The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... “universal lunch” approach for creating a system that will go beyond lunch balances to also provide for ...
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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no ...
A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... goal of cultivating “a more joyful and resilient food system .” It hopes to support small and mid-sized farms that ...
Opinion: New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... youth utilizing New York City's specialized youth shelter system , turning 21 carries a much different and daunting .....
Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The two separate but closely-coordinated events, the March for Black Women (M4BW) and the March for Racial Justice (M4RJ) started at parks near the Capitol before converging to march together to the Department of Justice before descending on the...
UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Kaufmann Campground s (HKC), the largest Jewish day camp system in North America, through support for programming and ...
No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... inclusion of such measures in its school accountability system . That raises some new questions: Did backers of ...
Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement
Release Date:
10/27/2017
... York City-based JPB Foundation. By funding the library system 's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to .....
Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards
Release Date:
11/17/2017
What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data...
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...
NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers
Release Date:
01/17/2018
The reports provide a roadmap to improve the systems that help New Yorkers eat well throughout their lives.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria
Release Date:
02/16/2018
In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Access to Economic Opportunity for Delaware Students
Release Date:
05/03/2018
... Pathways, a partnership between the K-12 education system and various public and private partners, offers high ...
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant
Release Date:
12/14/2018
... the voice of New Yorkers and rebalance the health care system so that patients have more influence over their health ...
Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
... in Mexico, changes in California’s forensic hospital system to reduce the incidence of violence, and citizen ...
DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants
Release Date:
04/23/2019
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the five inaugural recipients of Child Well-being Leadership Development grants.
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Request for Proposal: SmartSimple GM360 Implementation and Refinement Consultant
Release Date:
01/23/2020
The Mertz Gilmore Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution that supports and promotes vibrant communities, the performing arts, a sustainable environment and a people-centered democracy. We are a small staff of nine with the...
Collaborative Funding Opportunity with the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund
Release Date:
11/18/2020
The NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund has launched a collaborative effort to fund nonprofit coalitions/collaborative efforts from across the parks/open spaces, health, arts, and environmental justice sectors.