Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... Case for Humanities Education Called the NH Humanities Collaborative , the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon ...
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Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... ago, McKinsey & Company released a report entitled “ How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to ... At SHE , we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to get women into jobs that are they...
Milbank Memorial Fund Issues Report on State Population Health Strategies
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... population health outcome measures. Their findings show how Georgia and Florida reduced infant mortality rates and how Delaware and Iowa diminished the burden of chronic disease. The insights into how...
Changing Corporate Behavior through Shareholder Activism
Publication date:
09/2010
... concrete changes in corporate behavior that NCF has helped to promote through its shareholder activism. Changing ...
Staten Island after Sandy: A Funder Update
Release Date:
04/10/2013
In advance of our Annual Meeting, we’re pleased to have Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation, update us on the relief efforts on Staten Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and what her foundation and other...
Cracking the Network Code: Four Principles for Grantmakers
Publication date:
07/2013
Cracking the Network Code outlines four principles that comprise the network mindset, illustrates the principles with a range of examples of networks that have achieved real results, and offers practical questions and recommendations to help grantmakers achieve the benefits and avoid common pitfalls of working through networks.
Smarter Relationships, Better Results: Making the Most of Grantmakers' Work with Intermediaries
Publication date:
04/2013
Grantmakers often work with intermediaries to extend their reach and impact. GEO’s digital funders' brief offers insights from intermediaries and examples of grantmaker practices that help or hinder the effectiveness of intermediaries. Readers will find a breakdown of three grantmaker-intermediary relationship models, step-by-step relationship building recommendations, and more.
Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works
Publication date:
01/2013
Engaging community residents in evaluation and learning not only strengthens programs by enabling grantmakers to make more informed decisions, it also helps ensure evaluation efforts are measuring the right things and builds community capacity to use evaluation data to support sustainable solutions. Explore why it matters and what works through five recommendations.
The New York Community Trust Awards $9.9 Million in Grants to 53 Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/14/2021
Grants aim to counter vaccine hesitancy and misinformation, increase voter engagement, bridge the digital divide, and more.
Bloomberg Gives Sept. 11 Museum a $15 Million Loan
Release Date:
05/02/2013
Michael Bloomberg has personally lent the museum $15 million to help cover expenses until it opens a year from now. He is charging the lowest possible interest rate — less than 0.3 percent — so that the transaction would qualify under federal rules...
NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants
Release Date:
10/07/2014
New York Community Trust is supporting 95 nonprofits nationally through this round of grants.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Explores Open Access to Published Research
Release Date:
04/01/2015
The foundation's contribution will support a yearlong study that will examine the implications of new funding models for scholarly communications.
Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... led interactive workshops and youth acting workshops, and helped with steering committee meetings and auditions... ...
75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify
Release Date:
08/28/2017
This spring, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo won approval for his groundbreaking Excelsior Scholarship program to make college tuition-free for some students at New York’s public colleges and universities, the state anticipated that 23,000 people would...
Five Essential Tips for Setting Up a Social Enterprise
Release Date:
10/04/2017
You've got a great idea. It might help the world. Or it might just help some people. Either way, you want to do good and make a living. So where do you start?
Hilton Foundation Awards $25.5M in Grants in Q2 '17, Approves New Foster Youth Strategy
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... Free America was awarded $750,000 to equip parents with resources to address youth substance use. The University of ... capacity of the inter-congregational Leadership Collaborative to prepare young sisters...
Brooklyn Community Foundation: Seeking Brooklyn Youth for Paid Leadership Programs
Release Date:
08/15/2017
... They should also be passionate, self-motivated, collaborative , and committed to achieving racial justice and interested in moving resources to address the impact of racial oppression on young ...
Arcus Foundation is Funding Ape Conservation with Social Justice in Mind
Release Date:
10/15/2021
... in and benefit from the sustainable management of natural resources in important gorilla and chimpanzee habitats in the ...
Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit
Release Date:
01/27/2016
... Filed against the state of Minnesota by two veteran civil -rights attorneys, Daniel Shulman and his son John ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... democratic project -- the enactment of individual and civil rights, the social and civic connections that unite a ...