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President's Message: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants
Release Date:
04/13/2022
... supporting the arts, education, environment, informed communities , sector capacity building, and new Imagine a New ... community leaders to work together for solutions and take action toward an economically...
On Earth Day, Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund
Release Date:
04/22/2020
... threat even worse, and revealed that urgent, science-based action on both issues is necessary to prevent catastrophic ... climate crisis poses an existential risk to all the communities and causes we support...
Family of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... Leo sat surrounded by toys on the floor of his bedroom in Brooklyn this week marked with some classic little-boy ... his tiny biceps. Leo is a boy, and since before he could speak , his parents said, he has...
De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs
Release Date:
05/20/2014
... and workforce-placement programs. Speaking from the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, the mayor said the ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Increases Commitment to Environment of Madagascar
Release Date:
06/18/2015
... threats in ways that ensure the well-being of local communities while sustaining natural resources and protecting biodiversity. The Trust’s ...
In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... House Bill 2, a state law enacted in 2016 that prevented local governments from passing LGBTQ anti-discrimination ...
United Way of New York City and NYU Langone Partner to Open New Food Pantry in Sunset Park
Release Date:
06/03/2019
... resource by offering a diverse variety of food to local residents at no cost. “We were surprised to learn ...
How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?
Release Date:
07/22/2020
... calculated risks. On a zoom call in mid-March, when local officials in Connecticut made clear that frontline ... of your team. When you only have hours or days to make a decision , you can’t hire out...
Protect Census 2020
... (PSOs) like Philanthropy New York to work in their local communities to ensure a full and fair 2020 Census count, has ... urges Congress and the Administration to devote sufficient resources...
Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Release Date:
09/23/2020
... increase economic mobility in the United States. Citi’s Action for Racial Equity is a comprehensive approach to 1) providing greater access to banking and credit in communities of color, 2) increasing...
How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be
Release Date:
06/25/2014
... Jennings, Executive Director, Arcus Foundation This post also appears on the Arcus Foundation website here . ... nonprofit executive director describe to a group of grant makers and nonprofit peers the...
Beyond the Glass Cliff: Reimagining Executive Transitions in the Sector
Release Date:
04/06/2023
... equity, inclusivity, and justice. I envision the communities that nonprofits partner with driving the ... and transformation. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Philanthropy New York’s Leadership...
New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change
Release Date:
05/29/2015
... living in such apartments, mostly members of low-income communities , don’t know their rights or have the resources to participate. Enter Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), a New...
#AfricaNoFilter Launches, A Multi-Partner Collaborative, Including the Ford Foundation, Seeking to Amplify African Voices Through Reimagining Deep-Rooted Narratives
Release Date:
02/26/2020
... where storytellers, partners, fellows and culture makers discussed how to expand the creation and dissemination ... people, Africa boasts 3,000 different ethnic groups who speak more than 2,000 languages, and...
Time To Revisit Reporting
Release Date:
10/04/2017
This post from Jessica Bearman and Elizabeth Myrick, consultants ... benefit from capacity support, field connections, or other resources that the funder could offer. Grantmaker learning to inform decision...
Phil TV This Week April 14
Release Date:
04/14/2017
... This Week features guest anchor Prachi Patankar of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, and stories about Mellon, ... Educational Foundation of America and some Jedi action from the Altman Foundation. Plus,...
Piramal Swasthya and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce Partnership to Accelerate India’s Public Health Transformation
Release Date:
12/17/2019
... such as artificial intelligence for evidence-based decision making. The idea is to save maternal and child ... is 122 deaths per 100,000 live births, while in the tribal communities it is even higher...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Support to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Service Automatic Defibrillator Devices
Release Date:
05/17/2021
... a patient’s heart to emergency services, thus improving post -event evaluation and care. The Helmsley Charitable Trust ... that already own AEDs to exchange or redistribute them to local community organizations...
New Report Sponsored in Part by the Carnegie Corporation Identifies Steps to Secure Americans’ Votes
Release Date:
09/06/2018
... protect the integrity and security of U.S. elections, all local , state, and federal elections should be conducted using ... that require the immediate attention of state and local governments, the federal...

