The Nathan Cummings Foundation Focuses on Impact Investing
Release Date:
04/28/2017
... impact investment advisory firm Sonen Capital to guide the foundation’s impact investing strategies. In ...
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Welcome to Smart Assets!
Release Date:
04/23/2009
... and the practice of philanthropy. Our first post is from Charles Hamilton, Philanthropy New York’s Senior Fellow and ...
Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
... easy to find. A 2010 study found that the median private equity or venture capital fund requires more than three investment team members reviewing 80 ...
Supported By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts
Release Date:
01/13/2016
... of their careers with an age range of 28 to 65 years old. More than half are women; and more than half identify as people of color. Each funded ... receive up to 50,000 USD in direct funding and additional...
Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?
Release Date:
06/14/2016
... in the tax code to support those contributed resources . But that is exactly the point—taxes and tax ... as other actors have greater flexibility and exponentially more resources . Ultimately,...
Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families
Release Date:
04/30/2019
... Families American public schools today are perhaps more linguistically and culturally diverse than at any other ... today than in 2000.2 Critically, these children’s numbers are not only growing in traditional...
Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC
Release Date:
03/04/2016
... the ranks of women entrepreneurs in New York are growing more slowly and are delivering less economic impact than ... in recent years. Women-owned businesses now make up more than 40 percent of private...
United Hospital Fund Works to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Outpatient Care
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... participation and will bring additional institutional resources to bear on the challenge of developing and ... acute respiratory infections (given national and state data suggesting over-prescription and...
Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels
Release Date:
04/18/2014
... Officer. Elyse has worked in communications, qualitative data analysis, and external relations at EngenderHealth and ...
Andy Warhol Foundation is Embracing Social Engagement
Release Date:
07/27/2018
... the 42 recipients of its spring 2018 grants, totaling $ 3 .6 million. The selected organizations, which were chosen ... arts with pressing social issues, Wachs' sentiments echo a line of thinking...
Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works
Publication date:
01/2013
... only strengthens programs by enabling grantmakers to make more informed decisions, it also helps ensure evaluation ... things and builds community capacity to use evaluation data to support sustainable solutions. Explore why it matters ...
Simons Foundation Provides Funding for Autism Family Biobank
Release Date:
09/16/2016
... for all three members of the family. Ultimately, the data will be made available to researchers worldwide... ...
Ivanka Trump Supports Rollback Of Obama's Policy To Close Gender Pay Gap
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... in January 2016, would have required employers to collect data on how much they pay their workers, broken down by ...
NoVo Foundation Supports The New Start for Women program at SUNY Ulster
Release Date:
09/09/2019
... Ulster The New Start for Women program at SUNY Ulster is more than just academic courses; currently, 16 area women ... TransArt & Cultural Services. “Every community has the resources that they need to...
Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others
Release Date:
05/06/2016
... asset. By investing in their power, we can get them the resources they deserve, and in so doing we strengthen ... —but this Mother’s Day we’ve been thinking more deeply about how we make this the focus of our...
Philanthropy New York Signs Letter to Governor Cuomo for Prompt Contracting and Payment of Nonprofits
Release Date:
07/29/2020
... have signed a letter to Governor Cuomo calling for more attention on the immediate and long-term financial ... systemic and most recent contracting and payment policies toward its nonprofit partners. The times...
UJA Federation of New York: Call for Conversations
Release Date:
06/05/2019
... promoting leadership in the community. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, our grants have reflected our vision ...
Noyes Foundation Launches New Funding Initiative: Building Power Across Movements
Release Date:
10/02/2015
... to the importance of social movements in bringing about a more just, equitable and sustainable world. BPAM is a ... it works on are economic and environmental justice, racial equity , mining, immigration, and...
Westchester Community Foundation Announces Ceo Learning Lab
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... strengths needed for advancing their organizations toward greater impact and sustainability. The CEO Learning ... 2. Dawn Ewing, Project Morry 3 . Orla Kelleher, Aisling Irish ... who share a passion for the...
Mississippi Architects Take on Citywide Hunger Problem With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies
Release Date:
05/06/2019
... Problem With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies By more than one measure, Jackson, Mississippi , is one of the ... the food that is available is disproportionately tipped toward fast food and gas station...