From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
From the Ground Up Top-down development doesn't work. What' s needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and ... mandates and economic planning models often reduce India’ s poor to a...
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A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... scroll through Facebook and want to help? You don’t even have to open a new tab. Many of you may have seen the prompts from Google and Facebook to donate to ... Philanthropy. The center hopes to satisfy the...
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of ... that a group opposing Mayor Jason Gonzalez’ s decision to eliminate funding for nonprofits...
In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding at Houston’ s Alley Theatre, actors and production staff were ... their hard work realized, says Nancy Giles, the Alley’ s director of development. "Theater...
Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term
Release Date:
12/11/2017
... that just 30.8 percent of Staten Island residents have at least a bachelor' s degree -- that' s roughly half the rate of Manhattan, where 59.9 percent of .....
Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer
Release Date:
06/04/2012
... support highly dedicated and capable people as they carry out the John A. Hartford Foundation mission of improving the ...
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Watchers of the Sky - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series
Thursday, April 3, 2014 -
5:30pm to 8:30pm
... courage, compassion, and determination, while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin - the man ... world from mass atrocities. Inspired by Samantha Power’ s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A...
NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools
Release Date:
06/20/2014
... relationships, like writing an apology note or helping out a teacher. On Friday, a department spokeswoman said ...
NYCT, American Express, Ford Support Launch of Caribbean Cultural Center
Release Date:
09/17/2014
... Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), the nation' s foremost Afro-Caribbean cultural center, will break ground ... and future of East Harlem, and administration of CCCADI' s after school...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia
Release Date:
10/21/2014
... Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia SOS Children' s Villages, the world' s largest organization dedicated to orphaned and abandoned ... enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC
Release Date:
10/30/2014
... today released the first in a series of reports that lays out a specific roadmap for addressing the mismatch between ... Later this year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force...
OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs
Release Date:
06/09/2015
... (DAPA), and help them find key documents and fill out applications. “The reality is you can’t turn on a switch in people’ s lives and all of the sudden 5 million people pour into the ... process,’’ said Ken...
The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far
Release Date:
10/05/2015
... Natasha Felix sent her three sons, ages 11, 9, and 5, out to play with a visiting cousin, a young girl, in a fenced ... her class. She saw the 9-year-old climb a tree. Felix’ s youngest son fought with his...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Attempts Murdoch Ouster at News Corp. Annual Meeting
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... after it began. And, just before the lights went out , Rupert Murdoch offered an odd, maybe ominous, farewell. ... a raucous line of activist shareholders, including America' s Evelyn Davis and Australia...
Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos
Release Date:
01/21/2016
... the world. The wide-ranging plan will stretch from thrown- out crops to excess food at the dinner table. The ...
Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
Impact Investing' s Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation) I ... Director at Rockefeller Foundation, opened up by pointing out the need for more capital for development. She noted that ... impact...
Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... to the advertised price of a college education, pointing out that the availability of financial aid means that college ...
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... in Paris in November-December 2015 was approved. Norway’ s sovereign wealth fund has pulled out of scores of companies for being over-reliant on fossil ...
Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors
Release Date:
05/11/2016
... by NYCHA, developments in homelessness, the roll- out of the mayor' s affordable housing plan and key decisions by Albany .....
Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms
Release Date:
05/13/2016
... Bathrooms With so much media focus on North Carolina‘ s anti-transgender bathroom law, LGBT advocates may be ... compared to other women. According to the report, three out of four transgender women who took...