Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... Schools A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 extra ...
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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... gun laws. Almost no one, however, denies that New York City ’s property tax system is profoundly flawed. That ...
Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... Hispanic and African-American communities. On Tuesday, the City Council will hold what is expected to be a spirited and ...
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... rural in its disconnectedness from the rest of New York City , Brownsville is a high-poverty neighborhood that has ...
New York Women's Foundation Awards $1 Million for Resilience
Release Date:
11/28/2017
... million to twenty-two grassroots organizations in New York City working to foster advocacy, leadership, and civic ...
The Century Foundation Presents Inclusion and Industry 4.0
Release Date:
06/11/2018
Watch as The Century Foundation and the Great Cities Institute at UIC unveil new research that examines the untapped potential of manufacturing to expand economic opportunities for communities of color.
Rockefeller Foundation Names Deborah Wright as New Managing Director for U.S. Jobs and Economic Opportunity
Release Date:
07/30/2018
... led bank. She also served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development, ...
UJA-Federation of New York Mobilizes 3,000 Volunteers for 70 Service Projects on MLK Day
Release Date:
01/16/2019
... service projects to help people in New York City , Long Island, and Westchester by providing warm meals to ...
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Jul
2021
Reimagining Systems - Level Changes for Economic Equity - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Thursday, July 29, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... that create infrastructure for economic resilience for all How to dismantle what perpetuates inequity The ways in ...
Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists
Release Date:
08/29/2019
The Department of Economics at Spelman College will develop curriculum and programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. thanks to funding from a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant.
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2014
An Examination of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act from the Foundation Perspective
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
... have focused on the dual implications for foundations: how the law effects how you should be looking at your grantees and how the law effects the unique operations of foundations. At ...
11
Jul
2017
Writing Workshop: Insights that Inspire Action (Part 2)
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... and potentially other media outlets. Explore: How to Identify your audience and desired impact What ... look for and best practices for getting placed How to write a strong opinion piece and how...
14
Jun
2022
A Moment for International Grantmaking: Applying Ethics to Practice
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
... leaders. With that privilege comes the responsibility to use values of the highest levels and employ explicit ethical ... and practices of ethical grantmaking. What will you learn? How principles should frame...
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... share and connect. Learn more about why we chose to make this big move. We've Moved! .....
17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
... global warming requires foundations to do more than merely make grants to charities that are focused on the problem…. ...
A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers
Release Date:
02/25/2014
... received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its own terms over the next decade, ...
Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Investing: Not Just For Billionaires Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming ...
Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs
Release Date:
07/07/2014
A trend first spotted in a MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans to work instead of retiring and with many opting for social sector jobs.
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Among the goals Teresa Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like."
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... by providing access to education and experiences that make for a richer, more forward-reaching life.... Virginia ...