Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... the closure of Rikers Island, the 8,000- person jail in the East River of New York. While the decision ...
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"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... and philanthropist would be a source of great pride, a person many elected officials would want to cozy up to. Not ...
Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts
Release Date:
05/22/2017
Although culture and the arts contribute to the social well-being of New York City residents and are a bright spot in many disadvantaged neighborhoods, they tend to be unequally distributed across the five boroughs, a report from the University of...
Atlantic Philanthropies Publishes “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic"
Release Date:
05/31/2017
In “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic,” historian Benjamin Soskis writes that Giving While Living is a more complex phenomenon than that three-word slogan would suggest.
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... of stay,” or the amount of time that a convicted person ends up spending in prison despite the stated ...
Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... that were tiny or that contained a mix of more than one person ’s genetic material. As its reputation spread, the ...
Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women's Colleges
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... for women in the nation, it is a big validation of the person that I have become. At first I couldn't believe it," .....
College Activists March on the Cafeteria: What Do We Want? Hydroponic Cilantro!
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Students across the U.S. are making some very precise demands of school chefs and dining halls, including a churrascaria, a gelateria and a sushi bar.
My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation
Release Date:
09/07/2017
My Brother’s Keeper, a White House initiative that later spun off into a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit known as the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, or MBK, will merge with the Obama Foundation.
LGBTQ Groups Adjust to More Married Donors
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... by 80 percent in that period, while the number of single- person households making contributions increased by just 12 ...
Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... environments in disarray and are likely to increase any person ’s or family’s vulnerability to violence, according ...
New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter schools, meaning they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-day school year, a new research paper has found.
The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... tax rate into the low 20% range, from 35%, according to a person familiar with the discussions. It will also likely ...
The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance
Release Date:
12/10/2018
... month that national health spending grew 3.9% ($10,739 per person ) in 2017. It was the second consecutive year of slower ...
How Salesforce.org Strives to Connect Companies and Nonprofits (Podcast)
Release Date:
01/15/2019
Salesforce.org CEO Rob Acker says that in a hyperconnected world, people hear about tragedies and crises as they’re happening, and they want to do something about them.
Listen: Commonwealth Fund President, Dr. David Blumenthal, on COVID-19 and the US Healthcare System
Release Date:
05/20/2020
The following is a conversation between Dr. David Blumenthal, President of The Commonwealth Fund, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving.
28
Mar
2024
COO Roundtable - March 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... by March 14th. This session will take place in person at Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. Please email ...
“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu
Release Date:
01/12/2011
By James O’Sullivan Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors On November 16th, 55 Philanthropy New York members participated in a members briefing featuring a keynote address by the Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New...
Seth Pinsky Named New Chief Executive of the 92nd Street Y
Release Date:
09/29/2019
The new leader, Seth Pinsky, advised the Bloomberg administration on economic development and currently works in real estate.
Rona Sheramy Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
Release Date:
03/01/2017
The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rona Sheramy as its next Executive Director, effective February 15, 2017.