MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
... unions, community colleges, employers and other nonprofit organizations to design, build and test solutions intended to ...
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15
Jan
2016
The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC
Friday, January 15, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:30am
In 1977, New York decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Yet between 1995 and 2010, the NYPD made more than 530,000 arrests for low-level possession, including 50,000 in 2010 alone.
Jane Forbes Clark of Clark Foundation Speaks at Baseball Hall of Fame on Family Legacy and Generosity
Release Date:
01/11/2016
A crowd of more than 200 people heard Jane Forbes Clark speak Sunday at the National Baseball Hall of Fame about her family's history in and vision for Cooperstown.
Ford Foundation, Cannes Film Market Launch Documentary Film Push Against Inequality
Release Date:
02/02/2016
... has backed visual story tellers, new media projects and organizations that work to this end. . . Ford Foundation, ...
Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls
Release Date:
02/05/2016
Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation, president and CEO, has been renewing the conversation about feminism and has launched a 52,000-mile “listening tour” with stops throughout the country.
Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)
Release Date:
02/11/2016
A new report from The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank, shows an increase in the number of schools that have integrated socioeconomically and argues that more schools should be following suit. There is evidence for why racially...
Philanthropic & Social Enterprise Leader Betsy Fader Joins Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... sectors, with experience in building and managing organizations across issue areas, has been appointed Vice ... successes to her credit, and an adept manager of complex organizations ." Henderson continued...
23
Mar
2016
Family Engagement: Partnering for Student Success
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Join us for this conversation which will explore and recognize the importance of developing successful partnerships among families, schools, and communities to support the development, learning, and success of our youth.
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
... involved in the day-to-day operations of their sponsoring organizations to learn about all aspects of nonprofit ...
Duke Foundation Supports Program for Vets & Active Military in Theatre Experience, Study & Creation
Release Date:
03/11/2016
Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre, launched the Veterans and Theatre Institute (VTI), a pilot program for veterans and active military personnel to experience, study, and create theatre.
Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia
Release Date:
03/15/2016
Asia Society will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2016 with special exhibitions and signature events across the Society's global network that kick off this week in New York.
PhilTV: Women, Own and Embrace Your Power
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... the staff who wonder how they can effectively move their organizations to more deeply question their daily operations ... directly to funders, stating that they must make sure the organizations that they...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers
Release Date:
04/20/2016
... in the borough’s thriving nonprofit sector. Five organizations will each receive the $100,000 prize this year, ...
Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Featuring dozens of characters and set in locations across the globe, Oslo is both a political thriller and the personal story of a small band of women and men struggling together-and fighting each other-as they seek to change the world..
Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... the sustainability, vitality, and effectiveness of organizations and networks that serve as pillars of broader ...
NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... awards programs to recognize a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New ... must be employees of nonprofit, New York State-based organizations that are past and/or...
Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast
Release Date:
05/09/2016
Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation, City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable America, GrowNYC and other partners, GRACE is proud to cohost Feeding the 5000 NYC, an event designed to raise public awareness about food waste.
New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... in the United States. NYCT will award the two social work organizations $1 million over the next two years to continue ...
NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... from across the City – including community-based organizations , advocates, policy experts and young women ...
09
Mar
2017
Financial Series - Looking at the 990 Part I (March 9) and Part II (March 16)
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
9:00am to 10:30am
The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. The form creates a level playing field for an otherwise diverse sector. What information can be...