OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... “People we work with are used to telling one particular story about themselves,” he says. “Narativ helped us ...
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NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs
Release Date:
09/29/2014
The philanthropic community has been slow to support domestic violence prevention measures.
The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times
Release Date:
10/13/2015
For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... recovery for people with mental illness or substance abuse disorders. This new report joins our growing library of ...
City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Homeless and runaway youth would be able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be introduced in the City Council Thursday.
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services, members called for clarity on ...
Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact
Release Date:
02/14/2012
... Every foundation wants its grantees to fully utilize the resources available to them. As funding from all sources ... Enterprise requires strong and well-developed human resources management practices.” His...
12
Jan
2012
A Conversation with Jennifer Buffett and Robert F. Sherman
Thursday, January 12, 2012 -
11:00am to 2:00pm
... the NoVo Foundation Jennifer works passionately to empower girls and women worldwide to end the violence and ... - the economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls in the developing world that results...
The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More
Release Date:
12/08/2017
... on improving the lives and increasing opportunities of NYC girls and young women of color. Per Scholas received $130,000 ... support the academic and personal growth of disadvantaged girls . Upwardly Global is...
New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A Call to Action
Publication date:
02/2016
The state Commission to Examine Nonprofit Human Services Organizations Closures published this report, New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS: A Call to Action. The Human Services Council (HSC) convened the commission to examine the systemic problems contributing to the instability of so many nonprofit human services organizations, and we brought together stakeholders from philanthropy, academia, direct service, nonprofit coalitions, and others with nonprofit expertise to reflect on the sector in an effort to deliver thoughtful and succinct recommendations through a nine-month process...
What Drives Education Officials
Release Date:
06/07/2012
... even wonky education officials, swoon. Dr. King used the story to drive home a point that framed the afternoon ... controversial and complex issues like shrinking private resources , budget cuts and schools...
16
May
2018
Funding a Racially Just Food System - Funders Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
... the tobacco and cotton that made America wealthy. But the story doesn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. Later ... How can the funding community best leverage its resources and influence to end racism...
13
Sep
2018
TRANSformational Grantmaking: Understanding Gender Identity to Increase Impact
Thursday, September 13, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... despite their work receiving just .015% of philanthropic resources . By understanding and intentionally prioritizing ...
Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism
Release Date:
11/05/2013
... and has very ambitious goals for empowering adolescent girls and ending violence against girls and women. The responses to his New York Times op-ed ...
Investors Devote $13.5-Million to Combat Recidivism in New York
Release Date:
01/03/2014
A group of investors drawn from high-net-worth Bank of America clients have invested in a social-impact bond issued by Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust for a program combating recidivism in New York, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Investors Devote $13.5-Million to Combat Recidivism in New York
Release Date:
01/03/2014
A group of investors drawn from high-net-worth Bank of America clients have invested in a social-impact bond issued by Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust for a program combating recidivism in New York, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Bill de Blasio Says He’ll Build Upon Bloomberg’s Young Men’s Initiative
Release Date:
02/06/2014
... underprivileged black and Latino men land jobs and avoid prison . Mr. Bloomberg himself covered about a quarter of the ...
Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States
Release Date:
05/14/2014
... lawyers, journalists, and people who have spent time in prison . NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today awarded ...
What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond
Release Date:
08/10/2015
... “recidivism”—at the troubled Rikers Island prison didn’t work, despite being hailed as a success by ...
Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... 1990s, Atkinson was arrested on drug charges and served a prison sentence of more than three years. As he explained ...