United Way of New York City Names Sheena Wright as New President & CEO
Release Date:
10/01/2012
... York City organization as it continues its important work, improving the lives of low-income New Yorkers through its ...
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Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board
Release Date:
02/12/2014
The Teagle Foundation is pleased to announce two new members of its Board of Directors: Elizabeth Boylan and Brian Rosenberg.
Why Bring People Together In Person?
Release Date:
08/13/2013
by Robert Garris , Managing Director, Bellagio Programs , The Rockefeller Foundation With so many effective communication technologies available, it would be easy to assume that Skype, videoconferencing, webinars...
07
Dec
2015
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar
Monday, December 7, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the first of a four part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.
06
Apr
2016
Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...
Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller
Release Date:
12/14/2015
The Planetary Health Alliance is supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, following on the recent release of the groundbreaking Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health, which outlines key opportunities to advance public health...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces the World Cities Forum Leadership Exchange Programme
Release Date:
10/26/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Google Arts & Culture, with the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF), have announced a major new grant opportunity for the 35 member cities of the WCCF to learn from one another and share ideas to solve common...
15
Jul
2019
**POSTPONED: FCCP Racial Equity Series: July 2019 - Metrics as Tyranny or Metrics as "Strategic Objects" - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, July 15, 2019 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... building power throughout democratic ecosystems, and improving philanthropy’s corresponding role in as much. ...
23
Oct
2019
From Intentions into Actions: Bringing Behavioral Design to NYC Nonprofits
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
So often we learn about exciting evidence-based programs and bemoan how difficult and expensive it is to scale up best practices. By contrast, behavioral science offers research findings and design techniques that can be applied fairly easily, at...
Gun Violence in the United States Is a Crisis of Public Health and Public Safety – and Philanthropy Is Stepping Up
Release Date:
01/14/2020
We have all become far too familiar with the sobering statistics. Each year, more than 100,000 Americans are killed or injured by firearms. Mass shootings may make the headlines, but the sad reality of everyday gun violence often gets relegated to...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems: Seeing, Facilitating, and Assessing Systems Change Report
Release Date:
07/22/2020
... between the givers and receivers of funds. 2018 Findings: Improving Practices and Embracing Collaboration Our next ... identified in the first report to actually improving their policies and practices around...
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces New Chief Investment Officer, Leena Bhutta
Release Date:
07/29/2021
CIO Jeffrey Heil to Retire on Dec. 31; Leena Bhutta to Succeed as CIO
09
Mar
2022
New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
... long been recognized as a barrier to understanding—and improving —the system. Indeed, the lack of a unified data ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 10 Grant Recipients to Support Family Engagement Programs
Release Date:
03/08/2022
Philanthropic funding will advance new strategies to provide equitable learning for all students
Why We Engage in Public Policy
We see policy work as a way to achieve our mission to promote philanthropy and a robust nonprofit sector in the region, ultimately contributing to a more equitable world through effective philanthropic practices.
Gilman Louie Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation
Release Date:
12/03/2012
The Markle Foundation has announced that Gilman Louie has joined its Board of Directors. Louie is currently a partner at Alsop Louie Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm.
Arcus Foundation Names Cynthia A. Hallenbeck New Vice President of Finance and Operations
Release Date:
02/01/2012
... Council for Economic Education, an organization focused on improving the economic and financial literacy of K-12 ...
12
Jan
2012
A Conversation with Jennifer Buffett and Robert F. Sherman
Thursday, January 12, 2012 -
11:00am to 2:00pm
As President of the NoVo Foundation, Jennifer Buffett is responsible for the day-to-day creation and oversight of its vision, strategy, and program development, and also serves as NoVo's chief liaison in its partnership building with other...
05
Oct
2012
Public Policy Communicators NYC: Twitter Today
Friday, October 5, 2012 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Public Policy Communicators NYC is an informal group of nonprofit and foundation communications executives that has been meeting roughly bimonthly over the past four years to explore contemporary, practical topics to improve our work. Whether it’s...
12
Dec
2012
Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -
8:00am to 11:00am
This briefing will explore issues of policing, safety, profiling, and school discipline policy as they relate to gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GBTQ) young men and boys of color. How do zero-tolerance policies place queer youth in jeopardy?...