NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents
Release Date:
07/10/2015
... performance on standardized tests, and in far too many cities across the country they are more likely to be ...
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds
Release Date:
07/30/2015
Though Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg lost money from a recent Rikers Island recidivism reduction program, they still plan to explore social impact bonds in the future.
Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
08/04/2015
The Awards program has attracted more than 685 applicants from across the city and its suburbs over its first nine years.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations
Release Date:
08/21/2015
The awards were part of the first round of grants through its Leadership Grants Program for Dance.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative
Release Date:
08/27/2015
The $1 million grant will provide education to current and former prisoners.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum's Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative
Release Date:
09/11/2015
The Metropolitan Museum announced the launch of #MetKids, a new online feature made for, with, and by kids. The feature on the Met's website launches on September 10, followed by a public launch event at the Museum on Sunday, September 20.
Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz gives speech that mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted "interest" by Moskowitz in unseating de...
Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Trusts, such as the New York Community Trust, have to ensure money is spent as intended, but things can get fuzzy as times change.
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Oct
2015
Lunch 4 Learning: Making Universal Free Lunch a Public Health Issue
Thursday, October 15, 2015 -
9:00am to 11:30am
An astonishing 75% of NYC’s 1.1 million public school students – 780,000 children – are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. However, only 250,000 (1 in 3) eligible students participate in school lunch programs.
Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build
Release Date:
10/06/2015
The initiative will feature blitz build in New York City and will revitalize neighborhoods in the U.S., U.K., Canada, China, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines and India.
5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
10/15/2015
The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation was one of the first philanthropic organizations to respond to the devastation caused by Katrina. Rockefeller President Judith Rodin answers questions about Katrinia recovery and urban resilience in the...
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
... theme of resilience, in the hope that its grants will make cities and communities more sustainable. And the John D. ...
New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth
Release Date:
11/04/2015
New grants will help NYC young people to use digital media and technology to compose and record original music, research civic and political issues, and reduce pollution in their communities.
Westchester Community Foundation Names Jennifer Hu Corriggio as Philanthropy Chief
Release Date:
12/07/2015
Westchester Community Foundation has named Jennifer Hu Corriggio of Scarsdale its director of philanthropy and donor relations.
09
Feb
2016
Service for Impact
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post
Release Date:
01/07/2016
... these foundations. His three favorite (and favourite) cities are mine too. I had the privilege of watching him and ...
In New York, More Than a Thousand in Record-Breaking Kids Challah Bake (UJA-Federation of NY)
Release Date:
01/15/2016
Some 1,128 children gathered on Tuesday afternoon for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan and sought to break a world record in challah baking.
NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
01/19/2016
Attendees of The New York Community Trust’s 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation learned about ways to improve the management of their organizations, while supporting their missions.
Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More
Release Date:
01/25/2016
Mayor Bill de Blasio is dedicating $159 million in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they should be receiving, but the Brooklyn Borough president says the increase is not enough.