NYS Health Foundation Grant Creating Tool to Assess Health Needs in Multifamily Housing
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... for hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers, with studies showing that modest improvements in housing design, ...
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Philanthropy Can Play a Role In Managing Student Debt Crisis
Release Date:
06/27/2016
Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of the Edwin Gould Foundation, asks funders of college access and success programs to look carefully at whether the “college-or-bust” mentality encourages students to disregard the hardship in store for them when they...
19
Oct
2016
School Integration in NYC (Part 2): Strategies for Change
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 -
10:00am to 12:30pm
A study released in 2014 by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that New York State’s schools are the most segregated schools in the country, more segregated than they were a decade ago. Between 1989 and 2010, the percentage of schools in the New...
NoVo Foundation Supports New Initiative to Fight Violence Against People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/02/2016
The Vera Institute of Justice today announced a new project, made possible by the support of the NoVo Foundation, to build a national coalition to address violence against people with disabilities.
05
May
2017
Legal Series - Investing in People: Making Grants to Individuals
Friday, May 5, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Many private foundations and public charities have programs for making grants to individuals. The purpose can range from recognizing or enabling human achievement (such as through award programs or scholarships and fellowships) to disaster or...
Arcus Foundation Names Annette Lanjouw and Jason McGill Co-Executive Directors
Release Date:
01/24/2017
... of Michigan, and his AB (Sociology) and BS (Urban Studies ) degrees at Cornell University. He has taught at ...
Altman Foundation Announces Two Promotions
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... in Public Policy from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Ms. Pine has principal ...
13
Mar
2017
The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia
Monday, March 13, 2017 -
8:00am to 6:00pm
Islamophobia is escalating rapidly across the country, fueling fear, discrimination and hate crimes against Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities. In recent months, we have borne witness to a growing number of hostile acts including vandalism,...
Ford Foundation Appoints Pradeep Nair as Regional Director for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Release Date:
03/09/2017
A seasoned public and private sector leader, Nair brings deep regional expertise and more than 20 years of experience building partnerships among government, corporate, philanthropic, and civil society partners in the dynamic South Asia region.
After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Release Date:
07/12/2017
After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. F oundation After 10 years at the helm, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation President George E. Thibault , MD announced today that he will step down at...
Don Chen, Social Justice Veteran, Selected as Surdna Foundation’s Third President
Release Date:
08/20/2018
... degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. He is ...
10
Oct
2018
Beyond Islamophobia: How American Stories Transform Communities
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -
8:30am to 1:30pm
Beyond Islamophobia: How American Stories are Transforming Communities aims to highlight fresh thinking from artists and activists who disrupt the noxious, bigoted cultural narrative to advance cross-community understanding and social cohesion for...
03
Dec
2018
Second Annual PNY Policy Forum: In Conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel
Monday, December 3, 2018 -
5:00pm to 6:30pm
... Heuvel serves on the boards of The Institute for Policy Studies , The Campaign for America's Future, The Correctional .....
07
May
2020
COVID-19, Democracy and the Importance of Local Journalism - A Webinar
Thursday, May 7, 2020 -
9:30am to 11:00am
... 1,000 communities without local news coverage. Various studies have linked the absence of local news outlets to ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Landmark Closure of 318th U.S. Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030
Release Date:
09/15/2020
... Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. “ Studies show there is a 15% higher chance of contracting the ...
Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System
Release Date:
01/08/2021
The Sozosei Foundation recently convened its inaugural summit on decriminalizing mental illness.
06
May
2021
Could a Flourishing Small Business Ecosystem Be the Key to a More Equitable and Just Recovery?
Thursday, May 6, 2021 -
9:00am to 10:30am
Despite the critical role small businesses play in wealth creation, job creation, and the vibrancy of our communities, small business owners of color face institutional and systematic barriers in accessing capital, customers, and services,...
23
Jun
2021
A New Frontier - Racial Equity in the Asset Management Industry Today
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
... industry, sadly, lags far behind. Despite numerous studies showing that Black-owned asset management firms ...
07
Apr
2022
Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals
Thursday, April 7, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
The Program The PNY Core: Legal Series provides an overview of the legal and regulatory boundaries in a number of key legal topics. The series launches with this high-level overview of the legal dos and don'ts across your day-to-day philanthropic...
The Reckoning Philanthropy Needs Right Now
Release Date:
08/11/2021
Understanding history, policy, and institutional bias is critical to building funding strategies that address the root causes of inequity.