Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)
Release Date:
01/05/2016
... These new farms will increase access to fresh produce in communities with high levels of poverty, food insecurity and ...
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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe Named New President of the Moody’s Foundation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
Arlene is a long-standing colleague at Moody’s and has had a distinguished career. She is currently a managing director in London where she oversees commercial business in Europe.
Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity
Release Date:
08/24/2017
Although they operate in a sprawling megalopolis that prides itself on its racial and ethnic diversity, many of New York City's arts and cultural organizations have boards that are predominantly white, a New York Times report funded by Ford...
Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good
Release Date:
08/31/2017
As more millenials enter the work force and look for socially responsible corporations, here are four methods to practice corporate social responsibility while growing and reaching new customers.
Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio
Release Date:
12/05/2017
The Ford Foundation announced today the appointment of Roy Swan as director of its Mission Investments team based in New York. Swan will lead a dedicated team managing the portfolio announced in April, when Ford committed to invest $1 billion over...
New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger
Release Date:
01/22/2018
A team of researchers from the University of Houston and Temple University say that food insecurity among college students is forcing a burgeoning inequality in college completion rates.
Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability
Release Date:
02/23/2018
... an important platform for individual success and thriving communities , nine of the nation’s largest private ... will be able to afford safe, stable rentals in thriving communities . Together, Funders for...
How to Improve Health Care for Veterans - Letter to the NYT Editor from New York State Health Foundation's David Sandman
Release Date:
04/04/2018
The former Veterans Affairs secretary, David J. Shulkin, lays out a number of compelling reasons it’s a bad idea to privatize medical services for veterans. One more obvious reason is that veterans themselves don’t want it.
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
This spring, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will welcome Sally Donnelly as a non-resident senior fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U.S. national security affairs to support the Fund’s work by monitoring and...
Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust
Release Date:
06/19/2018
The still indomitable Nina Simone will be honored by the National Trust as her childhood home in Tyron, N.C. will be named a national treasure.
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing
Release Date:
06/25/2018
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing The MIT Press has announced the award of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct a landscape analysis...
Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Emmett Carson, who in recent years raised billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his job as chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools
Release Date:
08/22/2018
... school staff and other youth serving organizations in both communities will be trained by Playworks as a result of this ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Grant to Critical Path Institute to Advance Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/06/2018
In a continuing effort to spur advancements in treating and curing sickle cell anemia, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation today announced a grant to the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) to lay the groundwork for forming a collaboration of multiple...
Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs
Release Date:
02/01/2019
... of expanded economic opportunity and more equitable communities for all New Yorkers. Torres-Springer currently ... the production of housing for the city’s most vulnerable communities , including seniors, the...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million
Release Date:
04/19/2019
... in New York City — which uses classical texts to engage communities in discussion of pressing contemporary issues — ...
COVID-19: Sharing Information
A Call to Members
We are convening regular calls for members to share information about philanthropic responses to COVID-19 and opportunities for coordination and collaboration. Please let us know if you are doing any of the following so we can make connections and amplify the work.
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2020
New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom (Week 2)
Monday, June 1, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... and advocating for NYC’s green spaces Plans to support communities and grantees during these unprecedented times ...
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2020
New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom
Monday, July 13, 2020 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
... and advocating for NYC’s green spaces Plans to support communities and grantees during these unprecedented times ...
Mellon Foundation Launches New Art Museum Futures Fund to Distribute Tens of Millions to Art Museums Nationwide
Release Date:
09/17/2020
... art museums are essential to the vibrancy of their communities and they are experiencing unprecedented financial ... the visionary voices and transformative histories of their communities . Mellon’s Art Museum...