PHI Founder Steven Dawson Joins Pinkerton as a Visiting Fellow
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... entire professional life has been devoted to improving not only the entry-level job prospects but the long-term ...
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31
Jan
2017
Built to Scale: How and When to Help Grantees Replicate Their Work
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... Signs that an organization or program is poised—or not —for replication Arguments for adapting or "remixing" .....
The New Parameters of Our Policy Work
Release Date:
12/15/2016
... as opposed to issues that may be of concern within various funding areas such as education, environment, social justice, ...
Call for Applications: Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab
Release Date:
04/04/2017
The Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab will run from June 2017 to June 2018 , and will support participating arts leaders in developing and implementing strategic racial equity prototypes and interventions, either within their organizations or...
20
Jun
2017
Charter and District Schools Sharing Innovations: How Philanthropy Can Help
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
New York City opened its doors to its first public charter school in 1999. Since then, the sector has grown to include 216 campuses serving over 106,000 students in all five boroughs.
Carnegie Names Nine Philanthropists as Recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/26/2017
Nine exceptional philanthropists were named as recipients of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy today in recognition of their outstanding and innovative leadership in philanthropy.
20
Jul
2017
Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 1)
Thursday, July 20, 2017 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
Research has demonstrated that summer learning loss is one of the most significant causes of the academic achievement gap between low-income students and their higher income peers, and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Two Staff, Promotes One
Release Date:
07/27/2017
The Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members to the Foundation's team - Andrea MacDonald as manager of donor services and Chelsea Smith as a program officer, as well as announce the promotion of LIane Stegmaier.
18
Jan
2018
Bringing a Racial Equity Lens to Capacity Building
Thursday, January 18, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... institutions and systems were built to advantage some but not all, especially when we take race into account. To help ...
07
Nov
2017
Protecting Our Precious Waters: New York City’s Impacts on the Long Island Sound and the Hudson River Estuary
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
What are New York City’s impacts on the health of its waterways and the Long Island Sound? How do combined sewer overflows present complex challenges with community development and environmental justice dimensions?
What Benefits One Might Benefit Us All
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... group looks to identify opportunities and challenges in funding effective organizations that are addressing these ...
10
Apr
2018
Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Previews ‘Justice 2020’ Report, Talks Trends in Reform Movement
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
District Attorneys may be the most important players in the criminal justice system. Often termed the “gate-keepers of the system,” they decide who gets charged and with what. A culture of associating incarceration with public safety has led to a...
JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders
Release Date:
03/29/2018
... one of those projects that’s after a handful of impacts, not the least of which is to expand solar power adoption in ...
NYT Feature: George Soros Bet Big on Liberal Democracy, Now He Fear He's Losing.
Release Date:
07/17/2018
His enemies paint him as all-powerful, but the billionaire philanthropist believes that his political legacy has never been in greater jeopardy.
16
Aug
2018
Tools to Assess Program Gaps & Needs for the 2018 Voter Mobilization - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, August 16, 2018 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... the democratic process Opportunities for rapid response funding to be effectively deployed Designed for All ...
10
Sep
2018
GOTV + Election Protection Needs + Opportunities - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, September 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... the democratic process Opportunities for rapid response funding to be effectively deployed Designed for All ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Reveals 45 Atlanta Cultural Orgs Selected as part of $43M Training Program
Release Date:
08/13/2018
... income over the two-year program. This new round of funding increases Bloomberg Philanthropies’ support for ...
10
Oct
2018
Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt the Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline?
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
With a full 40% of crimes attributed to poverty and 80% of incarcerated persons identified as low income, if you are poor in America there’s a good likelihood that you may become justice involved. This is especially true if you are Black or Latino...
14
Nov
2018
*Postponed* Getting Through the Front Door: A Campaign to Make Public Schools Accessible
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... that over 80% of the City’s elementary schools were not fully accessible. The situation in middle and high ...
08
Nov
2018
Treating the Whole Person: Integrating Primary and Behavioral Health Care - Brown Bag Lunch
Thursday, November 8, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Behavioral health seeks to promote well-being and prevent or intervene in mental illness or substance abuse.