Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... of time consuming digital media. What’s less clear is how we ought to feel about it. Depending on whom you talk to, ... creation of digital media. The more opportunities we can offer kids to develop their own...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Recording: Journalism and Democracy: A Convening on Philanthropy's Role in Strengthening the Press

... community leaders, funders, and experts to explore how shifts in the media landscape affect our democracy. Together, we’ll examine how the news media portrays nonprofits and philanthropy, and how...

Membership Snapshot

Publication date:

05/2023

Find More By

Resource type

Board/Committee Materials

Audience

Board & Trustees

Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

Release Date:

10/16/2013

... feature stories designed to help wealthy individuals learn how to give their money and time effectively to worthy ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

The Wallace Foundation

16 Feb 2017

Legal Series - London’s Calling! So is Syria, Sudan, North Korea… Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, February 16, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... language experience required. Join us to learn about how to navigate the legal and programmatic issues in making grants outside the United States . The presenters will include an associate general ...

Find More By

Event type

Professional Development

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Elliott S. Fisher Joins Fannie E. Rippel Foundation Board

Release Date:

03/01/2012

... professor at the Dartmouth Medical School and Director for Population Health and Policy at The Dartmouth Institute for ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Citi Foundation Pledges $10 Million To "My Brother's Keeper"

Release Date:

07/21/2014

As part of a group of funders making additional commitments to the White House's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative, Citi Foundation will provide $10 million over three years to underwrite volunteer programs in 10 cities designed to increase college...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

Education

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Citi Foundation

Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities

Release Date:

09/29/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies will distribute $125 million over the next five years to reduce traffic deaths and injuries in 10 cities in low- and middle-income countries.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs

Release Date:

02/05/2016

... as part of the Long Island Index, uses RPA’s regional population projections to estimate future housing demand on ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Related Organizations

The Rauch Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices

Release Date:

10/17/2016

The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences received $2.2 million from Carnegie Corporation of New York for this initiative.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Open Society Foundations Targeted by New Hungarian Law Requiring NGOs to Disclose Foreign Funding Sources

Release Date:

03/10/2017

The law is widely viewed as targeting groups backed by the Open Society Foundations and its founder, Hungarian-born U.S. financier George Soros.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

Release Date:

05/18/2017

... globally each year. Because the majority of the world’s population lives in urban settings, mayors of big cities are ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

Release Date:

07/05/2017

... behavior in large cities, where over half of the world's population now lives. As Bloomberg now gives new attention to .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... part of the country, about 75 percent of India’s female population , have far less access to affordable hygiene ...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report

Release Date:

10/10/2017

A new report by international experts draws significant linkages between industrial food and farming practices and many of the “severest health conditions afflicting populations around the world,” from respiratory diseases to a range of cancers and...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility

Release Date:

04/01/2019

... with disabilities to at least 5 percent of the camper population ... Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Disabilities

Related Organizations

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

The Foundation Center's IssueLab

Publication date:

11/2012

... IssueLab, a website that provides free and open access to resources that analyze the world's most pressing social, .....

Find More By

Resource type

Website

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Foundations Moving On: Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships

... a small venture philanthropist, an NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, ...

Find More By

Resource type

Report

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

PNY Makes Public Video from Session on Digital Badges

Release Date:

06/12/2014

View the livestream recording and PowerPoint Presentations from the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.