MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy
Release Date:
04/16/2018
... is ambitious: to enable 30 million African youth to secure jobs by 2030. The strategy is based on extensive ...
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Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Emmett Carson, who in recent years raised billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his job as chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019
Release Date:
07/25/2018
... under the ACA before the passage of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. Currently only three states have ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Names More Organizations to Join Cohort of 200 Participating in $43 Million Arts Innovation and Management Training Program
Release Date:
09/05/2018
... and board development. “The arts inspire people, provide jobs , and strengthen communities,” said Michael R. ...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Begins a New Chapter
Release Date:
02/06/2019
It’s a new day at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation with new CEO Nicole Taylor a few weeks into her job. The nonprofit veteran says her biggest goal in this time of transition is to listen. She’s been meeting with staff members, board members...
Century Foundation Launches New Public Policy Pop Up Think Tank - Next 100
Release Date:
02/21/2019
Today’s young people are the most diverse, engaged, and progressive generation in history. Whether organizing online, protesting in the streets, or running for office, they are joining together and demanding change on the issues most central to...
Service for Impact
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet community needs. This working group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service ,...
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Foundation Financial Managers Group
The Foundation Financial Managers Group is a Philanthropy New York peer network comprised of executives, officers and senior financial managers of private and community foundations in the tri-state (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) area...
Westchester Community Foundation Announces the Appointment of Rebecca Kraley Putter
Release Date:
01/02/2012
The Board of Advisors of the Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) has announced that Rebecca Kraley Putter was appointed Program Officer at the Foundation in December 2011. Her responsibilities include developing and implementing strategic...
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Oct
2012
Meeting Strategic Objectives through Persuasive Writing: The Grant Write-Up
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -
8:30am to 11:00am
Effective writing often requires clear, concise and purposeful language. A foundation’s internal grant recommendations or write-ups depend on these qualities, providing an assessment of a proposed project and its merits in relation to the...
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Apr
2013
Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees
Thursday, April 11, 2013 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
Experienced grantmakers often use two financial documents to review potential and current grantees: financial statements and IRS Form 990. But how do the two documents differ and how can they best be used together to interpret the financial status...
Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development
Release Date:
06/11/2014
A recent evaluation of an American Express program to help develop leadership skills in the nonprofit sector showed the program has had a profound impact on graduates, and that participants have sustained important leadership behaviors.
Molly Schultz Hafid Promoted to Assistant Director of the UU Veatch Program
Release Date:
04/21/2015
Molly Schultz Hafid has been a part Veatch program for eight years.
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Dec
2015
How to Win Friends and Influence Philanthropy
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 -
8:15am to 10:30am
What does the leadership road map look like from where you are?
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Expands SEED Program, Adding 3 Locales in 2016
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the expansion of its SEED program, which focuses on innovation in arts and culture, into Appalachia, Houston, and Santa Fe in 2016.
Rona Sheramy Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
Release Date:
03/01/2017
The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rona Sheramy as its next Executive Director, effective February 15, 2017.
Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Recently, Dawn Brooks DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional skills. Her search led her to an unlikely event: a charter school assembly.
Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Cofounder and former Executive Director of Young Invincibles Jen Mishory and Skadden Fellow and attorney Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation, a leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, D.C.
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization,” examined how large multipurpose youth organizations can best...