Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... seen an apparent increasing interest in funding climate change work. The tech donor’s latest major grant is right ...
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Dana Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members
Release Date:
07/18/2023
Dana Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members New York, NY , July 18, 2023 —The Dana Foundation is pleased to ... mission of education, inspiration, and service to the American public. Kerger is a member of the...
State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided
Release Date:
11/11/2016
... and permits properly considered the effect of climate change and extreme weather. Among the provisions was a rule to set science-based ...
Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States
Release Date:
03/13/2017
... most likely to sustain native species amid climate change , and is distributing money to protect private lands ... Duke Charitable Foundation that it’s now distributing among local land trusts in Idaho, Oregon...
Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... with national and municipal government entities. More resources , time, and a consolidation of efforts could allow ...
The Time is Now for a PNY Member Survey
Release Date:
03/02/2016
... Well-crafted surveys take organizations time and require resources . Add all that up and it means that no organization ... survey right, we’ve brought in The Center for Effective Philanthropy . Many of our...
Your VISION for 2025 – A Report on Year One
... for 2025 – A Report on Year One At the start of 2014, Philanthropy New York faced two separate challenges. The ... In addition, we are already investing Fund for 2025 resources into upgrades across our...
Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms
Release Date:
06/03/2013
... films. She also served as Executive Director of American Documentary, Inc., produced and directed for PBS, ... and written about independent documentary and social change . Throughout her two-decade-long career...
ASPCA Board of Directors Names Matthew Bershadker President and CEO
Release Date:
05/01/2013
The ASPCA ( American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets
Release Date:
11/01/2013
... democracies — Brazil, India and South Africa — to lead change at the local level. His latest book, “Moving to Opportunity: The Story of an American Experiment to Fight Ghetto Poverty” (Oxford, ...
Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?
Release Date:
07/15/2013
... a bio-dynamic farmer at Roxbury Farm , and Jimmy Daukas of American Farmland Trust highlighted that affordable, ...
Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission
Release Date:
03/17/2015
... our target populations face and what policies must change to level the educational playing field of all ... Foundation’s Richard Kahlenberg and Mark Schneider from American Institutes for Research, will be...
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health
Release Date:
04/20/2018
... system as well: recent catastrophes have shown how climate change can adversely affect the health care system’s ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
10/19/2020
... and commitment to human rights have shaped real, true change in the world and we are thrilled she has joined us,” ... “Sergio.” She is also the co-editor of The Unquiet American : Richard Holbrooke in the World...
Marissa Tirona Named Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees' New President
Release Date:
11/02/2020
... Daranee Petsod’s incredible legacy and help us galvanize philanthropy to build a society in which everyone thrives, no ... to be a part of its future." # # # GCIR galvanizes philanthropy to advance...
Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna
Release Date:
12/22/2014
... program areas and the articulation of a new theory of change . She has also been a key driver of the internal and ... and her incredible ability to build support and trust among partners,” said Sharon L. Alpert...
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Apr
2021
The OST Workforce: Moving Forward Beyond the Age of COVID
Thursday, April 29, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... resulted in frontline out-of-school time (OST) staff being among the first workers laid off or furloughed. ... that offers family-sustaining wages and viable career pathways . Explore The historical precarity...
15
Jan
2016
The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC
Friday, January 15, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:30am
... education to lobbying – that made tangible social change possible despite major political challenges How ... Presenters Alfredo Carrasquillo , Former VOCAL- NY Civil Rights Organizer, VOCAL- NY...
To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So What?”
Release Date:
01/27/2016
... leaders recognize the challenge we face. The seeds of change were sown decades ago as middle class wages stagnated ... of time, financial stability erodes. There is a role for philanthropy in funding...
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Nov
2018
Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
... a powerful space between power and privilege in the social change sector. As such, they have a unique opportunity—and ... the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. For philanthropy to advance equity in...