Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... Standards For School Leaders After more than a year of deliberations, a set of professional standards for ...
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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director
Release Date:
10/27/2015
Tamir Novotny has been selected as the new Executive Director of EPIP, beginning Monday, November 16
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
... Ford Foundation, with its $10 billion endowment, said this year that it would direct all its giving — about $500 ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Backs Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
11/04/2015
The commission, which will be financed with a $2.2-million grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will examine the future of higher education.
NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Tiffany & Co. executive calls for brand owners and jewelry retailers to come together to establish a certification system that will assure responsible behavior when obtaining natural resources.
Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.
Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Release Date:
11/20/2015
Collaboratively working in an interdisciplinary practice holds the potential for improving outcomes and healthcare processes. Some hospitals have brought professionals from different disciplines together for the benefit of patients.
New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)
Release Date:
12/03/2015
... with many of capitalism’s best-honed machines. Once a year , Mozilla makes its necessary filings with the IRS — ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks
Release Date:
12/07/2015
... $2 for every $1 given to eligible food banks this year , up to a total match of $1.5 million. . . Bank of ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Nathan Cummings Foundation lauded as embracing a broader, more pragmatic portfolio of approaches to climate change.
A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace
Release Date:
12/16/2015
The Ford Foundation plans a $190 million renovation of its building, 320 East 43rd Street in Manhattan, that is expected to close it for two years and will bring it to current workspace standards and styles.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post
Release Date:
01/07/2016
... disclosure: I am a great fan of Charles Bronfman, the 84- year -old heir to the Seagrams liquor fortune who funded these ...
Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More
Release Date:
01/25/2016
... de Blasio is dedicating $159 million in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are ...
Pinkerton, Kaplan and NY Community Trust Staff to Be Honored by City & State
Release Date:
02/05/2016
... & State Reports, and New York Law School announced this year 's Corporate, Foundation, and Family Philanthropy .....
Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... upon continued momentum, 2016 is poised to be a banner year for the foundation. Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its ...
UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'
Release Date:
02/18/2016
A rigorous approach to measuring charitable ROI (return on investment) is becoming more popular in the Jewish communal world and UJA-Federation of New York, which will celebrate its centennial next year, is wading into this world of metrics...
Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World
Release Date:
02/24/2016
Lehigh, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania are leading a project, called Bibliotheca Philadelphienis, that will digitalize the largest regional collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts in the country.
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
... at their respective sponsor theatre company. This year ’s recipients are Rachel Bonds at Ars Nova; Paola ...
Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%
Release Date:
03/04/2016
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is on track to expand their combined annual degree awards by almost 20 percent, creating 94,000 more graduates over the next 10 years. UIA received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda...
Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees
Release Date:
03/08/2016
... Last September, heartbreaking images of the body of a 3- year -old Syrian boy who washed up on a Turkish beach ...