Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)
Release Date:
01/05/2016
... find a vegetable farm at a public housing development in New York City . But a one-acre farm at Red Hook Houses—the first-ever ...
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2015
NYCHA Goes Green: Urban Ag & Workforce Development
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
As part of a city -wide Building Healthy Communities Initiative rolling out of the Mayor’s Office, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and Green City...
DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story
Release Date:
04/20/2016
... as the feature article of the April 2016 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. What is the point of ... nonprofits and encourage Congress to view foundations as ...
Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid
Release Date:
12/25/2012
... for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance in New York City . Starting in early January checks from $1,000 to $5,000 ...
With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater
Release Date:
01/29/2013
... first donation, a gift of $5, in 1965. Philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has committed $350 million to ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields
Release Date:
10/09/2013
... the country. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling $1.3 million to nine ...
How One Foundation Is Making Waves With Art And Social Activism
Release Date:
09/05/2013
... you haven't heard of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, a New York City foundation that operates according to the idea that "art .....
Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis
Release Date:
01/13/2014
The New York Times reports that a group of national and local ... renowned collection, federal mediators involved in the city ’s bankruptcy proceedings announced on Monday. The plan ...
JPMorgan to Commit $100-Million to Boost Detroit’s Recovery
Release Date:
05/21/2014
... five years to aid Detroit’s revitalization effort as the city recovers from the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy, The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press report. The nation’s ...
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Release Date:
12/02/2014
... with the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and the city ’s Health and Hospital Corporation. It is a startlingly simple idea to deal with a complex problem. New York ’s FVRx program operates in...
Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... Andrew Carnegie, died Wednesday night at a hospital in New York City . According to Forbes, the Phipps family is among the ...
Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon
Release Date:
08/17/2016
... documentary "When Two Worlds Collide," which opens in New York on Wednesday and in select U.S. cities and the United .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $300M to Johns Hopkins to Tackle Major Domestic Health Issues
Release Date:
09/27/2016
... for Noncommunicable Diseases, and three-term mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg, will give $300 million to create ...
Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration
Release Date:
10/14/2016
... than doubled since 2007. Among the districts profiled is New York City , one of the most segregated school systems in the ...
Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Release Date:
10/28/2016
... case against the so-called Cuomo tax in Mineola, Albany, New York City , Poughkeepsie and White Plains ... Coalition Rallies ...
Rockefeller Foundation Choses Lincoln Center to Manage its NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Release Date:
12/02/2016
... by the Rockefeller Foundation to manage the foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (NYC CIF). The Rockefeller ...
NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color
Release Date:
04/13/2017
NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color The New York City -based NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and ...
Apply Now for WT Grant Foundation's Youth Service Improvement Grant
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... support nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City . These awards of $25,000 help improve programs and ...
Exhibit Allows Virtual 'Interviews' With Holocaust Survivors
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... 'Interviews' With Holocaust Survivors An exhibit at a New York City museum is giving visitors a chance to interact with .....
Bloomberg’s ‘War on Coal’ Goes Global with $50m Fund
Release Date:
11/09/2017
... a UN special envoy on climate change and former mayor of New York city , has funded a $164m campaign in the US since 2010, ...