Braille for a New Digital Age
Release Date:
09/11/2018
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library Last year, the New York Public Library released plans for a total renovation of ... the ungainly stepsibling to the magnificent Beaux-Arts building...
De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs
Release Date:
05/20/2014
... training and placement programs have for too long steered New Yorkers into temporary positions and minimum- wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all...
Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities
Release Date:
11/05/2010
... minority group in the nation. As baby boomers age and more veterans return from war, experts estimate that number ... health, employment, poverty alleviation, economic development, arts, transportation, social...
Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities
Release Date:
11/01/2021
... billion pledge is a challenge to all funders to do far more to support and partner with Indigenous Peoples and local ... interests of vulnerable and marginalised groups including women and girls, people with...
The Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed How I View What Matters in Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/22/2020
... action plans already under way to give grantee partners more leeway and power. We are seeing all kinds of grant ... They offer each other kindness, reassurance, tools, and resources to continue doing their...
Cheryl C. Effron Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation
Release Date:
01/16/2020
... of warehouses in Long Island City into The Falchi Building , The Factory and the Center Building among others. ... most pressing issues that we face today in this country, economic...
Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting
Release Date:
02/19/2020
... is increasingly led by the people most affected by change. More and more , we are hearing from social-justice leaders who ... fill the lower economic spectrum like food service, ...
07
Oct
2020
Nevertheless, It Persists: Can Philanthropy Disrupt Sexism?
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Even in a year where we are seeing women of color in increasingly prominent roles, and essential ... intersection of gender and race as significant barriers to economic , socio-cultural and political power. The...
The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution
Release Date:
09/26/2014
... development. With 2,808 events in 166 countries, New York drew the largest crowd, where an estimated 400,000 ... she hopes that this round of talks will be a good deal more ambitious than...
Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?
Release Date:
03/06/2014
... violence and competition. So we are dedicating our resources , entrusted to us at the NoVo Foundation by ... a foundation makes its grants each year). What’s more , many seem to think that they know best,...
Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... and the arts contribute to the social well-being of New York City residents and are a bright spot in many ... cultural assets and indicators of health, personal security ,...
Adam Connaker appointed Director, Impact Investing at the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
03/07/2022
... impact investments, and endowment—to help bring about a more just and sustainable future.” “Impact investing is part of the solution set to climate change and economic inequity that have disproportionately...
Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)
Release Date:
01/10/2013
... During the recent Philanthropy New York conference on resources for returning veterans , it struck me that very few ... about the issues facing our returning veterans and their ...
Russell Sage Foundation - Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to Emerging Scholars
Release Date:
03/17/2021
... The Russell Sage Foundation, in partnership with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & ... counselors, and social workers in providing financial aid resources for undocumented youth...
Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... subject to hate crimes. Undocumented immigrants who are more vulnerable to deportation are also worried about ... working with immigrant communities are focused on building digital and data security...
Sloan Public Service Awards Honor Seven NYC Employees
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... Service Awards Honor Seven NYC Employees ( June 1, 2016, New York , NY ) The Fund for the City of New York (FCNY) today ... years—include longtime employees...
23
Mar
2015
What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?
Monday, March 23, 2015 -
11:45am to 2:00pm
... is one of the largest and fastest-growing employers, with more than 150,000 workers in New York City and nearly 11 ... learning Opportunities and barriers that exist for...
What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... The Walton Family Foundation recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to create new charter schools in New York City . "So what's ...
37th Annual Meeting Re-Cap: Rethinking American Justice
... off the programmatic elements of the day: Opening Panel: Building Political Consensus on Criminal Justice Reform ... of policy reform on the state level, the moral and economic arguments against justice reform...