United Way of Westchester and Putnam names Alana Sweeny as its new President and CEO
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... president and CEO Naomi Adler’s departure after six years of devoted service. United Way of Westchester and ...
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New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement [North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western ...
The Russell Sage Foundation Announces Visiting Scholars for 2014-2015
Release Date:
09/02/2014
The Russell Sage Foundation has named 17 leading social scientists as Visiting Scholars for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Target Gives $1 Billion for Education
Release Date:
08/31/2015
... give $1 billion for education. Target’s support over the years has provided books, school supplies, food, field trips ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Honors Four University Presidents
Release Date:
09/24/2015
The Foundation has named the winners of this year's Academic Leadership Awards.
New Board Members for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Release Date:
01/26/2016
The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected new members to its board of directors.
Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced
Release Date:
05/03/2016
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced 21 recipients of its fifth annual Doris Duke Artist Awards. Among them are eight jazz artists.
Funded by Mellon Foundation, Emerging Architectural Historians Win Awards
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The Society of Architectural Historians grants support authors of forthcoming books on Ottoman railways, colonialism, and the luxury goods market.
Julie Floch, Nonprofit Finance Expert And PNY Policy Committee Member, Has Died
Release Date:
09/27/2016
... nonprofit accounting and finance, died on Friday after a years -long battle with cancer. Floch was the partner in ...
William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core
Release Date:
10/12/2016
The Spencer Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have awarded a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, Brown University and Stanford University nearly $5 million for the first phase of a five-year analysis of the Common Core...
Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... for the arrival of 800 more students over the next four years , ensuring that students continue to have positive ...
Artists Wanted to Design New LGBT Memorial in the West Village
Release Date:
10/21/2016
Artists are being asked to design a memorial to LGBT victims of hate, intolerance and violence.
Purse-String Powerhouses: Meet the 9 PNY Members on the Top 10 NYC Do-Gooders List
Release Date:
11/04/2016
Foundations based in New York City dispensed nearly $10.7 billion in grants in 2014 (the latest year for which statistics are available), according to the Foundation Center. But who cuts the checks and how do they make their decisions?
Stavros Niarchos Supports Georgia O'Keefe and Feminist Art Exhibitions at Brooklyn Museum
Release Date:
01/03/2017
Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern is part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, a yearlong series of ten exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
Aetna Foundation Survey Finds the Importance of Local Environment to Patient Health
Release Date:
01/20/2017
Respondents to an Aetna Foundation survey said local aspects have a large effect on their health.
Traub-Dicker Rainbow Announces Scholarship for LGBTQ Women-Identified Students
Release Date:
03/01/2017
Founded by Peggy Traub and Phyllis Dicker, the Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship is awarded to LGBTQ woman-identified students across the country who demonstrate their dedication to making a difference through their aspirations and actions.
Heron Foundation to Emphasize 'Connective Investing'
Release Date:
03/10/2017
... to Emphasize 'Connective Investing' In the coming years , the Heron Foundation will emphasize “connective .....
David Rockefeller's Death Increases Foundations' Endowments
Release Date:
03/27/2017
With the death of David Rockefeller, the fund he created with his siblings in 1940 will be catapulted into philanthropy’s exclusive billion-dollar club.
Asharoken Storm Protection Project to Be Reviewed, Officials Say
Release Date:
08/29/2017
New York State officials will ask the Army Corps of Engineers to reopen a project to protect Asharoken that was abandoned earlier this year when federal and local officials couldn’t agree on terms, Rep. Thomas Suozzi said Monday.
Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children ages 15 and younger.