Simons Foundation Provides Annual Grants to Scientists in Ukraine
Release Date:
01/25/2023
... facility it had used for research and the production of medical isotopes. Its specialists are receiving $80,400 in ...
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Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 2 of a Three-Part Series
** This is Part 2 of a Three-Part Series, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers** Who Holds the Mic? How can funders redesign reporting to better support learning and center grantee voices in reporting for impact...
09
Feb
2012
International Grantmakers Network: Providing Capacity-Building Support for International Grantees (Part II)
Thursday, February 9, 2012 -
7:45am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network is hosting a two-part series on capacity building. Part I will focus on how we define and approach “capacity building” in an international context. Part II will build on this discussion and...
13
Mar
2012
The Nuts, Bolts & Art of Networking with David Schachter
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
Do you shy away from networking events because you never know exactly what to say to strangers? Have you always wanted to learn the basic functions and skills of networking? Or are you comfortable networking but want to continue to improve your...
11
Oct
2012
"Excuuuse ME!!!" -- Fostering Understanding and Trust in Challenging Conversations
Thursday, October 11, 2012 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
Have you ever reached an impasse with colleagues, grantees, a family member or a person on the street? Have you sought a solution that was more satisfying, effective and empowering, but felt unable to take the next step? Using curiosity to...
Private Citizen Bloomberg on Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/25/2014
... program. The belief that better government was crucial to improving people’s lives was a hallmark of Mr. ...
Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe
Release Date:
06/13/2014
Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Berlin last week to support the European edition of the Mayors Challenge initiative, which encourages municipal officials to come up with fresh ideas that can improve the lives of urban denizens everywhere.
Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project
Release Date:
07/09/2014
A $5 million challenge grant from The Open Society Foundations will help the Innocence Project's efforts to establish a $20 million reserve fund.
Systemic Racism Hurting Girls and Women Of Color, Not Just Males
Release Date:
08/07/2014
If foundations want to fully address the problems of systemic racism in the U.S, they need to step up their support for girls and women of color, write Pamela Shifman, executive director of the NoVo Foundation, and Nakisha M. Lewis, an advisor on...
City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2015
The funding will impact as many as 150,000 middle school students.
Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
... assets—in its case in blended-learning strategies for improving our nation’s schools. It wasn’t always ...
Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The Overdeck Family Foundation supported research showing a marked increase in math achievement for children using a program called Bedtime Math. The research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science.
The Daphne Foundation Appoints Yvonne Moore to Its Board of Trustees
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... and is co-author of the report “Bridges to Independence: Improving Transitions to Adulthood for Youth Served by the ...
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues
Release Date:
04/28/2016
Insight Dialogues, a live event and digital content series focused on sparking global conversations and action around the most pressing issues of our time will facilitate an exchange of ideas and inform the Foundation's ongoing work to improve the...
Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest
Release Date:
05/12/2016
You don't need a political scientist to tell you something is amiss in America. It's there, lurking, in the presidential primary campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Revisiting Attica Shows How New York State Failed to Fulfill Promises
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Inmates at Attica Correctional Facility during the 1971 uprising that ended with 39 people fatally shot when armed state troopers stormed the prison. Many reforms promised in the wake of the revolt have yet to materialize.
Gates Foundation Releases New Virtual Reality Game to Highlight Life-Saving Innovations
Release Date:
04/13/2017
... more memorable. The basic goal may be to spot some life- improving intervention in its natural habitat, showing how ...
Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste
Release Date:
07/25/2017
Food Tank, in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family Foundation, will present a one-day summit on September 13, 2017, at the WNYC Greene Space in...
Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... from classroom discipline to working with families to improving teaching. While the political clashes between the ...
Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Yes, it's expensive. And Trump wants to eliminate the program. But helping public sector workers with their student loans is the right thing to do.