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Arabella Advisors Hires Managing Director of Advocacy, Scott Nielsen
Release Date:
02/04/2016
Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.
Teagle Foundation Gives $2M for College/Community Partnerships
Release Date:
03/14/2016
The Teagle Foundation awarded more than $2 million in grants across 11 projects under its “College-Community Connections” program.
Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Major philanthropies like the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic investments—but they have been unusual.
New Study Funded By The Peterson Center On Healthcare Reveals Healthcare Spending Rose By Nearly $1 Trillion Between 1996 and 2013
Release Date:
11/13/2017
Price and Intensity Identified as the Major Drivers of Rising Healthcare Spending
The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Lifetime Arts to lead major effort to advance Creative Aging movement in NYC.
Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'
Release Date:
01/17/2018
$1.5 million public-private partnership to help formerly out-of-work and out-of-school young adults improve job retention
New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger
Release Date:
01/22/2018
A team of researchers from the University of Houston and Temple University say that food insecurity among college students is forcing a burgeoning inequality in college completion rates.
William T. Grant Foundation Awards Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York
Release Date:
04/11/2018
The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded a three-year, $650,000 grant to Cornell University to study how opioid use affects child maltreatment rates and other effects on low-income youth and families,
Rachel Pardoe of The New York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media's 40 Under 40
Release Date:
04/12/2018
The 2018 NYN Media 40 Under 40 awards honor a talented group of 20 and 30-somethings who are shaking up the New York nonprofit sector.
Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death
Release Date:
10/03/2018
Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people ages 18 to 85, the researchers found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week -- an amount deemed healthy by current guidelines -- increases the risk of premature death by 20 percent,...
Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents
Release Date:
10/18/2018
The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wells Fargo, The JPB Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, and Capital One, is working to expand the the proven Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) model to as...
Connecticut Seventh-Grader Wins SIFMA Foundation’s National InvestWrite ® Essay Competition
Release Date:
04/26/2019
The Fall 2018 InvestWrite competition required students to select an entrepreneur they admire, research their company and explain how they would advise the entrepreneur to invest the company’s assets.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative
Release Date:
07/08/2019
The three-year grant will help accelerate growth and ensure ongoing success of the digital publishing program.
10
Sep
2020
Families Funding Advocacy and Policy Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, September 10, 2020 -
12:00pm to 1:15pm
This panel will discuss different approaches to supporting advocacy goals and discuss the role that family legacy, responsiveness, and evaluation and success play in this work.
New York Community Trust Staff, Irfan Hasan and Anna Silvera, Promoted
Release Date:
02/11/2021
Both have taken on increasing responsibility in their departments, demonstrating their commitment to The Trust and its operations.
09
Mar
2023
**POSTPONED: Demystifying Trust-based Practices: Trust in Action - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, March 9, 2023 -
12:00pm to 1:15pm
Join this conversation and hear how giving families are embracing a trust-based approach to their philanthropy—not only as a mindset, but as a guiding principle across their grantmaking, relationships, and operations.
William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Anupreet Sidhu, Ph. D
Release Date:
02/02/2023
The William T. Grant Foundation is delighted to announce that Anupreet Sidhu, Ph.D, has joined the Foundation as a program officer, overseeing the Foundation’s grantmaking on the use of research evidence.
What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help
Release Date:
07/01/2010
... and the oil. BP needs to minimize the financial impact for its shareholders. For whose interest does BP work? ... are in BP’s self-interest. The money that the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the...
10
Oct
2024
The Youth Mental Health Crisis: A Half-day Convening Focused on How Philanthropy Can Make All the Difference
Thursday, October 10, 2024 -
1:00pm to 5:30pm
... Fostering Connection Jen Curry , Founder and CEO, Change Impact (moderator) Panel 2: Building the Future Workforce- ... Academy Sophie Pauze , Senior Director for Strategy & Impact , NYC Health + Hospitals...
