city is violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.
Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... 1975 in Britain and 1994 in Japan. The United States jobs report on Friday showed a slip in job creation, a result of ...
How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing
Release Date:
12/12/2017
Last week, the fund launched Propel Democracy, a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies that build progressive political power in states of critical electoral importance.'
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria
Release Date:
02/16/2018
... at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report successes for highly promising strategies against ...
UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide
Release Date:
05/31/2018
... Changing Role for Changing Times is considered the first report of its kind to examine this crucial role across the ...
NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant
Release Date:
12/14/2018
... Building upon the findings of a previous NYSHealth-funded report , IPRO, in partnership with X4 Health, will test an ...
NYT Opinion: Darren Walker Reflects on Why Museums Need to Step Into the Future
Release Date:
07/26/2019
America’s museums are more than repositories of ancient Greek statues and Renaissance paintings. They are guardians of a fading social and demographic order. On Thursday, Warren Kanders resigned from the board of the Whitney Museum of Art, after...
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2018
The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Experienced funders often say that grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, ... your ability to contribute to transformative work. Join us to learn practices that can help you navigate...
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Feb
2021
Investing in Financial Coaching with a Racial Equity Lens - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:15pm
As a result of COVID-19, economic insecurity is increasing–especially among Black and Latinx households. Join AFN for an engaging discussion about best practices, effective models, and emerging tools to apply a racial equity lens in the specific...
How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part II)
... to members of the Hive NYC Learning Network ; but in 2014 , four years after the Fund’s inception, that changed. ...
Are Your Grantees Keeping Workers in Poverty?
Release Date:
10/22/2014
... published as the feature article for the October 2014 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. ...
Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects
Release Date:
06/12/2013
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School have announced the six winners of a national competition to provide technical assistance to state and local governments looking to develop "...
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Dec
2010
Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior
Thursday, December 9, 2010 -
7:30am to 11:00am
... they might decrease the value of your company? Most foundations would probably answer yes to these questions. But while foundations give away billions of dollars to address social ... Through the holdings in...
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... alongside corporate grant makers. As part of that effort, foundations and charities are also stepping up efforts to ...