Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy
Release Date:
06/30/2017
... of old-fashioned good luck. (Ragged Dick, in the Alger story named for him: “I’d like it if some rich man would ...
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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times
Release Date:
11/02/2017
Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
Laureus USA Releases New Research Study: Youth Sports Promote Social & Emotional Learning, Especially Among Men of Color
Release Date:
02/03/2021
Research demonstrates sports-based youth development programs foster significantly more social and emotional learning than non-sport after school programs
Simple and Fast City Contracting
Release Date:
07/17/2013
... HHS Accelerator is a new initiative designed to simplify how New York City does business with thousands of nonprofit ... Accelerator Team share the details of this new system and how it should make the...
Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?
Release Date:
07/30/2010
... on the current climate in the New York State legislature, how it affects the work of the nonprofit sector, and how funders and advocates can work together to produce change ...
Founder and CEO of Viso Strategies Corporation Paula Luff Says CSR Improves Operations
Release Date:
04/18/2016
... based in New York. "For me, corporate responsibility is how companies operate," she says. "It’s about how they identify and manage their social and environmental .....
Aetna Foundation Partners with US News & World Report to Study Healthcare Access in American Communities
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... Report launch a project to research, analyze and report how communities with inventive policies and partnerships are ... Healthiest Communities multimedia platform will highlight how public policies and...
Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... of them leukemia or cancers of the central nervous system. How is treating cancer in children different from treating it in adults? How do children cope with a disease they can hardly ...
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What Funders Need to Know About Immigration Detention: A Primer on the U.S. System - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, July 19, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm
... others have led many to argue for other options. Explore: How detention systems work Who operates these facilities and what is known about the conditions How philanthropy is engaging in this...
This Month’s Upgrade: Comprehensive Local Affinity Group Pages
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... all about continuous improvements and this is one trend Philanthropy New York is definitely into. When we ... Recent New York PhilanthroPost news items on the topic Resources on the topic Philanthropic staff...
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2016
NYC’s Food Policy Director on Hunger, Health & Equity
Thursday, March 24, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... with advocates, nonprofit and community organizations, philanthropy and the private sector. Join us for a ...
Weinberg Foundation Announces New Trustee, as well as Leadership Changes in Hawaii Office
Release Date:
07/27/2018
... at the $6-billion, 33,000-person New York City Human Resources Administration. Berlin worked for six years as a ... provide a welcome opportunity to draw on my experiences in philanthropy , public service, and...
UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO
Release Date:
02/12/2014
... “Eric is an exceptional leader whose uncommon wisdom, collaborative style and demonstrated commitment to our ...
After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Release Date:
07/12/2017
... nationally and recommendations of Macy Conferences have helped to change the educational paradigm, breaking down the ...
Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration carry signs of the disease in their blood that may be found through special laboratory tests, according to a new study led by AMD researchers based at Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
Luce Foundation Makes $3M in Emergency Grants to Support Communities and Organizations Affected by COVID-19
Release Date:
05/12/2020
... has contributed $100,000 to the NYC Arts Organizations Collaborative , a consortium of 15 New York City-based arts ... of $250,000 to First Nations Development Institute has helped launch the COVID-19 Emergency...
Weinberg Foundation Details Chief Investment Officer Transition
Release Date:
03/22/2022
Current CIO Jonathan Hook to retire; David Gilmore will assume CIO role
Simons Foundation, Stony Brook University Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields
Release Date:
05/11/2022
Stony Brook University has announced a major new initiative funded by the Simons Foundation and its sister foundation, Simons Foundation International
Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found that changes to a small stretch of DNA may circumvent the genetic defect behind sickle cell disease (SCD).
Heineken Just Put Out the Antidote to That Pepsi Kendal Jenner Ad
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Two strangers with polar opposite views meet in this Heineken ad, which gets political in a way that Pepsi would do well to consider next time.