Bloomberg Spins Off Group That Spurs Volunteerism in Cities
Release Date:
01/30/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Bloomberg Philanthropies will turn ...
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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
... in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy . Seventeen foundations with nearly $2-billion in ... scheduled to announce the campaign, dubbed Divest-Invest Philanthropy , at a news...
10
Apr
2014
Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards
Thursday, April 10, 2014 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... Seasoned CEO: A Guide for Family Foundation Leaders.” A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with the National Center for Family Philanthropy . Presenters TBD Leading Through Change: Advice ...
Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... in both affluence and cultural cachet, neighborhood-based philanthropy would rise, too. But that never really happened ... as a kind of catalyst for the borough—and for local philanthropy —the foundation is...
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to ...
The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel ... and we're proud to be an early member of the Divest-Invest Philanthropy...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for ... source of global warming pollution. According to Inside Philanthropy , as of May, Mertz...
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
... for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells the Chronicle Of Philanthropy that safeguarding reproductive rights will be .....
Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... York City public schools, and whose contributors are all Philanthropy New York members, announced $995,000 in grants ...
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the ... internal culture is an essential bedrock for effective philanthropy , but we have also, as a sector, habitually ...
Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
... Stand Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy 's role in K-12 education these days, so often ... Yet, there is plenty else going on in K-12 philanthropy , with nonprofits raising lots of...
Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation (on ... two law professors, Ray Madoff, director of the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at...
New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... like wildfire across the western world, and American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. ... in Poynter’s fact-checking initiative, many in philanthropy are seeking to help mitigate...
01
Nov
2017
Navigating Uncertain Terrain and International Barriers to Giving
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... laws and regulations in many areas that are unwelcoming to philanthropy and civil society. At the same time, however, funding needs in these areas have grown. Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers...
Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem
Release Date:
03/03/2014
The Simons Foundation has launched the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem, with the goal of revolutionizing our ability to calculate and understand the properties of molecules and solids important in chemistry, physics and everyday...
08
May
2014
Community Food Funders Annual Gathering
Thursday, May 8, 2014 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Please join us to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system! Gather with colleagues for a relaxed evening featuring locally-sourced bites, wine and brews, networking and brief updates on CFF's work, and...
Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola
Release Date:
09/19/2014
... a new tool for performing large, population-scale field assessments that can potentially change the way Ebola ...
Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research
Release Date:
01/27/2015
The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program supports research in cancer, immunology and neuroscience.
Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial
Release Date:
05/01/2015
... privacy and security regulations in the health-care field were conceived and implemented before the web existed, ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Issues RFP for Innovative Approaches to Peacekeeping
Release Date:
09/15/2015
... support of innovative approaches in the broad and evolving field of peacebuilding. Projects should move beyond the ...