Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course
Release Date:
07/12/2016
... charity. An emphasis is placed on small to midsize organizations , and the total $125,000 of funding is provided ...
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Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Alison Bernstein, a longtime educator and official at the Ford Foundation, died on June 30 of endometrial cancer at her home in East Hampton, N.Y.
New York Community Trust Announces Semifinalists for 2016 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
08/03/2016
... Program, in its 10th year, announced today 11 nonprofit organizations in the city and Westchester that have been ...
Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts
Release Date:
08/03/2016
... Attorney General Maura Healey, and eight environmental organizations to comply with subpoenas from the House ...
Novo, Ford Foundations Create Authentic Relationships That are Key to Achieving Equitable Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/06/2016
Philanthropy typically stands at arm’s length. It is for the funded nonprofit organization to touch, engage, and understand.
Supported by Simons Foundation, Super-Resolution Microscope Builds 3-D Images By Mapping Negative Space
Release Date:
09/06/2016
The method may help shed light on how cells communicate with one another and provide important insights for engineers working to develop artificial organs such as skin or heart tissue.
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment
Release Date:
09/14/2016
The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy financial skills and behaviors.
Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF) Accepting Applications for 2017
Release Date:
09/20/2016
... purpose of the CCNSF capacity-building program is to help organizations identify and address their most pressing ... to build the capacity of NYC nonprofits by ensuring that organizations led by people of...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $300M to Johns Hopkins to Tackle Major Domestic Health Issues
Release Date:
09/27/2016
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the school, the gift sets the school and its partners on a path to transform our national approach to modern public health challenges.
With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections
Release Date:
10/11/2016
Institutions represented at the event, held in Tamale with funding support from Ford Foundation, included the Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), traditional leaders, political parties and various student youth...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize
Release Date:
10/12/2016
... Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize Twenty nonprofit organizations have been selected as finalists for Brooklyn ...
Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare
Release Date:
10/19/2016
At the heart of CareMessage is the service mission of a nonprofit, but with the goal of building successful, scalable software that more closely resembles that of a for-profit organization.
Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official
Release Date:
10/21/2016
Empty apartments inside poorly maintained apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers' chances of finding affordable housing at a time when they need it most, according to local elected officials.
Sixteen Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities Initiative
Release Date:
10/24/2016
Since April 2015, the program has assisted 90 mayors and 1,700 city employees share best practices regarding analytics and data-driven decision making.
New York Foundation Releases New Report Showcasing Strategies and Case Examples by Grantees
Release Date:
10/31/2016
... Strategies and Case Examples by Grantees Service organizations are meeting the immediate needs of their ...
New Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Fund Announced at NEO Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/03/2016
... housed at NEO Philanthropy. It makes strategic grants to organizations working at the intersection of trafficking, ...
Long Island Community Foundation Supports Diversity Through International Food Tasting at Gala Fresh Farms
Release Date:
11/15/2016
One of the goals of the newly formed Peconic River Community Development Alliance is to bring people of different backgrounds and ethnicities together in Riverhead Town.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Gene-Editing Technology That Partially Restores Vision in Blind Animals
Release Date:
11/17/2016
Salk Institute researchers have discovered a holy grail of gene editing-the ability to, for the first time, insert DNA at a target location into the non-dividing cells that make up the majority of adult organs and tissues.
Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... a pool of 150 applicants. Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based organizations , including three from Red Hook: Dance Theater ...
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).