Bloomberg Backs 'Breathing Lights' Exhibit to Draw Attention to Vacant Buildings
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... The goal is to highlight vacant buildings in the cities with the hope that people may want to purchase them ...
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NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools
Release Date:
10/05/2016
ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation.
Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration
Release Date:
10/14/2016
A study released Friday by the Century Foundation, a think tank focused on inequity, found that 100 school districts and charter schools across the country are currently pursuing socioeconomic diversity plans — a number that has more than doubled...
Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Release Date:
10/28/2016
A coalition of more than 100 government watchdog, environmental and consumer groups staged pop-up rallies across the state Thursday to criticize Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to subsidize three upstate nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric...
New York Women's Foundation President Ana Oliveira Encourages Funders to Support Riskier Causes
Release Date:
11/03/2016
Since 2006, under Ana Oliveira’s leadership, the grant-making of what is billed as the largest women’s fund in the country increased from $1.7 million to $6 million to help women and girls in poverty across New York City.
State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided
Release Date:
11/11/2016
Sea-level rise projections meant to help state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 deadline.
Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved
Release Date:
11/17/2016
The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private security, has quietly given more than 300 million dollars to children’s organizations in the city, the New York Times reports.
MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC
Release Date:
12/01/2016
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce a new effort to fight HIV and AIDS.
Wallace Foundation Supports Alvin Ailey Program to Inspire Young New Yorkers
Release Date:
12/01/2016
The Ailey organization is launching a Young New York program in conjunction with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's annual holiday season at New York City Center (November 30 - December 31).
Rockefeller Foundation Choses Lincoln Center to Manage its NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Release Date:
12/02/2016
Lincoln Center announced today that they have been chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation to manage the foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (NYC CIF).
UJA-Federation of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem
Release Date:
12/21/2016
Jerusalem is scheduled to have a new 2.5-acre, $50 million campus for the arts by January 2020, with the multifaceted space featuring four of Israel’s leading performing arts schools as well as performance venues and an outdoor plaza, the project’s...
Nupur Chaudhury Joins NYSHealth Foundation as Program Officer
Release Date:
01/12/2017
New York State Health Foundation welcomes its newest Program Officer, Nupur Chaudhury, who came from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Center for Health Equity, where she directed the Neighborhood Health Development Unit.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports Analytical Tools to Map Health Variables in NYC
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... of improving wellness. Guided by data-driven insights, cities and counties are moving as never before to address the ...
NYCT’s Slutsky and United Way’s Wright Named ’25 Influencers You Need to Know’
Release Date:
04/06/2017
This list of Influentials focuses on five of the most important sectors in Manhattan: banking and finance, law and lobbying, nonprofits and philanthropy, real estate and technology. In the coming weeks and months, we’ll turn our attention to their...
NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color
Release Date:
04/13/2017
The New York City-based NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, the youngest son of Warren Buffett, says it will let the girls and their advocates on the local level determine what their needs are, rather than be told what...
UJA-Federation Has Launched A Grant-Making Contest, Asking New Yorkers to Vote on “Big Ideas”
Release Date:
06/26/2017
UJA is awarding $250,000 to advance one “big idea” to transform how people in NYC live together as a Jewish community — one that’s welcoming, inclusive, and brings our city closer together.
Apply Now for WT Grant Foundation's Youth Service Improvement Grant
Release Date:
07/17/2017
The William T. Grant Foundation's Youth Service Improvement Grants support nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City. These awards of $25,000 help improve programs and services for youth ages 5 to 25.
Did Climate Change Intensify Hurricane Harvey?
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Climate scientists, who specialize in thinking about the Earth system as a whole, are often reticent to link any one weather event to global climate change. But they say that aspects of the case of Hurricane Harvey—and the recent history of tropical...
Mark-Viverito Arrested During DACA Protest At Trump Tower
Release Date:
09/20/2017
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was arrested as part of a protest at Trump Tower Tuesday in defense of undocumented immigrants whose families brought them to the United States as young children.
KIPP NYC Charter School Network Is Investigating Claims of Past Sex Abuse
Release Date:
09/28/2017
A prominent New York City charter school network announced that it was opening an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that occurred more than 10 years ago.