Site Search

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

New York Life Foundation

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Release Date:

06/11/2014

... to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City 's Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy ... 2008 by the Mayor's Office of Food Policy and the New York City Department of...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

Release Date:

07/17/2014

... first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City --Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced a 50-member ... tackle New York's inequality crisis. Last month, the city awarded a $52 million...

Find More By

News type

United Way of New York City

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions

Release Date:

11/12/2014

... dollars in the "grand bargain" make its way into the city 's public pension system? That's the charge of the ... from creditors, the grand bargain is a key piece of the city 's plan to...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Related Organizations

Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries

Release Date:

04/06/2015

... presence in every neighborhood of every borough, New York City ’s 207 branch libraries are among our most beloved and ... funding to 2008 levels — a desperate time when the city was threatened by the worst...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Public Policy

Related Organizations

Charles H. Revson Foundation

JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities

Release Date:

06/02/2015

... Underserved Communities In a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater ... PeopleForBikes Foundation and the National Association of City Transportation Officials, the...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

Freedom Together Foundation

Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

Release Date:

06/15/2015

... pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of city -owned art. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker ... will be in Detroit on Tuesday for a board meeting in the city . Trustees will also be meeting...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners

Release Date:

06/29/2015

... more than two hundred and thirty applications, the winning cities are Gary, Indiana, which will transform a vacant ... artworks and public programs focused on the city ’s environmental concerns; Spartanburg,...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

Release Date:

07/06/2015

... Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal A New York City program designed to reduce recidivism rates among ... Rikers Island failed to meet its goal, and as a result the city will not have to foot the bill...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Impact Investing

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Goldman Sachs

Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program

Release Date:

07/13/2015

... nationwide, including some of those in the 100 Resilient Cities network. AmeriCorps VISTA members will support the ... Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and Cities of Service......

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

The Rockefeller Foundation

Related Organizations

Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music

Release Date:

09/14/2015

... Chorus for New Music Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) is pleased to announce its first grant from the ... the reach and awareness of new music throughout New York City and beyond, and foster...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Howard Gilman Foundation

Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... planned revamp of its iconic Midtown building, after the city 's Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved ... The $190 million undertaking will bring the building up to city code, and make it...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

Release Date:

06/29/2016

... Development Fellowship Launches The National League of Cities (NLC), PolicyLink and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) ... first-ever Equitable Economic Development Fellowship. Six cities were chosen to...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Surdna Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'

Release Date:

11/16/2016

... Building' Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem and other ... to begin to transform a former women's prison in New York City into the Women's...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

NoVo Foundation

De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance

Release Date:

02/28/2017

... criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city ’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the ... Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city ’s top brass have a “moral obligation...

Find More By

Funding Area

Immigration

Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

Release Date:

03/10/2017

... of America and Delta Air Lines as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State ...

Find More By

News type

Bank of America [Corporate]

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

Con Edison

Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change

Release Date:

04/24/2017

... a presidential bid after serving three terms as New York City ’s mayor, addressed his intensifying focus on climate ... week’s release of his new book, “Climate of Hope: How Cities , Businesses, and Citizens Can...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... Several weeks ago, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform—of which I ... East River of New York. While the decision made New York City headlines, the issue is...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Bloomberg, NYS Fund a 9/11 Rescue, Recovery Workers Memorial

Release Date:

05/31/2017

... recovery workers will get a permanent tribute at New York City 's 9/11 memorial, officials said at a ceremony of honor. ... Cuomo, 9/11 Memorial Board Chair and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

Release Date:

06/23/2017

... it will be making grants of $100,000 each to the New York City LGBT Community Center, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and ... Rockefeller Foundation’s $100,000 grant to the New York City LGBT Community Center...

Find More By

News type