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2015
Hands-on Workshop: Communications Evaluation for Foundations and Nonprofits
Thursday, September 24, 2015 -
9:00am to 12:15pm
... Media Impact Funders Public Policy Communicators NYC Resources Suggested reading materials: Personal Affect: ...
Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation
Release Date:
04/20/2015
... grant application and reporting process. She is the system administrator for the Foundation’s online ... “The Big Picture: Finding A Perfect Grants Management System ,” a series about the intersection of...
Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform
Release Date:
11/19/2015
... the age of jurisdiction for the state’s juvenile justice system . This would make Connecticut the first state to ... include anyone over 18 in the juvenile justice system . Eye_home_2Not surprisingly, the...
Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... trillions of dollars to expand a criminal-justice system that has incarcerated millions while states struggle ... 40—were behind bars or within the probation and parole system . For black residents of all ages...
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It
Release Date:
03/09/2017
... engineered systems . . . you have to have a more resilient system that has redundancy and multiple different flood ...
A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems
Release Date:
05/30/2017
Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades — open a cell biology textbook and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures. While this speaks to the...
Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... on September 13, 2017, at 7:30pm with leading food system thinkers such as Ruth Reichl, Sam Kass, Danielle ... or un-coveted and inspiring new applications in our food system . . . Rockefeller Foundation’s...
Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?
Release Date:
07/15/2013
Community Food Funders, a philanthropic organizing project comprised of several PNY members, recently held a three-part breakfast series to explore the effects of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the...
Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
11/05/2014
Brooklyn Community Foundation also did deep dives into three neighborhoods: Coney Island, East New York and Sunset Park.
First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'
Release Date:
12/12/2014
Ford Foundation has promised $125 million to help save Detroit from bankruptcy.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Clean Energy Initiative
Release Date:
01/26/2015
... aimed at creating a clean, affordable and reliable energy system in the United States. Bloomberg Philanthropies ...
Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... not decided to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more than 2,000 public libraries, or if he hadn’t ...
Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd
Release Date:
06/18/2015
The Ford Foundation president believes you need to attack inequality at the root.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration
Release Date:
04/27/2016
... for 2016. Focus areas include improving water system efficiency and engaging community members in ...
Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... to Halve Post-Harvest Loss The earth’s global food system is facing a quiet crisis—one-third of all food ...
Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration
Release Date:
10/14/2016
A study released Friday by the Century Foundation, a think tank focused on inequity, found that 100 school districts and charter schools across the country are currently pursuing socioeconomic diversity plans — a number that has more than doubled...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged
Release Date:
10/20/2016
... don’t create or sustain it. Focus instead on building a system that produces less of the stuff in the first place. ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio
Release Date:
04/25/2017
In addition to changing the portfolio’s name from ‘Global Governance’ to ‘Global Challenges’, the newly articulated strategies shift the emphasis from improving the democratic practices of formal global governance institutions and procedures to...
The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in 2017
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... employees, scoring each with its proprietary RepTrak Pulse system ... The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in ...