Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political
Release Date:
08/08/2013
... Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the ...
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Black Philanthropy Month: We All Have Something to Give
Release Date:
08/21/2013
Community Investment Network Executive Director Chad Jones ...
Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals
Publication date:
12/2004
... goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community , and find ways to work with those who are not ...
The 2013 Nonprofit Excellence Award Winners
Release Date:
11/21/2013
... have been selected as the winners of the New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards , a joint project of The New York Community Trust , the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New...
Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery
Publication date:
02/2014
... for collaboration from regional associations, community foundations, and other key funders in the region. ...
Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Programs and Policy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
... York City as Director of Porgrams and Policy The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that the Foundation’s ...
Hurricane Sandy Activism Report
Publication date:
07/2014
... Star Fund presents the largely unacknowledged role that community -based organizations—especially activist ...
Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
... have been selected as inaugural recipients of the Community Progress Makers Fund, a $20 million grant ... urban infrastructure and affordable housing. The Community Progress Makers Fund supports ...
NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... others have been welcomed by neighbors and members of the community . In response to historic criticism that shelters had opened overnight with little community oversight, the de Blasio administration has...
Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... a long waiting list of families who want spots in its community garden, but more of those aspiring harvesters might ... own hands, Rockaway Youth Task Force created its first community garden, right across the...
Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes
Release Date:
11/07/2018
Researchers have discovered that the bacteria in the water in a large exhibit at Georgia Aquarium are similar to those that exist naturally in the ocean.
New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018
Release Date:
03/13/2019
... grants totaling $11 million to a hundred and seventy-five community organizations in 2018. New initiatives launched by ... women to find their voice with the help of mentoring, community engagement, and the...
The Commonwealth Fund Names Adam Elshaug as its First Visiting Fellow
Release Date:
10/01/2012
... reform in this area. Dr. Elshaug also has experience evaluating major submissions by pharmaceutical manufacturers ...
Submissions Sought for 25th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York
Release Date:
06/05/2014
[New York State Health Foundation] United Hospital Fund, GNYHA Foundation and the Planning Committee for the 25th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York invite submissions for the poster session for this year’s symposium, to be held...
BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work
Release Date:
11/06/2015
Impact investing—using private funds to achieve social benefits along with financial returns—has been growing over the past five years, and the Pay for Success approach shows promise.
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,...
Adam Gamoran, President of the William T. Grant Foundation, Spoke at GW University About How Universities Can Conduct Better Research
Release Date:
10/15/2018
The event, titled “Can Universities Serve the Public Good?”, was hosted by the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. Following welcoming remarks from Provost Forrest Maltzman, Gamoran spoke about the importance of reshaping incentives...
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.
Report About NYC’s Libraries Sparks New Proposal from Speaker Quinn
Release Date:
04/05/2013
The Center for an Urban Future’s report, which was funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation, documented the important role that public libraries play in communities across New York City.