Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time
Release Date:
05/15/2013
... organizations to advocate for expanded learning time -- improving the opportunities and chances of success for every ...
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Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced
Release Date:
08/07/2013
... a collaborative incubator that works to foster ideas for improving the lives of poor and vulnerable populations. This ...
Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/02/2013
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford Social Innovation Review how the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works.
Applications to the 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards are up 25%
Release Date:
05/19/2014
[New York Community Trust, Philanthropy New York] More Nonprofits Seek to Improve Management Practices Applications Up by 25 Percent Overall – Three Times the Number of Long Island Organizations Apply; Applications from Brooklyn and Queens Double
Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2014
Democracy Alliance president and former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO, Gara LaMarche, discusses the power foundations have to shape public policy.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities
Release Date:
04/21/2015
The $42 million program will help 100 mid-sized cities better use data and evidence.
ASPCA Honored as Finalist for North American Employee Engagement Awards
Release Date:
05/08/2015
... shortlisted for awards to recognize their commitment to improving employee engagement. Winners and highly ...
NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools
Release Date:
05/21/2015
There were 15 total applications for new charter schools, including 12 in New York City.
Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study
Release Date:
05/29/2015
A pilot program will try to determine if mobile technology can help diabetes patients.
NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million
Release Date:
06/15/2015
The foundation has announced grants to 79 organizations.
NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread
Release Date:
04/06/2016
... the medical care of their attributed patients but also on improving non-medical health determinants, such as access to ...
Application Period for New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Opens Today
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2016.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration
Release Date:
04/27/2016
... today released its workplan for 2016. Focus areas include improving water system efficiency and engaging community ...
New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx
Release Date:
04/29/2016
Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the New York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, Teaching Matters brought its program to improve reading instruction in early grades to eight high-poverty schools in the Bronx, including P.S...
New York-Based Groups Benefit From $23 Million Grants By the Conrad Hilton Foundation
Release Date:
06/27/2016
Westat, Inc. was awarded $400,000 to serve as the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning partner to the Foster Youth initiative strategy.
Russell Sage President Says He Is Optimistic on Poverty and Income Issues
Release Date:
09/14/2016
Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, who, like other experts following poverty and income issues, had expected some improvement, but nothing this large.
Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity
Release Date:
11/02/2016
New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in the country — an issue that has attracted growing attention and advocacy.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color
Release Date:
12/14/2016
BCF launched its Invest in Youth initiative in 2015 as a 10-year, $25 million commitment to improve Brooklyn’s social and economic opportunities and outcomes for 16- to 24-year-olds, particularly young people of color.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports Analytical Tools to Map Health Variables in NYC
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... Today, we increasingly define public health in terms of improving wellness. Guided by data-driven insights, cities ...
What Happens if the Affordable Care Act Is Repealed?
Release Date:
01/26/2017
Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner and a distinguished health policy expert, began by pointing out that before the ACA was passed in 2010, 51 million people could not afford coverage.