Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to ...
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Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site
Release Date:
10/10/2017
For years, political rivalries, ethnic disputes and litigation have defined the trajectory of development in a section of Brooklyn that borders Hasidic Jewish, Hispanic and African-American communities.
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... a nonprofit group representing the workforce development community ... More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ...
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
... elementary school students to map out areas in their community with high concentrations of carbon dioxide and ...
The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... Kaplan Fund takes solace in the knowledge that so many community -based change agents are rising up to tackle a ...
Aetna Foundation Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign
Release Date:
11/17/2017
Aetna Foundation’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program has awarded SPOT 127, KJZZ’s Youth Media Center, a $65,000 grant to implement a peer-to-peer multimedia bullying and cyberbullying prevention project.
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with residents and local organizations in Brownsville to increase access to healthy and affordable foods and empower residents through urban farms and gardens, farmers markets, and other nutrition...
New York Women's Foundation Awards $1 Million for Resilience
Release Date:
11/28/2017
... protect positive policy reforms at risk; support effective community -led solutions; build on the strengths of leaders, ...
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches Network of Cross-Sector Leaders To Advance Economic Mobility In New York City
Release Date:
01/08/2018
... Amon-Harrison, Community Superintendent, NYC Department of Education ... Brodick, Director, Brooklyn Community Justice Centers, Center for Court Innovation ... Conte, Director of Policy, Pratt Center for...
Pfizer: Joins AMP Health Partnership to Increase Access to Care in Africa
Release Date:
02/02/2018
... of health (MOH) to scale up national networks of community health workers (CHW) to reach the hundreds of ...
Poses Family Foundation and Citi Behind New Public-Private Partnership to Pull People With Disabilities Out of Poverty
Release Date:
02/08/2018
... commitment to launch Empowered Cities came from Citi Community Development (CCD), and $1 million will support ... lately, giving $1 million toward the first city-wide community land trust and supporting a...
President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
02/09/2018
William Bell, PhD, president and CEO of Casey Family Programs, a Seattle organization that aids foster parents, shares how important is to make sure families have access to prevention services and are not isolated.
Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/15/2018
... philanthropic sins. Blindness to privilege Dismissing community knowledge Misplaced accountability Poor partners ... Foundation calls it a “knowledge hierarchy” where community knowledge is sometimes valued...
07
Jun
2018
CFF Annual Gathering 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018 -
5:00pm to 8:00pm
*This PNY-co-sponsored program is hosted by our partner, Community Food Funders (CFF), who has extended an invitation ... granted on a first come, first served basis.* This year, Community Food Funders is excited...
JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders
Release Date:
03/29/2018
... grant to the Historically Black Colleges and University Community Development Coalition (HBCU CDAC) for work to ...
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
04/16/2018
... creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of community members to solve public problems. Underwritten by ...
Open Society Foundations Launches Initiative to Support A More Inclusive American Democracy
Release Date:
05/02/2018
The Open Society Foundations has announced that is accepting applications from senior-level government officials and staff in the United States who have recently left public service. The program is designed for public-sector leaders interested in...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and others Redefine Arts Funding
Release Date:
05/18/2018
Bloomberg Philanthropies has supported creative placemaking and public art projects to strengthen communities.
27
Nov
2018
Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served, and the...
10
Oct
2018
Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt the Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline?
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... city systems, services (voluntary or mandated, provided by community based organizations or city agencies), and ... and providers have an opportunity to better serve these community members through increasing...