NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC
Release Date:
05/14/2015
... Second Circuit. Starting this fall, the Justice Corps will place 11 recent law school graduates and two college ...
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Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz gives speech that mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted "interest" by Moskowitz in unseating de...
Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend
Release Date:
10/21/2015
... Event This Weekend Make A Difference Day will take place this Saturday, October 24, 2015 in neighborhoods ...
In New York, More Than a Thousand in Record-Breaking Kids Challah Bake (UJA-Federation of NY)
Release Date:
01/15/2016
... for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. There, ...
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.
Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... million to push Mexico to adopt the soda tax in the first place —and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which ...
JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities
Release Date:
03/10/2016
The Great Urban Parks Campaign: Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities is bringing together thought leaders from around the country to explore solutions to stormwater management through the use of green infrastructure that also benefits...
Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC
Release Date:
04/01/2016
While finding affordable real estate can be doubly tricky for artists who need to find affordable space in NYC to live and work, four new projects — all of which won grants recently from the New York Community Trust — aim to make it easier for...
The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot
Release Date:
06/03/2016
The project can be national or international and it has to come from an organization rather than an individual.
Governor Cuomo Announces Nearly $21.6 Million for Eight Supportive Housing Projects
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... vulnerable New Yorkers have a safe, decent and affordable place to live and are given access to the support and ...
Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature
Release Date:
02/17/2017
The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little attention in a nation where racial equality in the basic institutions of civic life — schools, housing, health care, policing — remains elusive.
Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System
Release Date:
03/09/2017
For decades, domestic violence survivors have been criminalized, prosecuted, and imprisoned for acts carried out by their abusive partners.
Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... to humanity. He taught us to leave the world a better place than we found it through hard work, strong and diverse ...
A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others
Release Date:
05/23/2017
Newman’s Own was an early adopter of the idea of a philanthropic enterprise. Now, it’s helping to coalesce a new movement.
Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short
Release Date:
07/17/2017
The United States spends far more on health care than other high-income countries, with spending levels that rose continuously over the past three decades, according to analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. Yet, the U.S. population has poorer health...
Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... future. These rules were supposed to require the city to place facilities in a thought-out, deliberative process that ...
For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... back into the profession that inspired them in the first place . “The last three years that I have been teaching was ...
Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... But even though New York City is seen as a progressive place , we must not let this reputation blindside us. The ...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize...
Harlem Women Honored for Leadership by New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The New York Women’s Foundation (The Foundation) honored four inspiring Manhattan women at its Neighborhood Dinner on September 19th.