New York City Vision Funders Network
... visually impaired and (2) opportunities and challenges in funding effective NYC area programs that are working to address these needs. Towards these ends, Network meetings ... Executive Director, Readers...
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28
Oct
2020
How COVID-19 Spurred A Collective Philanthropic Effort in Food Justice – A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 -
11:00am to 12:30pm
Virtual meeting - Register by 10/27
... many foundations rightly focused their attention and resources on emergency food supply, economic relief, and ... black farmers and food businesses, to utilizing farm resources to end mass incarceration, come...
Nathan Cummings Report Offers Insights into Mission-Aligned Investing
Release Date:
04/19/2021
... Investing A report from the Nathan Cummings Foundation examines the challenges of and opportunities for mission-aligned investing and offers resources for institutional investors interested in shifting to such...
How The Funders Youth Collaborative Sees the Prospects for Youth Organizing
Release Date:
01/18/2018
... in the sun. Leading the charge were funders like the Ford Foundation , the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , the Open Society ... Eric Braxton, “After the financial crisis of 2008, funding for youth...
NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group
... the city's young people learn and develop the skills and resources necessary to become healthy, happy, and ... quality of its member's grantmaking and coordinating joint funding efforts; Identifying...
10
Jan
2012
Reimagining Service and Cities of Service: A Funder’s Guide to Driving Change through Volunteerism
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -
7:45am to 11:00am
... and they’re doing this with the same financial resources as their counterparts. In an era of reduced funding , supporting volunteer capacity is a way to strengthen ... the funding world and...
Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question
Release Date:
08/05/2009
... to do so. A trend? Hard to say. Research by the Foundation Center shows a modest uptick in the decision to ... If my private conversations with executive directors and foundation board members are any...
Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... but are uncertain about which strategies most effectively address particular societal problems. Many give responsively ... because they don’t have adequate time, energy, or resources to understand the...
To Change The World, “Eat What You Buy, And Stop Buying More Than You’ll Eat”
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family Foundation on September 13, 2017. Medeiros leads a team of ... achievement, serving more than 60 school districts in...
Bay Area Arts, Education Nonprofits to Receive Hearst Grants
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... this week announced more than $1.5 million in grants for California nonprofits, including more than $800,000 for Bay ... received $200,000 each: The American Conservatory Theater Foundation will use the money...
Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World
Release Date:
03/14/2018
... crusade against tobacco. Michael Bloomberg and his foundation have invested nearly $1 billion to fight a global ... harmful to public health. This isn't the first time the foundation has launched an...
Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign
Release Date:
10/12/2017
... will now work to reach 60 percent by the end of 2020. The funding also will be used to sustain progress in the face of ... Advanced Energy Economy, Earthjustice, the Energy Foundation , the Environmental...
A Primer on Nonprofit Mergers & Sustained Collaborations - New Report Published by SeaChange Capital Partners
Release Date:
11/24/2021
... might yet be right), expecting philanthropy and government funding to bottom-out just as community needs reached the ... benefits can be achieved when nonprofits have the time, resources , and capacity to...
Women in Leadership: Why It Matters
Publication date:
05/2016
It’s no secret that women have historically faced greater barriers than men when it comes to fully participating in the economy. Across geographies and income levels, disparities between men and women persist in the form of pay gaps, uneven opportunities for advancement, and unbalanced representation in important decision-making.
UHF: A New Arena For Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care
Release Date:
03/25/2016
... has highlighted this need with an array of online resources for providers and consumers, and in March 2015 the ...
42nd Annual Meeting Recap - Looking Back, Moving Forward
... in philanthropy and examined the structures we want to address while working to shift our practices at an ... for movement among Black communities and racialized violence and discrimination that we see today...
Centering Black voices and visions for a Nonprofit Wakanda
Release Date:
08/10/2021
... shared pieces - Trish Adobea Tchume (Robert Sterling Clark Foundation ), Khayriyyah Muhammad Smith (ELMA Philanthropies), ... (Wellspring Philanthropic Fund), George Suttles (New York Foundation ), and Donita...
13
Apr
2016
Meet the Women and LGBT Activists on the ISIS Frontlines
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
... occupation, sectarian conflict and pervasive gender-based violence , including systematic sexual slavery. Hear their ... Initiative to Advance Adolescent Girls' Rights, NoVo Foundation Designed for All...
Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy
... is the research we are doing in partnership with the Foundation Center and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers ... Populations for Crisis: What We’ve Learned and Funding for the Future , a blog post by...
Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach
Release Date:
11/28/2011
... (along with Grantmakers In Aging, the John A. Hartford Foundation , the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation , and FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds) ... initiative and the...