City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs
Release Date:
09/08/2017
The City Council signed off on a zoning plan to revamp Far Rockaway with more housing and a commercial overhaul.
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Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’
Release Date:
09/20/2017
As the former top lawyer for Success Academy, Emily Kim had a hand in almost every aspect of New York City’s largest and most controversial charter-school network — from negotiating lunch times for schools in shared buildings to defending Success in...
A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Unemployment has fallen, and the stock market has soared. So why has the economic expansion since the recession been so tame, with sluggish productivity and, at least until recently, anemic wage growth?
Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.
Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality
Release Date:
10/05/2017
Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children.
Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California
Release Date:
06/01/2018
Among the recommendations of an April report from the progressive think-tank The Century Foundation was a call to shift the focus of the Cal Grant program from covering tuition costs to helping students meet the full cost of attending college.
Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"
Release Date:
08/03/2018
Conceived, adapted, and directed by MacArthur Genius Grant winner Lee Breuer, "The Gospel at Colonus", is an ancient Greek tragedy turned into religious parable within the framework of the Pentecostal church, that unites cultures and époques, and it...
New York Women's Foundation Fund for the MeToo Movement and Allies Awards Grants to 8 Groups
Release Date:
10/15/2018
Eight groups across the nation have been awarded funding from the New York Women's Foundation for their efforts to fight sexual violence.
NPCC Names Sharon Stapel as New President and Executive Director
Release Date:
07/15/2015
... to joining AVP, Ms. Stapel worked with South Brooklyn Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, and the Street Law Project of the National ...
Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... expanding opportunity means affirmatively reversing the legal and systemic bias of the past with investments that ... go to prison only to return to the community with huge legal and systemic hurdles that...
How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... lost or spoiled before it gets to market. To address this issue , the Global Knowledge Initiative conducted six ...
A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times
Release Date:
05/14/2009
... essential. Look for leverage and where your deployment of resources can best be used. Remember that size may matter, ...
New York Community Trust Funds Leading Racial Justice Nonprofit Race Forward in Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... secure places to live and work, while building permanent resources for the future. Established in 2014, The New ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation: Seeking Brooklyn Youth for Paid Leadership Programs
Release Date:
08/15/2017
... to achieving racial justice and interested in moving resources to address the impact of racial oppression on young ...
WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers
Release Date:
12/15/2020
... new products in high-growth sectors, such as health care. The second investment, of $250,000, supports ... immigrants and refugees have access to the tools and resources they need to obtain better jobs and ...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Expansion of Arts and Education Programs and Social Impact Initiatives at Silkroad
Release Date:
03/25/2021
The largest gift in the organization’s history will support capacity building around the expansion of its arts and education programs and social impact initiatives
YLBC 2020 Young Leader Application
To complete the application, please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QRNNDJM . If you are having issues accessing the online or pdf version of the application, please contact Allyson Goldhagen . Below you will find a pdf of the YLBC Young...
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...
How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
Release Date:
08/23/2010
In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, offers a unique way of looking at one of our most pervasive social issues—one which suffered a recent funding setback here in New York—and suggests that a...
Reflections from Jeffrey R. Solomon
Release Date:
05/21/2010
Since co-writing The Art of Giving, Jeffrey Solomon, President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, has travelled to a dozen states, talking to numerous audiences seriously interested in philanthropy. His observations and discussions...