Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away
Release Date:
06/18/2014
... Award for Philanthropy. “It’s a real honor to talk about a fellow who is my hero and Bill Gates’ hero. He ...
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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.
WNYC Celebrates Neighborhood Library Awards Nominees
Release Date:
05/14/2015
... by librarians from three of the finalist libraries to talk about the books and other services that draw people ...
Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty
Release Date:
08/18/2015
... President Darren Walker picked up this thread in a recent talk . Walker explained that the Ford Foundation views the ...
5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
10/15/2015
... up with a busy Judith Rodin, Rockefeller's president, to talk about the foundation's role in the recovery process and .....
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Climate change, inequality and a broken criminal justice system are the issues du jour, and are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’s largest philanthropies.
Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.
Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post
Release Date:
03/22/2016
... from television or the games they play with friends; they talk about good guys and bad guys, jails and police. I banned ...
Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
A program to increase the vocabulary of poor children in Rhode Island, using technology to count every word spoken, is not achieving results expected. But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an interesting concept hasn't been...
Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’
Release Date:
04/18/2016
... surveyed reported having formal training on how to talk to patients and families about end-of-life care. The ...
Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships
Release Date:
07/08/2016
I grew up thinking journalism was just for rich white people. I was mostly right.
An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools
Release Date:
12/22/2016
... of higher education. Of course, there's been lots of talk about exactly this challenge: How to open up the doors .....
Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Neighborhood Strength is a resident-led investment program that brings community members together at the neighborhood-level to identify, and direct funding to, solutions that target significant local challenges.
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens
Release Date:
02/08/2017
Dimple Belani has been named one of two students in New York State as the top teen in volunteering by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
03/28/2017
The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign on to a Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship.
Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions
Release Date:
06/05/2017
The American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—would allow states to apply for waivers to reduce existing consumer protections and provide funding for states to set up...
NY Women's Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast
Release Date:
06/30/2017
... Rikers has gotten support from Mayor de Blasio. Here to talk about the results of the study, and its effects, are Ana ...
‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism
Release Date:
12/08/2017
... scholar Carol Anderson said as she kicked off the first talk in Georgetown's Mellon Lecture Series last week. The .....
John B. King Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust Speaks at the First Annual PNY Policy Forum
Release Date:
01/31/2018
... in today’s political environment. Secretary King's Phil Talk was part of the First Annual PNY Policy Forum, an .....
Build Up Advisory Group Shares Podcast - Leveraging Systems for Sustainability and Opportunity with Jim Shelton
Release Date:
06/09/2021
Build Up Advisory Group Shares Podcast - Leveraging Systems for Sustainability and Opportunity with Jim Shelton This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking Jim Shelton . Jim is the Chief Impact and Investment Officer at Blue...