Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Launches with Seed Funding from the Ford and MacArthur Foundations
Release Date:
09/13/2021
... Co-Director and Director of the Nigeria office. "There is no better time to invest in the civic engagement and .....
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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... in the private sector, but I’ve also had roles in the public sector, and served in the philanthropy sector as chief ... from different sectors, a couple things have become clear: First , too many of the same...
Brooklyn Community Foundation, OSF and New York Foundation Accept National Impact Awards
Release Date:
05/20/2015
... philanthropy. Brooklyn Community Foundation—the first and only public foundation dedicated to New York City’s largest ...
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... the bill for it, the Bond Buyer reports. The nation's first social impact bond — a pay-for-performance vehicle that leverages private funding to finance public services — the Adolescent Behavioral...
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... emphasis on preparing inmates for life beyond bars. Public funds for college education largely dried up in the ... the chance to earn college credit. And this year, for the first time, the Kresge Foundation in...
Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World
Release Date:
08/13/2015
... 511 schools in Africa and Central America, exceeding its first year goal to provide light to a school in a developing ... came entirely from SolarCity in 2014, will begin to accept public donations in 2015...
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... in order to create the most effective principals for public schools. According to the report, it is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide
Release Date:
09/15/2016
... Worldwide Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology ... fishing vessels in near real-time. By providing the first free global view of...
Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The first -of-its-kind poll is designed to pay special attention ...
Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... career opportunities in the rapidly growing company. The public -private collaboration is the first between a four-year college in the state university ...
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly recognizes and supports ...
Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... Management’s CRA-Qualified Investment Fund became the first publicly-traded mutual fund to receive a third-party ...
The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Six Recipients
Release Date:
04/04/2022
... Program seeks to expand access to knowledge and support resources capable of sustaining an informed citizenry. This ... provided funding to initiatives in two of New York’s public library systems that increase...
Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor
Release Date:
10/15/2013
... York City schools — and what’s not. New York City public schools have made some impressive gains over the past ... students to succeed in college and beyond, what can we do now to improve New York City’s...
NY/NJ Area Common Report Form
Publication date:
04/2014
... information at any point during the reporting process. Do not return the report to Philanthropy New York. Submit ...
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2021
Hands-On Writing Workshop for Grantmakers
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
... But making your writing easy to read can be hard. How do you write concisely without sacrificing important detail? How do you write accurately without using jargon? How do you ... please log...
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Oct
2019
Edgar Villanueva: Why Indigenous Wisdom Is Essential to Strengthening Philanthropy
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... How to center humanity and people in the work that we do Presenter Phil Li , President, Robert Sterling Clark ... President of Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation for Public Education Designed for All...
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Apr
2013
Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -
8:45am to 10:30am
The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC
... creates a supportive environment for sharing knowledge and resources , testing ideas with peers, and strengthening ... infrastructure. Although our organizational needs, resources , and systems vary, there’s...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant Helps Launch AGU Ethics and Equity Antiharassment Initiative
Release Date:
07/12/2019
... Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools. This initiative is designed to ... that affect gender discrimination through new educational resources and validated...
PNY Opposes Tax Reform That Undermines Charitable Giving
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... Giving By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Communications This piece was originally ... the threshold so that the wealthy won’t pay tax on the first $11 million of inheritance...