JPB Foundation Vice President Donna Lawrence to Become President/CEO of I Have A Dream Foundation
Release Date:
06/18/2014
Lawrence will take up her position as President/CEO on July 1.
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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly
Release Date:
06/03/2013
Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., will become Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly on October 1, 2013, succeeding Bradford H. Gray, Ph.D., Editor since 2000.
Alisa Doctoroff and Linda Mirels Nominated to Lead UJA-Federation of New York
Release Date:
03/01/2013
UJA-Federation of New York has announced the nomination of Alisa Doctoroff for president and Linda Mirels for chair of the board.
Ford Foundation Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in New Delhi
Release Date:
06/04/2012
The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in its New Delhi office, serving India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Ramdas will assume the leadership from Steven Solnick, Representative since 2008, who was recently...
New Board Leadership at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
08/22/2013
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected Valerie Rockefeller Wayne to chair the RBF Board of Trustees and also elected new trustee Daniel Levy. Ms. Wayne is a middle school special education teacher specializing in adolescents with learning...
17
Nov
2016
Legal Series - Within the Law and Outside the Box
Thursday, November 17, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Many foundations support incredible work through their grantmaking. But the tax code permits a wide range of activities both within and beyond grantmaking. Do you know the rules well enough to navigate all of the options in pursuit of your mission?
Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Announces New Program Officer Faron McLurkin
Release Date:
06/06/2016
McLurkin brings to the Veatch Program a deep knowledge of domestic and international social movements.
26
Oct
2016
Service for Impact
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.
Individual Giving, Forgotten No More
Release Date:
11/07/2016
Rimsha Khan, grants assistant at The Commonwealth Fund, writes that attending the first Philanthropy 101 class was a prime time to be exposed to and start learning about the philanthropic community in New York.
Words Matter: Changing from Funders of Women and Girls to Funders for Gender Equity
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Jennifer Agmi, Director of Programs at the New York Women's Foundation, writes, "When you invest in women and girls, you are investing in families, communities and whole countries."
Third Wave Fund, New York Women's Foundation and Ms. Foundation Pen Open Letter to Foundations and Donors Calling for Increased Funding to People of Color
Release Date:
03/09/2017
Reproductive health, rights and justice funders urge philanthropy to prioritize people of color-led organizations at state and local levels.
We Need Ideas from the Right (and Left, and All Around)
Release Date:
05/02/2017
... members hold a wide range of perspectives and each funder works toward their own unique vision for a better future. ...
01
Feb
2018
Flexing Your Shareholder Muscle: How Foundations Can Amplify Impact with Strategic Shareholder Engagement
Thursday, February 1, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Impact investing is a hot topic in philanthropy these days. Foundations of all sizes are taking a careful look at how to mobilize beyond grantmaking’s 5 percent mandatory distribution requirement and aim for greater impact by activating the 95...
04
Apr
2018
Private Funders Meeting with Dr. Mitchell Katz
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Please join Philanthropy New York’s Health Working Group for a special funders meeting with Dr. Mitchell Katz , the new President of NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) at Philanthropy New York on Wednesday, April 4 th from 9:00 am...
Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag
Release Date:
07/25/2018
The work by German artist Josephine Meckseper was commissioned by the New York–based nonprofit Creative Time as part of its “Pledge of Allegiance” series. The initiative invited sixteen artists to make flags in response to contemporary political...
Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions
Release Date:
12/13/2018
Now that all fifty states and the District of Columbia have received formal federal approval of their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans, the work of implementing the 2015 law—the United States’ primary K–12 education investment—is fully...
11
Jun
2019
Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative Workforce Approaches - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
We all benefit when immigrants can reach their full potential in our nation's workplaces. Yet between increased workplace raids and arrests, accelerated I-9 employer audits, and the resumption of Social Security Administration’s "No Match Letters"...
16
Jan
2020
Moving Towards Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens
Thursday, January 16, 2020 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
Drawing on insights and lessons from decades of work and specifically, in-depth interviews with more than 50 activists and funders, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) will share some key lessons on how foundations can move beyond a...
Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Release Date:
10/10/2019
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is pleased to announce that RPB Stein Innovation Awardee Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD, at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Dr. Semenza and two co-...
Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 2020 Artists in Residence
Release Date:
01/29/2020
The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced today that thirty-seven artists were selected to participate in its artist-in-residence program at its center in New Orleans.