F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... need to fundamentally change the underlying practices we use to construct our philanthropy, just as radically as ...
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Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... in part at the Broad Institute and allows researchers to use experimental models to rapidly test which genes are ...
As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment
Release Date:
06/17/2016
... though state officials said Monday that the city could use a pool of state funds to do so. That has frustrated ...
New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond
Release Date:
07/07/2016
... and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving communities, has been awarded a ... York Community Trust to raise awareness and encourage the use of resilient building practices...
Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... the myriad responses that animals, including humans, use to lower their temperature—from “automatic” ...
Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017
Release Date:
06/26/2017
To determine who makes its list of the most influential women in NYC, Crain’s focused on the mix of hard and soft power that drives an economy, fuels jobs and keeps the most vibrant yet complex city in the nation humming.
Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth
Release Date:
08/25/2017
A counter-argument to common critques of the nonprofit sector's failure to hold executives accountable
BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... One of the first campaigns to partner with Instagram to use their new ads in stories format for charity, EmojiMeals ...
Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... far less access to affordable hygiene products. Most women use old cloth; others, who are even less fortunate, use leaves and dung cakes to soak menstrual blood. ... Indian ...
Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A conversation with Williamson Foundation's ED Caroline Williams explores how the foundation uses adaptive leadership, the framework developed by Dr. Ronald Heifetz and colleagues at Harvard’s Kennedy School, as a form of reflective practice.
No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies ...
New York Women's Foundation Launches Fund to Support MeToo Movement
Release Date:
05/10/2018
... a request for survivors of sexual assault or harassment to use #MeToo to demonstrate the extent of the problem. Within ...
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data
Release Date:
06/07/2018
The Researcher Credentialing for Restricted Data Access project, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, aims to increase the willingness of other data research centers to share data and the ability of scientists to undertake new creative research...
Helmsley Trust Awards $5.4 Million to Help Standardize Clinical Data
Release Date:
09/04/2018
... standards and ensure optimal data quality, validity, and use . Helmsley Trust Awards $5.4 Million to Help Standardize ...
Jessica Rothkuo Joins Redlich Horowitz Foundation to Lead Family First Implementation
Release Date:
04/24/2019
... mandates and fiscal reform are designed to decrease the use and improve the quality of congregate care; increase the use of certified kinship care; and expand community-driven ...
NYT Opinion: Darren Walker Reflects on Why Museums Need to Step Into the Future
Release Date:
07/26/2019
... wanes. And they are offended by the accusation that they use museums to launder, or “artwash,” their reputations ...
Donn Weinberg Concludes Term as Weinberg Foundation Chairman, Judge Ellen Heller Assumes Board Leadership Role
Release Date:
03/01/2013
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has announced that Donn Weinberg has concluded his three-year term as Chairman of the Board.
Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014
Release Date:
03/17/2014
John E. Craig, Jr., The Commonwealth Fund's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he will retire at the end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund. Since joining the foundation in 1981, he has served as vice president and...
Margaret L. Wolff Becomes New Chair of the John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/05/2015
Wolff will succeed Norman Volk, who retires after 36 years of service.
09
Sep
2015
Celebrating the Films of Frederick Wiseman: A Special Retrospective
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Widely regarded as one of our greatest living documentary filmmakers, Frederick Wiseman has spent his nearly 50-year career making films that capture the drama and nuance of American institutions.