Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... will be able to develop, expand and evaluate promising practices and programs that can transform the academic ...
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Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
... to connect with other grantees to share and learn best practices ... Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate ...
Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Release Date:
07/05/2016
Over the past five years, more and more foundations have come to understand that their nonprofit grantees’ infrastructure needs more love, and more grant money.
Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion
Release Date:
07/29/2016
Cardona writes in SSIR that it’s time to recognize how inequity shapes funders’ choice of partners.
Robin Hood Issues Call for Applications for New Grant-Ready Insights and Training Project (GRIT)
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... The program's curriculum will be based on Robin Hood's practices . It is designed for executives of social services .....
Marist College, Rockefeller Archive Center Partner on Open-Source Technologies for Digital Archival Processes
Release Date:
08/24/2016
... be compatible with existing archival standards and best practices and will be built using well-documented, ...
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Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... openness while retaining the family focus of our giving practices ? This session will feature a conversation on ...
Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... and opportunities to share lessons learned and best practices with their peers in other cities... Seven Cities ...
Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being
Release Date:
04/19/2017
The two-year study, by the Social Impact of the Arts Project at Penn SP2, was funded with $250,000 from the NYC Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust.
Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation
Release Date:
05/12/2017
Columbia University has announced a 15 million dollar gift from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation to endow a full-tuition scholarship program and clinical professorship and increase public service opportunities for deserving law school students.
Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... and Chinese. The document is a compendium of best practices from cities around the world for designing streets ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
Financial giants, in addition to supporting urban youth and employment, are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and housing.
Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... The project articulates, distills, and promotes best practices to minimize security, safety, and proliferation ...
A Golf Center Grows in Harlem
Release Date:
08/28/2017
A leader of the Bridge Golf Foundation hopes it will be a “model for progressive gentrification” through its work with underprivileged and mostly black adolescent boys.
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.
Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’s future, which includes the use of science and technology for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-...
Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say
Release Date:
09/11/2017
It is one of law enforcement’s most expansive powers: If the authorities believe that someone has knowledge of a crime, they can — under threat of arrest — force the person to testify in court by obtaining what is known as a material witness warrant.
Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books
Release Date:
09/19/2017
For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and picturesque piers, the most popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite its squat concrete frame and fluorescent...
The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...
How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... thinking. A recent report about the values and giving practices of high and ultra-high net worth adults–people ...