Site Search

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Carnegie Corporation and Ford Foundation Honored at Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary

Release Date:

06/10/2019

... question was a simple but familiar one: Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" said Mrs. Obama. "I cannot tell you how proud and thankful I am to come here tonight as a Sesame .....

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

31 Aug 2016

Hacking Immigration: Funding Technology for Advocates - Webinar

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Technology is now fundamental to how so many of us work, play, and interact. Yet the tools it offers are only beginning to be integrated into how we pursue our goals as grantmakers. The creation of ... and support...

Find More By

Audience

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Immigration

Social Justice

Open Society Foundations Will Give More Than $130 Million to Aid People Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

04/16/2020

... and to bolster an equitable public health response from civil society, the media, the government, and the private ...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Economic Security

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

Justice Reform

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

10 Mar 2015

Supporting Grantee Capacity

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Missed this session? View the recording here . Each foundation takes its own approach to thinking about and supporting grantee capacity. GrantCraft, a service of Foundation Center, launched a guide called Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening...

Find More By

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Workshop

Livestream

Audience

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Topic(s)

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Location

New York City

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... passion for our mission and commitment to innovation in philanthropy .” Located in New York City, the Nathan ... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments –...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

Release Date:

09/15/2014

... websites. My dilemma as a program officer was how to effectively fulfill our mission to build the capacity ... the agenda. Similarly, in my current role, I recognize how important it is for programs to select...

Find More By

News type

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Topic(s)

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

Release Date:

01/06/2015

... faculty will be able to assign students to carry out collaborative class projects to jointly edit Wikipedia ...

Find More By

News type

New York Health Foundation

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

Release Date:

03/23/2015

... matter most for children to become successful adults? How and when do we develop them? How do we measure them? These questions aren’t simply of ... young people need to become successful adults and examine...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Education

Derek Coy Named New York State Health Foundation’s Veterans' Health Officer

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... organization in the U.S. He also worked for the American Civil Liberties Union and The Doe Fund. “Derek has the ... veterans face, as well as the complexity and scarcity of resources offered to them,” said Sgt...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

New York Health Foundation

Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

Release Date:

03/19/2020

... environmental injustices. We also aim to make the field of philanthropy more accessible, accountable, transparent and ... published a similar open letter to grantees on the eJewish Philanthropy website :...

22 Apr 2015

Public Policy Communicators NYC: Talk. Think. Drink.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

If you work in communications for a think tank, nonprofit or foundation, care about a cause, talk a lot about policy and want to share stories over a drink or two, come along to the inaugural “Talk. Think. Drink.”, a happy hour for NYC communicators!

Find More By

Audience

Communications Staff

06 Oct 2015

PPC-NYC: Talk. Think. Drink. II

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

We are back for a second round! If you work in communications for a think tank, nonprofit or foundation, care about a cause, talk a lot about policy and want to share stories over a drink or two, come along to the “Talk. Think. Drink. II”, a happy...

Find More By

Audience

Communications Staff

Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies

Release Date:

03/04/2016

... to plan and implement projects that create participatory, collaborative , and/or interactive experiences designed to ... and touring of "Layla and Majnun," an ancient love story well known in Muslim...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Religion

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

Release Date:

03/30/2018

With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Con Edison, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of Gesel Mason...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Con Edison

App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund

Release Date:

06/12/2018

... provider of HIV care in Virginia. “We believe that this collaborative approach to creating and testing a clinical ...

Find More By

News type

MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

Related Organizations

12 May 2016

Diverse and Dispersed: Managing a Far-Flung Family - Webinar

Thursday, May 12, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

*The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... their proximity now encounter a new obstacle: geography. How does geography affect a philanthropy ’s...

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... on the blog of the National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy . Philanthropy , Privilege and School Choice By Lori Bezahler, ...

Find More By

News type

Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... bighearted people, but I believe the purpose of our philanthropy must not only be generosity, but justice. The origins of formal philanthropy date from at least 1889, when the American ... of people around the...

Find More By

News type

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

15 Jan 2020

FCCP Census Operations Series: Part 8 – Counting in the Wake of Natural Disasters & Counting on College/University Campuses - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... webinar series will cover natural disaster scenarios and how Census Bureau updates population; where should people be counted, if they’re rebuilding their homes; How do we get the word out to people who have...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience