Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars
Release Date:
02/05/2016
... through 2028. Though housed at Columbia beginning in 2017 , the Jonas Center will continue its relationships with ...
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Making the Sausage in Albany: An Artisanal Cookbook for Funders
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... published as the feature article of the September 2017 New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition The trend toward ... connect with the right leaders remains elusive to most of us in philanthropy. Lack of...
New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... and quality in pre-K — is turning its sights to the home . This school year, the Department of Education and New ... to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home . Called ParentCorps, the...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
In partnership with the International Rescue Committee, Sesame Street characters will be bringing smiles — and education — to millions of refugee children forced from their homes in Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countries.
By Age 3, Inequality Is Clear: Rich Kids Attend School. Poor Kids Stay with a Grandparent
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... kindergarten. Just a few subway stops away in the Bronx, home to one of America's poorest congressional districts, ... parents leave their children with a relative or at the home of a lady down the street...
08
Oct
2013
Education Funders Research Initiative Launch Event and Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Trinity Wall Street, 74 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor, NYC
The Education Funders Research Initiative (EdFunders) is a project of Philanthropy New York supported by 16 funding organizations that have pursued a diverse array of education reform strategies. These and other private foundations have invested...
10
Jul
2018
The Power of Pooled Funding to Increase College Graduation Rates
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Join the NYC youth funders for a session that will feature the development of and lessons learned from the College Completion Innovation Fund (CCIF), a unique collaborative model for college persistence and completion grantmaking managed by Graduate...
The Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces an Executive Director Transition
Release Date:
11/07/2019
... grantees for delivering so effectively for the people and communities we serve. I also know that, with Susan ... supports medical eye care programs that work either in its home region or in the developing...
The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... network. For those of you who weren’t able to join us for the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers’ 2017 Annual Conference this year, I’m pleased to announce ... foundations and other philanthropic...
Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies
Publication date:
03/2011
... community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 ... collaboration between the humanitarian and technology communities during future emergencies. Disaster Relief 2.0: ...
18
May
2011
Successful Advocacy -- and Its Challenges: What's "Public" About Public Education?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... to ensure that 1) the education budget gives districts the resources to provide students with the sound basic education ... mandates and 2) districts, including NYC, target those resources to classrooms and...
J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize
Release Date:
02/06/2019
... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... Hold out the promise to benefit multiple individuals, communities or sectors through a clearly...
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD1 billion to Catalyze a Green Recovery from Pandemic
Release Date:
10/26/2020
... addition to this unique, one-time commitment of additional resources , The Rockefeller Foundation’s efforts and ... . “To meet this moment, we must leverage all our resources and relationships to build an...
Ikea Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Join Forces to Set up a Historic $1 Billion Initiative to Catalyze Investments in Distributed Renewable Energy
Release Date:
06/21/2021
... of energy with renewable ones, provide access to energy to communities and unlock further funding for sustainable ... investment. Our partnership will unlock the financing and resources that are essential to...
30
Oct
2025
Putting Your Money Where Your Mission Is: Philanthropic Strategies for Divestment and Impact Investing - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, October 30, 2025 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... industry stands to profit while tearing families and communities apart. Indeed, between Trump’s election in ... from the range of extractive industries that harm the very communities that foundations seek to...
From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss
Release Date:
01/15/2015
... quickly see the economic benefit of storing grain at home and waiting until it can be sold for the highest ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New Managing Directors
Release Date:
02/01/2012
... programs at scale; the Sustainable Employment in a Green US Economy (SEGUE) Initiative, which is catalyzing the ... expanding it.” Dr. Kete spent eight years at the World Resources Institute (WRI) as Director...
Philanthropy’s Self-Appointed Critic Picks at PNY’s Fund for 2025, But Agrees It’s "Money Well Spent"
Release Date:
11/04/2014
Inside Philanthropy Dissects PNY's Fund for 2025 Campaign.
NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The NonProfit Times' editorial notes that as the nation's presidential candidates talk policy, the charitable sector never gets its due, and asks foundation leaders to steer the conversation.
Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
Instead of just using the stock market, more and more foundations putting their endowments into projects that help the world–including hitting the Sustainable Development Goals