PhilTV This Week: March 3, 2017
Release Date:
03/03/2017
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... and other trash problems. The teams can use an app to report problems needing immediate attention, but what was ...
What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement
Release Date:
06/15/2017
... The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s aptly-titled report illustrates the sentiments many foundation leaders ... make their work more difficult. And 36 percent of CEOs report that they are either in the...
Niarchos Foundation, Revson Foundation, & Heckscher Foundation Are Crowdsourcing Ideas to Help NYC Public Libraries
Release Date:
07/05/2017
Some funders in New York City and elsewhere remain deeply dedicated to libraries. Aso notable is an effort by a trio of funders who've come together to support New York's libraries.
New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... Assessment Tool’s findings should not be seen as a report card, but rather a data-driven prompt for reflection ...
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... order to teach effectively, she said. A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and ...
New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may lead to behavioral and...
With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students
Release Date:
12/19/2017
... threaten to derail them. "Across the nation, studies report as many as 65 percent of students surveyed who drop .....
A New Map, Funded By The New York Community Trust Lets You Search Every NYC Landmark
Release Date:
12/19/2017
... information, including PDFs of each item’s designation report . “The launch of the enhanced web map will not only ...
Video Shows How a New State Prison Policy Hurts Nonprofits Like Books Through Bars in New York
Release Date:
01/10/2018
A new state policy would keep nonprofits like NYC Books Through Bars from sending books to inmates in New York.
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Feb
2018
Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar
Thursday, February 1, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... with brief reflections on the recently-released report Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and ...
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare
Release Date:
01/30/2018
The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and boost satisfaction with the health care plan for employees of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.
Talking Politics
Release Date:
02/06/2018
... to our core assessments like the Grantee Perception Report (GPR). In 2017, we worked with foundations to design ... political environment. Almost half of foundation CEOs report making — or planning to make — a...
A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
A new study led by vision researchers at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New York Healthcare System has demonstrated that the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care...
NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge
Release Date:
02/15/2018
... and less likely to seek help from law enforcement, report their trafficker, or access services... NoVo ...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the...
The Foundation for Child Development Introduces The NYC Early Childhood Research Network
Release Date:
02/28/2018
... Child Development (the Foundation) has released its latest report “New York City Early Childhood Research Network: A ...
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May
2018
New York City Schools: Is Integration Necessary?
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Please join Philanthropy New York’s Committee on Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy (CEIP) for a brown bag lunch session to discuss school segregation.
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
This spring, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will welcome Sally Donnelly as a non-resident senior fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U.S. national security affairs to support the Fund’s work by monitoring and...
Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... of the brain. Scientists from the Salk Institute report a new approach that can develop more sophisticated ...