National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... technical assistance to cities as they develop innovative strategies for families to achieve financial stability. ...
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Westchester Community Foundation Names Jennifer Hu Corriggio as Philanthropy Chief
Release Date:
12/07/2015
... on their giving goals and help them implement the best strategies for their personal philanthropy. “I am ...
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.
Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia
Release Date:
06/17/2016
The summit brought together two groups that are often on opposite sides: environmentalists and property-rights advocates.
Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... new management or technology practices. Establishing new strategies is particularly difficult for sorghum farmers in ...
Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices
Publication date:
09/2016
For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices best align with their strategy, culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from evaluation is useful to them? With whom should they share what they have learned
Racial Justice Is at Heart of Brooklyn Community Foundation Shift
Release Date:
12/06/2016
Cecilia Clarke, president and CEO, said in a statement announcing the decision: “Private prisons, gun manufacturers, and predatory lenders are three industries that have had a devastating impact on communities of color and low-income communities in...
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Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... practices? This session will feature a conversation on strategies for connecting with community and building an ...
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Good Governance: How to Use Board Committees Effectively - Webinar
Thursday, August 10, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... models as well as conducive leadership and engagement strategies . Come prepared to hear from your peers! Designed ...
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It
Release Date:
03/09/2017
For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city. In the city's new resilience district, with projects that will break ground later in 2017, the goal is to let water in—which paradoxically can reduce flooding.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations
Release Date:
03/22/2017
Most leaders of limited-life foundations say the opportunity to achieve greater impact is the key driver for the decision to spend down, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds.
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... that consistently stuns in terms of amounts given and strategies pursued, hoisted up by longstanding foundations ...
Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala
Release Date:
05/12/2017
On May 11, 2017, the Schott Foundation for Public Education marked 25 years of fighting to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, community and philanthropy figures who have led the charge for education...
A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies , will be working with cities across the globe to ...
Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... people, and 15% of the world’s population, were covered. Strategies to implement such policies have saved millions of ...
Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath
Release Date:
08/02/2017
... space for such a bipartisan effort, we should turn to the strategies that Timothy Jost outlined earlier this month in a ...
Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... those drugs. Just as important, he adds, they have learned strategies to deal with their pain. But such a program is not ...
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... of the rezoning while calling for certain investments and strategies . Some demands were similar to the coalition’s, ...
Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... and the Ms. Foundation builds on this work by outlining strategies to protect Black women, girls, gender ...
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Holy Grail. The Wallace Foundation’s latest report, “ Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, ...