What Am I Doing Here?
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... available to such a vulnerable population. I conducted the primary outreach and coordination of the program, giving me ...
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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities
Release Date:
08/04/2016
... focus on mitigating investor risk and outcome funding. The primary way foundations have engaged in impact bonds is by ...
Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/07/2009
... to a limited degree on sexual orientation and people with disabilities . The core data invites various interpretations ... the coming months and years; and examine and consider the resources , mission statements...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement
Release Date:
04/13/2021
... forestry practices and connect them to government resources . Native Movement in Fairbanks, Alaska is an ... Southern Cooperatives that provides beginning farmers with resources , professional development and...
A Right to Know: School Environmental Health Hazards
Release Date:
07/20/2015
... to NYLPI’s attention, such as unsafe trailers, lack of physical education, and toxic lighting units throughout New ...
2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus
Release Date:
11/16/2021
... climate change, or preserving the places communities care about most. The Prize’s unrestricted funding is ... with valuable tools, training, and capacity-building resources , in addition to crucial funding...
Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
Release Date:
12/23/2013
... mobility for low-income and marginalized communities was improving — employment among urban black males in the 1990s ... in a small hospital where blacks and poor whites received care . My parents never married...
Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation
Release Date:
03/30/2012
... filling some of these gaps. We all know, however, that the resources available to private philanthropy pale in ... a lot, you are demonstrating, via your actions, that you care about the organization and its...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety
Release Date:
03/23/2015
... The $600,000 grant aims to ensure that all health care professionals who are UNE graduates are equipped with ... necessary team-based skills to ensure high quality patient care . Also, the grant also aims to...
Casey Family Programs President and CEO to Ring Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange on June 3
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... of the more than 400,000 children living in foster care in America. The occasion also recognizes the important ... and opportunities that safely reduce the need for foster care by ensuring every child has a...
Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... were instrumental in building the case for the Affordable Care Act seven years ago don’t want Congress to gut the ... federal health-insurance legislation. But some health- care advocacy groups say the current...
Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... had thought of it before. Such is the case with Peconic Care , a proposed addiction treatment facility that promises ... would combine world-class research with clinical care such that every patient who comes...
NYS Health’s Event Recap: Reporting in the ‘Fake News’ Era: A Conversation With Health Reporter Charles Ornstein
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Charles Ornstein, senior reporter covering health care at ProPublica, for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of journalism and health care . Mr. Ornstein spoke about how journalists break through...
We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees
Release Date:
08/12/2020
... of them lost their jobs and their livelihoods as well as access to medical care and other life-saving necessities. While our team ... that clients in the most vulnerable situations retained access...
Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... Given these constraints, abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable, rather than give everyone a fair ...
Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... into community spaces since 2011. It provides land access advocacy for spaces that are ultimately transformed ... over 150 years ago, BUMC’s vision is to be a hub of resources for Crown Heights, ensuring that...
Puerto Rico's Governor Calls for Greater Federal Response to Hurricane Maria
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... to provide more search-and-rescue help and humanitarian resources to help the beleaguered island recover from ... devastation” from Hurricane Maria. “We need more resources from the Department of Defense so we...
The State of Philanthropy Tech and Implications for Our Workplace
Publication date:
03/2023
The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network of HR and operations professionals at member grantmaking organizations. FAN hosts quarterly meetings on a broad range of topics relevant to HR and operations administration. How common is it for foundation staff to be back in the office? What platforms and tools are others using for remote and grantmaking? How can I leverage peer benchmarking to advocate change within my organization? To assist in answering these questions, in July 2022, Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) conducted a...
Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of Community Progress Makers Initiative in the United States
Release Date:
12/13/2021
... Maker will receive an unrestricted grant of $500,000 and access to technical assistance and a supportive learning ... of color by working to expand affordable housing and access ; environmental sustainability;...
Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors
Release Date:
02/22/2018
... for patients bearing tumors or after removal of the primary tumors. The research, published in Science ... significantly inhibited the recurrence of cancer after the primary tumor was surgically removed. “We’...