Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million
Release Date:
11/21/2014
... of grants. The Fund for Shared Insight has awarded 13 organizations a total of $5.26-million in 14 separate ...
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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit
Release Date:
01/30/2015
... budget. Education tax credit programs, in place in 13 states, allow corporations and individuals to direct ...
Casey Family Programs Announces Winner of the 2015 Casey Excellence for Children Award
Release Date:
05/21/2015
... Family Programs. The award was presented last week on May 13 , 2015 by Dr. William C. Bell, President and CEO of Casey ...
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial
Release Date:
05/22/2015
... a distinguished panel of independent judges from more than 13 ,400 nominations submitted by New Yorkers. The winning ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration
Release Date:
07/08/2015
The $6 million grant will go towards developing interactive, open-source data sharing software.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy
Release Date:
09/11/2015
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding neurodegenerative disease that affects tens of millions of...
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.
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Funding Atrocity Prevention and Response in Iraq - Webinar
Thursday, October 8, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Join PSFG's Conflict and Atrocities Prevention Working Group for a call to discuss the current response to ISIS funding landscape in Iraq.
Several PNY Members’ Giving Contrasted with Silicon Valley’s ‘New Philanthropy’
Release Date:
11/02/2015
A paradox exists in philanthropy. Tech entrepreneurs believe their charitable giving is bolder, bigger and more data-driven, but these philanthropists are no more interested in radical change than their more conservative predecessors.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Backs Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
11/04/2015
The commission, which will be financed with a $2.2-million grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will examine the future of higher education.
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.
As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... and a blizzard looms, the city announced Thursday that 13 ,000 young students will receive new winter jackets paid ...
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.
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Tow Foundation-supported residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Initiative to Protect Refugee Children in Greece
Release Date:
03/29/2016
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in partnership with the European Programme for Integration and Migration, is launching a grant initiative to support nongovernmental organizations working to protect refugee children arriving in Greece.
NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust
Release Date:
04/13/2016
The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows through on those goals to achieve results, a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Philamplify initiative...
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..
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... find it more surprising. A much smaller proportion—just 13 percent—of the 167 foundation CEOs responding to a ...
Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... refugees, 6.3 million people internally displaced, and 13 .5 million people in Syria in desperate need of help. But ...
Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... staff and 22% of foundation staff, and only hold 13 % of top leadership positions. And although women comprise ...