An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities
Release Date:
04/10/2018
... steady in our beliefs about how to build power and change policy . We believe that funders should invest in ...
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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly
Release Date:
07/27/2018
... 2018. Cohen is a research professor in the Markets, Public Policy , and Law Department of the Questrom School of Business and professor of health law, policy , and management in the Boston University School of...
A New April 15: Make It a Day of Giving (Efficiently)
Release Date:
03/15/2010
... fellow at the Urban Institute and editor of the Tax Policy Center’s blog, TaxVox, the option to deduct in one ... are filing their returns. Behavioral economists and other social scientists who study...
Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard
Release Date:
06/12/2009
... with an ongoing account of their doings. An important social good that used to be provided by the market is now ... thus far, it will not be provided by peer or social production. Large corporate interests are...
Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... exposed to food access issues, health disparities, hunger, social justice, and community activism. Hostos is not your ... course, and then can choose from four tracks: food policy , social...
Start a Giving Circle This Summer
Release Date:
06/15/2011
... Advisors LLC, talks about how the different groups and social occasions you’re involved in this summer can provide ...
Small Foundations Can Spur Big Changes: One Grant Maker Shows How
Release Date:
03/24/2013
... of the Tow Foundation. Tackling the world’s most vexing social problems is a challenge for even the biggest ...
Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund
Release Date:
03/17/2015
... for Capital Consortium Fund Deutsche Bank’s Global Social Finance Group today announced the closing of the ... Capital Consortium (ECC), a five-year USD 50 million social enterprise fund, which is part of its...
Winning Young Innovators Announced for 2015 Moody's Information to Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
06/03/2015
... There were two categories in the initial 2015 Challenge: Social Media Savvy Quiz Challenge and the Business of Doing ... think about and create ways to educate their peers about social media and social...
UPDATE: Foundations Cannot Waver in Face of Latest Census Challenges
Release Date:
07/10/2019
... census, this new threat means that important philanthropic resources will now be siphoned for litigation and the ... course to an accurate census count. Given the negative policy environment surrounding...
How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises
Release Date:
09/28/2011
... confronting our grantees—the day-to-day managers of the social safety net in the United States. As we and our ... operating support. In a time of seriously constrained resources , our grantees need as much...
Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... over 150 years ago, BUMC’s vision is to be a hub of resources for Crown Heights, ensuring that its facilities are ... Non-profit organizations, religious institutions, social enterprises, and individuals who...
Internal Communications for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation
Release Date:
03/31/2020
... of us. It’s been heartening to watch foundations marshal resources to find ways to ease burdens on grantees and step ... for working from home Lend a helping hand. If you have resources that you can offer, an...
Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers
Release Date:
07/30/2020
... to properly disinfect equipment, wash hands, and practice social distancing,” Leonor says. Everything I’ve learned, ... provides worker-centered organizations with flexible resources to pivot, experiment, and...
NYC losing small hospitals as money woes mount
Release Date:
08/06/2013
... neighborhood hospital was a cornerstone of New York City life . But for a growing number of city residents, the trip to ...
The Charitable-Industrial Complex
Release Date:
08/26/2013
... Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation. I HAD spent much of my life writing music for commercials, film and television and ...
UJA-Federation of New York’s John Ruskay addresses Yeshiva University’s commencement and awarded honorary doctorate
Release Date:
05/23/2014
... my calling? What is it that will provide the basis for a life of meaning, purpose, and, I might add, holiness?” ...
Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color
Release Date:
07/23/2014
... use and usefulness of research intended to help improve life outcomes for young people and $634,000 in capacity ...
Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit
Release Date:
11/04/2014
... into her 80s. "My mother had an extraordinary zest for life ," says her daughter, Gail Sloane Meyers. "She loved to .....
U.S. Trust Finds that 86% of Wealthy Adults Prioritzie Giving
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... consider to be the most important elements of a well-lived life . While respondents ranked health, family, and ...