Avital Havusha Named New York State Health Foundation’s Vice President For Programs
Release Date:
10/11/2019
... New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) is a private, statewide foundation dedicated to improving the health of all ...
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The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members
Release Date:
06/08/2023
... maintains an active advisory role on several national and statewide initiatives and boards that focus on improving the ...
26
Apr
2013
Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan
Friday, April 26, 2013 -
12:30pm to 6:30pm
... Melissa Harris-Perry from MSNBC in a discussion of how philanthropy and government can best work together to ... concurrent member engagement sessions to choose from: How the Money Flows An examination of all...
The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... Evaluation of one of these programs showed return on investment in the form of retention of scientists in ... for defining or quantifying a compelling need and pondered how this effort can be sustained in the...
Gender and Transformative Giving
Release Date:
05/23/2013
... in their funding priorities. They wanted to then track how that was applied in actual grantmaking and through the ... outcomes in at-risk communities. For instance, consider how the two sides of the gender...
Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management
Release Date:
05/17/2017
... the world, we hope this program will become a model for how to train the next generation of policy makers.” With ... about financial crises. With this new support, YPFS will increase its focus on crisis...
Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/24/2020
... rattled off names and dates. I couldn’t help but ask him how he had come to acquire his encyclopedic knowledge of ... Ku Klux Klan. "He asked me once, ‘Do you want to know how white folks keep things the...
Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?
Release Date:
11/17/2022
... American citizen. After the 2020 election, the issue of how (and even whether) American democracy would survive rose ... the participation rate in elections would automatically increase , and the composition of...
27
Jun
2025
Navigating Headwinds: Lessons in Leadership, Capacity, and Allyship
Friday, June 27, 2025 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual Meeting - Register by 6/26
... philanthropic partners, will deepen your understanding of how to support grassroots organizations like the ... roles. What to expect: panel discussion followed by Q&A. How do you sign up? 10 AM to 11:30 AM...
New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
Release Date:
09/11/2009
... of additional activities and services. We also aim to increase the level of public awareness of low vision ... to collaborate with other funders in order to increase the effectiveness of our grant efforts. We...
Forty Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy: 1970-2010
Publication date:
01/2012
Published on the occasion of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' 30th anniversary, this report documents the first 40 years of U.S. foundation support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. Among the report's findings: in total, 799 U.S. foundations have invested more than $771 million and nearly 36,000 grants in LGBTQ issues from 1970 to 2010, with the Arcus Foundation as the largest single foundation donor by dollar amount (the Ford and Tides foundations are also in the top ten).
Don’t Forget the Small Guys
Release Date:
07/19/2010
During the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than invest in newer, smaller, and “riskier” ones. In our latest blog post, Miguel Bonilla, the Director of Strengthening New York...
The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange
Release Date:
04/30/2012
Health information technology has emerged as a key building block of the nation's health reform agenda, and since 2006, New York State has invested more than $450 million to develop a robust health information infrastructure.
Media Development In The Developing World
Release Date:
01/04/2013
Since 1996, the Media Development Loan Fund has provided more than $120 million in loans and equity investments to media companies in 26 emerging market countries and independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression.
Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... to PRI Evolution An evaluation of its Program-Related Investment Fund finds that “the Rockefeller Foundation has ...
Seven Cities Compete for Citi Foundation's Urban Renewal Initiative
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... Seattle—from which three cities will be chosen for the investment of $3 million dollars from Living Cities and the ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Pledges $197 Million for Fellowship and Institute
Release Date:
06/01/2016
Two major initiatives will deepen and extend Atlantic Philanthropies’s legacy of supporting new generations of leaders who will improve lives and forge new opportunities around the world.
13
Sep
2016
Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Health care costs associated with the current U.S. opioid epidemic total an estimated $25 billion, according to the CDC. Despite having the third-highest spending in the nation (more than $1.2 billion) to confront the challenge, New York’s opioid...
Three Essentials for Accelerating Funder Collaboration
Release Date:
03/07/2012
Lisa Philp, Vice President for Strategic Philanthropy and Director of GrantCraft at the Foundation Center, provides examples of tools for increasing collaboration among grantmakers. (Lisa will also be speaking at two upcoming Philanthropy New York...
Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach
Release Date:
11/28/2011
Philanthropy New York's Assistant Manager of Professional Education, Beeta Jahedi, and our program consultant Robert Hyfler talk about our participation (along with Grantmakers In Aging, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R...