Should We Expand Our Support Beyond Policy Positions?
Release Date:
04/01/2015
... helpful in our conversations with legislators, even if the state of politics in Washington is such that our issues are ...
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NPCC Names Sharon Stapel as New President and Executive Director
Release Date:
07/15/2015
Ms. Stapel is currently Executive Director of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP).
NY Women's Foundation, Pfizer Among "Above & Beyond" Honorees
Release Date:
03/02/2016
... Pfizer Among "Above & Beyond" Honorees" City & State announced its 2016 "Above & Beyond" award honorees, a .....
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Jul
2016
Tools for Tackling Implicit Bias and Advancing Racial Equity in Grantmaking
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
We are in a moment where racial consciousness is high and discussions of racial justice are arguably more common than ever. Yet the mind sciences show us that there are a critical set of unconscious perceptions driving choices and responses in ways...
Noa Meyer Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/16/2016
Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Noa Meyer to its Board of Directors, effective November 18, 2016.
Ford Foundation Building Listed As One Of The 100 Most Important Buildings of the 20th Century
Release Date:
10/11/2017
Pritzker Prize–winning architect Thom Mayne made it his mission to compile the definitive list, which includes the Ford Foundation, with input from Zaha Hadid, Richard Meier, and others.
Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap
Release Date:
10/23/2017
... the skills-based model will become more relevant. The State of American Jobs report revealed some insight from ...
The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges
Release Date:
11/13/2017
The Century Foundation (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense claims”—applications for loan relief from students who maintain that they have been defrauded or misled by federally...
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Feb
2018
Learning from the #MeToo Moment: Building an Anti-Harassment Practice in Your Foundation
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
If 98 percent of organizations in the United States have a harassment and discrimination policy, why does sexual harassment and discrimination continue to be such a persistent and devastating problem in the American workplace?
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Feb
2018
Tackling Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
How well do you know your subconscious? Why does it matter? The mind sciences show us that there are a critical set of unconscious perceptions driving choices and responses in ways that may belie our stated and even consciously believed goals of...
27
Feb
2018
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XII: Dealing with Disruption - Framing Leadership Strategies for the Future
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -
8:30am to 12:00pm
... Sheehan, Chief, Charities Bureau , Office of the New York State Attorney General. The half-day program, especially ...
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Apr
2018
Walking the Talk: Put Values-Based Grantmaking Into Your Practice
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Do your grantmaking practices reflect your values? All grantmakers have values, whether they are stated explicitly or revealed implicitly through grantmaker practices, which inform and guide the foundation’s view of the world.
Rockefeller Foundation Announces ShiftLabs: A Community Design Lab on the Future of Work
Release Date:
02/28/2018
... why we have teamed up — working closely with Arizona State University — to launch “ ShiftLabs” . ShiftLabs ...
Ms. Foundation for Women to Honor Ava Duvernay Elaine Welteroth at 30th Annual Gloria Awards
Release Date:
03/08/2018
... impact on the gender justice movement at the local, state , and national level. Ms. DuVernay will receive the ...
The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge
Release Date:
04/05/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation, in partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has announced the launch of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a $10 million initiative to identify and support successful community-driven approaches to expanding...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector
Release Date:
05/24/2018
... The goal of this first phase was to determine the current state of the sectors, their growth potential, and their ...
Policy Experts Discuss Future College Affordability at Century Foundation Gathering
Release Date:
09/27/2018
Foremost among the numerous challenges facing higher education is affordability, particularly disparities and inequities affecting Black and lower-income students who seek to enter college, graduate and pay back significant loan debt. That was a...
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Feb
2019
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XIII: Visions for Change: Building Better Outcomes
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 -
8:00am to 12:00pm
... Sheehan, Chief, Charities Bureau , Office of the New York State Attorney General. The half-day program, especially ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports UC San Diego to Study Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/11/2019
Dr. Pradipta Ghosh, Soumita Das, Larry Smarr and Jürgen Schulze will aim to improve surgical outcomes and therapeutics for Crohn’s disease patients through $4.7 million in new grants from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Block Museum of Art “Pop América, 1965 – 1975” Exhibition Made Possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Release Date:
06/20/2019
The Block Museum of Art announces its exhibition schedule for 2019 – 2020. Four major shows, highlighting the diversity of global modernisms, will present a mid-20th century view of art as it is entwined with culture and politics around the globe.