New York Women's Foundation President Ana Oliveira Encourages Funders to Support Riskier Causes
Release Date:
11/03/2016
... grant-making of what is billed as the largest women’s fund in the country increased from $1.7 million to $6 million ...
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Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship
Release Date:
11/07/2016
... open society challenges. The fellowship program seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those ...
Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs
Release Date:
11/09/2016
Research shows that only 13 percent to 17 percent of the total annual funding needs for restoration and conservation are met — about $50 billion.
Long Island Community Foundation Supports Diversity Through International Food Tasting at Gala Fresh Farms
Release Date:
11/15/2016
One of the goals of the newly formed Peconic River Community Development Alliance is to bring people of different backgrounds and ethnicities together in Riverhead Town.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color
Release Date:
12/14/2016
BCF launched its Invest in Youth initiative in 2015 as a 10-year, $25 million commitment to improve Brooklyn’s social and economic opportunities and outcomes for 16- to 24-year-olds, particularly young people of color.
Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members
Release Date:
12/16/2016
TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Open Society Foundations form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort to promote sharing of articles and data between researchers and organizations.
US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact
Release Date:
02/03/2017
Funded by U.S. Trust, the survey also found that small foundations and individual donors have been formalizing their governance structures and process over the past decade.
NYPost Investigates Immigrant Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
02/21/2017
... Community Foundation created a $1 million Immigrant Rights Fund to support “civil resistance” efforts to battle ...
16
Mar
2017
Funders-in-Action: Grantmaking During Times of Political Change & Uncertainty
Thursday, March 16, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... election (including collaborative funds like the Liberty Fund , the Immigrant Rights Fund at the Brooklyn Community Foundation, and Open Society ... Foundations' Communities Against Hate rapid response...
CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001
Release Date:
03/07/2017
While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison with other international donors, the Ford Foundation was an important international actor and the biggest player within international philanthropy for almost 50 years.
Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation
Release Date:
03/13/2017
... to Combat Misinformation Working alongside Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on ...
Helmsley Trust Helps Retraction Watch Chart Its Future With New $130,000 Grant
Release Date:
04/06/2017
The generous funding from the Trust’s Biomedical Research Infrastructure Program will allow Retraction Watch to work with a consultant to develop operational and sustainability plans for The Center For Scientific Integrity.
Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs
Release Date:
04/17/2017
The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’s progress toward democracy.
Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund , The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, but was forced to ...
Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond
Release Date:
10/01/2018
The Century Foundation convenes higher education experts, lawmakers, faculty, and advocates to discuss and debate the next big thing in college affordability.
28
Jan
2019
New York Aging Funders - Winter Meeting
Monday, January 28, 2019 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging ...
01
Apr
2019
Innovative Youth Organizing and Untested Approaches - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, April 1, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... Alejandra Ruiz , Executive Director, Youth Engagement Fund Estevan Muñoz-Howard (Moderator), Program Officer, Piper Fund Registration Registration is required by March 31st. ...
07
Apr
2020
Responding to COVID-19: Youth and Education Funders Bi-Monthly Webinar
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:00am
... students and youth. Presenters Julie Shapiro , CEO, Fund for Public Schools Toya Williford , Executive Director, The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City Designed for All interested ...
Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds
Release Date:
05/19/2020
... at EnTrust Global, one of the world’s largest hedge fund investors. With over $19 billion in assets, she manages ... portfolio management for a distressed securities hedge fund . Ms. Hinds has served in senior...