De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... School program, which pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to turn around the city’s most troubled schools, ...
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Lincoln Center Scraps a $500 Million Geffen Hall Renovation
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The new leaders of Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic announced they were scuttling a half-billion-dollar plan for a gut renovation of David Geffen Hall and seeking simpler ways to improve the lackluster theater.
David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The media mogul David Geffen, one of the cultural world’s leading philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on Wednesday for what he called a “shameful” record of failing to donate to the city’s concert halls and allowing these institutions to...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... giving day that aims to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits. Taking place on Tuesday, ...
The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000
Release Date:
01/16/2018
... funders is committing three-quarters of a million dollars to help students, teachers, and parents advocate for ...
Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools
Release Date:
12/12/2018
... Salesforce, which in the past has focused its education dollars on improving technology or expanding programs. San ...
Atlantic Shows Support for Grassroots Organizing in Sandy-Affected Communities
Release Date:
03/05/2013
Abigail Westbrook, Special Assistant to the Founder and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, shares the details of Atlantic’s recent support for the North Star Fund and the Alliance For A Just Rebuilding’s ongoing relief and recovery efforts in the...
New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy . Recent grants by Michael Bloomberg’s foundation as well as his annual letter on philanthropy provide insight into his evolution from New York ...
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Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor
Release Date:
10/15/2013
... to partner in improving our schools. Earlier this week, Philanthropy New York’s Education Funders Research ...
Casey Family Programs Played Key Role In Changing Foster Care Forever
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... child welfare programs in 1961, almost all the billions of dollars in reimbursements sent to the states had done the ...
Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’
Release Date:
05/22/2018
... These are causes he has personally given millions of dollars to address. And on the day he dedicates the tallest ... Benioff and his wife, Lynne, have donated millions of dollars to causes from schools to...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations
Release Date:
08/21/2015
... excellence in and a sustained commitment to the field of dance. Eighteen companies and presenters will ... challenges presented by the ongoing evolution of the dance field . Grants of $200,000 each were awarded...
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations
Release Date:
09/03/2015
Each project will receive grants up to $225,000 to strengthen the national infrastructure of contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and presenting fields.
Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project
Release Date:
11/18/2016
... Project and new research about current needs of the dance field . NEFA commissioned Metris Arts Consulting to complete ... Forward: NEFA’s National Dance Project at 20 & Critical Field Trends, on the...
Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
In an interview with the Funder’s Forum, Wallace Foundation President Will Miller explains the “unified approach” that underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this.
From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss
Release Date:
01/15/2015
... The Rockefeller Foundation supported Leaders' Quest , a social enterprise specializing in experiential learning, to ... team included international development practitioners, financial , technology and...
As Consumers Seek Insurance Coverage During Pandemic, United Hospital Fund Study Outlines Need to Upgrade NY’s “Off-Exchange” Market
Release Date:
04/23/2020
... from applying for coverage, even without any government financial support. The report, New York’s “Other” ... market, including: Replacing current requirements for Social Security numbers on health coverage...
The Moment I Lost It
Release Date:
11/19/2014
... of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. A lot of Philanthropy New York’s panel discussions, workshops, ... overwhelmed with sadness that there are not more resources available to make these kinds of...
LaVerne Evans Srinivasan Named Vice President of Education Programs by Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
12/09/2014
... funding partnership 100kin10. Ms. Srinivasan brings to philanthropy lessons from her senior-level leadership in ... and managed the long-term strategic planning of the Human Resources division and the Student...