Village Capital And Metlife Foundation Announce Partnership
Release Date:
03/17/2017
... with MetLife Foundation , is launching a multi- year program to build the ecosystem for financial inclusion ...
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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice
Release Date:
04/07/2017
The first of two panels exploring new techniques and approaches to the use of artistic practice in social activism, and how to measure its impact.
Bloomberg Launches Smart City Certification
Release Date:
04/11/2017
Two years after its inception, Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities program announced an initiative that will direct cities on how to use data to improve their smart infrastructure.
NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color
Release Date:
04/13/2017
The New York City-based NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, the youngest son of Warren Buffett, says it will let the girls and their advocates on the local level determine what their needs are, rather than be told what...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio
Release Date:
04/25/2017
In addition to changing the portfolio’s name from ‘Global Governance’ to ‘Global Challenges’, the newly articulated strategies shift the emphasis from improving the democratic practices of formal global governance institutions and procedures to...
Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting
Release Date:
07/31/2017
... They will discuss their research progress during the first year of the collaboration and the current directions of ...
New Law Requires NYPD to Get CPR Training
Release Date:
08/30/2017
NYPD officers will be required to undergo CPR training before joining the force and every two years after under a new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’s progress toward democracy.
Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... for several new middle schools she plans to open next year . The city missed a September deadline set by the ...
As Wealthy Millennials Take Control Of Family Fortunes, Impact Investing Is Set For A Big Boost
Release Date:
09/18/2017
The world’s richest families are increasingly investing their money in good causes, giving a boost to the growing, if still challenged, impact investing space. More than a quarter (28%) of ultra-net-worth “family offices” are now putting money into...
Administration Of Children’s Services Staffers Now Being Sent To NYPD Investigator Course
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... throughout the world. The course is held about 10 times a year . . . Administration Of Children’s Services Staffers ...
More Nonprofits Are Running Their Own Crowdfunding Drives
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Like many established nonprofits these days, the Holocaust Museum is taking a page from the crowdfunding playbook.
KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse
Release Date:
09/28/2017
A prominent New York City charter school network announced that it was opening an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that occurred more than 10 years ago.
Did You Get Free SUNY Tuition? NY Reveals Figures
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... she was ineligible. School counselors encouraged the 22- year -old student to take fewer credits this fall as she eased ...
Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Initiative, but was forced to abandon the idea early last year after opposition from senior executives. Zuckerberg's .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Recognizes Kimberly Clark for Energy and Climate Leadership
Release Date:
03/02/2018
Kimberly-Clark Corporation today announced it has won a 2018 Climate Leadership Award for Excellence in the Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting) category, the company's second Climate Leadership Award in two years.
Simons Foundation Announces 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Release Date:
04/02/2018
... program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year , enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the ...
Obituary: Rachel Cowan, Former Nathan Cummings Foundation Official
Release Date:
09/07/2018
Rabbi Rachel Cowan, a Mayflower descendant who converted to Judaism and became a prominent innovator in three nontraditional movements in that faith, died on Friday at her home in Manhattan.
Research Funded By Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030
Release Date:
09/10/2018
... can prevent approximately 1.3 million premature deaths per year , generate 13.7 million jobs in cities and save 40 ... billions of dollars in reduced household expenses each year . Funded by Bloomberg...
Every New Yorker Deserves to Be Counted
Release Date:
04/02/2019
... New Yorker in the upcoming 2020 Census. With less than a year until the Census count begins, it is vital that New ...