Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... warns a major agricultural research for development partnership , while stressing the urgent need to scale up ...
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Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe
Release Date:
03/09/2018
... Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the young gunman attended his mother’s funeral and was asked if ... did, but educators everywhere know there are too few resources and supports to address...
Janet Robinson is New Chair of Carnegie Corporation Board, Kurt Schmoke is New Vice Chair; The Honorable Ann Claire Williams and John S. Hendricks Join Board
Release Date:
03/01/2012
... include co-founding Minority Legal Education Resources , which has helped more than 4,000 lawyers pass the ... is also Chairman of the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership , a nonprofit dedicated to...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... over the next four years to support local organizations working for immigrant rights as they address both immediate ... families for children. Funding will also support a partnership with the Center for Urban...
What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed
Release Date:
03/13/2012
... New York held a program, presented by our Health Policy Working Group, which focused on strengthening primary care ...
Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
Release Date:
05/10/2012
How can we measure well-being, access and opportunity in the New York metropolitan area? At a recent Philanthropy New York session, Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-Directors at Measure of America, described how their American Human...
The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange
Release Date:
04/30/2012
... health information infrastructure. Our Health Policy Working Group hosted a recent webinar to examine the ...
Grantmaking with a Gender Lens: Using a Gender Analysis
Publication date:
05/2004
In this GrantCraft guide, grantmakers and grantees describe the experience of using a "gender lens" in their work. They explain what gender analysis is and isn't - and why it can help shape more effective programs and organizations. The guide also takes a closer look at how gender analysis has led to new thinking in fields as diverse as public health, international development, juvenile justice, and youth services. And it offers additional insights and special advice on issues ranging from "What about Men and Boys" to "Uncovering Gender Assumptions."
Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation
"What are we doing, and why do we think it's going to make a difference? Are we being effective?" Grantmakers ask evaluation questions like these of their grantees and themselves. This brief guide explains why grantmakers use theories of change to guide their questioning, unearth assumptions that underlie their work, establish common language, and develop strong action plans. Contributors to the guide also describe how a theory of change sets the stage for evaluation by clarifying goals, strategies, and milestones.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness
Release Date:
05/26/2015
In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools
Release Date:
10/08/2020
... Justice Project, a four-year school-based pilot program in partnership with the NYC Department of Education and the ... of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools can be lifelines for young people. But to fulfill this...
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Dec
2020
Fund for Public Schools Briefing
Thursday, December 3, 2020 -
11:00am to 11:30am
... to launch the NYC Schools COVID-19 Response Effort in partnership with the NYC DOE and donors to identify and ... and relief efforts by mobilizing additional philanthropic resources and establishing...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Launches Campaign for Greater Investments in Santa Clara County’s Youngest Residents
Release Date:
01/03/2020
... Clara County Supervisor from District 3 is a champion for young children. The Choose Children campaign will engage ... priorities on how the next District 3 supervisor can make young children a top priority...
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2021
Moving Beyond Anti-Asian Myths and Violence to Multi-Racial Solidarity and Action
Thursday, June 17, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Anti-Asian hate crimes have surged dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. While some may see this as a troubling new phenomenon, the reality is that discrimination and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities are...
Rodney Christopher Named First-time F.B. Heron Foundation Fellow
Release Date:
03/01/2013
... change in strategy, one intended to deploy all the resources at its disposal in a broad, multi-sector approach ...
Changing the Debate on Education Policy
Release Date:
06/07/2012
... create change, but that attention must be paid to developing the capacity in schools and districts to deliver ... While the meeting focused on the concrete demands of developing effective schools and school...
Grantmakers in the Arts Selects Edwin Torres as New CEO
Release Date:
08/16/2017
... few months of 2018. Torres will begin in mid-October, working with current CEO Janet Brown to assure a smooth ...
A Perfect Time For Fundamentals
Release Date:
02/07/2018
... 101 Series, a three-day intensive training developed in partnership with the Advocacy Institute on how to increase ... with a final installment of Philanthropy 101, So You're Working for a F oundation.....
Lessons From Time Square
Release Date:
12/05/2018
As soon as we moved into our current space at 1500 Broadway, we wondered whether or not we would ever host a New Year’s Party given our perch overlooking Times Square...
A Message from the President of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation: Announcing New COVID-19 Grantmaking
Release Date:
04/08/2020
... Corners is receiving $2,250,000 in support of a partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of ... purchase essential supplies and cover expenses related to developing and implementing a COVID-19...