Food Funders Working Group
... and distributing food locally. Operating autonomously from Philanthropy New York, CFF is coordinated by the Food ... is led by a steering committee comprised of grantmakers from ten foundations. CFF...
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Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Release Date:
06/03/2013
... the past 24 years, Ms. Wolff has managed the Foundation’ s New York government accountability grants program and ... Program Officer since 2010, will direct the Foundation’ s International Arts Engagement...
Judy Woodruff and Jared Cohon to Join the Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
12/11/2013
... and former Governor of New Jersey. “The Corporation’ s mission is promoting the advancement and diffusion of ... We welcome their contributions to Carnegie Corporation’ s mission.” “We especially welcome back...
Diane Sierpina Promoted to Program Director of Justice Programs at the Tow Foundation
Release Date:
02/12/2014
Diane Sierpina has been promoted from Senior Program Officer to Program Director of Justice ... for youth ages 14 to 24. She is a member of YTFG’ s Steering Committee and Co-Chair of YTFG’ s...
The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform
Release Date:
03/18/2014
... on expanding educational opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The team will select the other two cities for the study by year’ s end, drawing from a growing number of U...
The Post-Bloomberg Plunge
Release Date:
04/10/2014
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg' s money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest ... patron. No other leader of New York City has run the place from his own pocket the way Mayor Michael Bloomberg did. Over...
When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In
Release Date:
06/24/2014
... resilient city is not limited to a handful of people, but from workshops being conducted as part of the Rockefeller Foundation' s 100 Resilient Cities Challenge, people from all walks of...
Scholars Selected for African Diaspora Program
Release Date:
06/25/2014
... winning Carnegie African Diaspora Scholars were selected from proposals submitted by 24 institutions in Ghana, Kenya, ... beginning this month to undertake the projects. From archaeology to linguistics and...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Awards $100,000 for Community Arts Projects
Release Date:
06/25/2014
... Arts Projects ArtPlace America has received $100,000 from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to support programs to ... In addition, Noyes received $150,000 and Cooper' s Ferry $475,000 from...
Moira Flavin Named Program Officer At Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
06/27/2014
... worked at the New York City Administration for Children’ s Services and served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA in Boston. She has a B.A. in American Civilization from Brown University and an MSW with a focus in policy...
City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"
Release Date:
07/13/2014
City' s Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success" ... an initiative launched in NYC in 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, to make more ... are "regular...
Private-Public Partnership Commits $350 Million For Affordable NYC Housing
Release Date:
07/30/2014
... The cash infusion, which includes $75 million from Citigroup and $50 million from Morgan Stanley, will allow the nonprofit lender to spur ...
Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List
Release Date:
08/01/2014
... Brothers Fund, has been named as one of this year' s Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50. In commenting ... NPT noted he "gets the irony that a foundation endowed from the oil business...
Ten NYC Nonprofits Selected As 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... A group of 10 diverse nonprofit organizations from the NYC area have been selected as semifinalists for the ... selected, by a panel of 31 nonprofit management experts, from a pool of 77 applicants – a 25...
Foundation CEOs Need Candid Feedback to Succeed in Driving Change
Release Date:
09/02/2014
... in Driving Change Leading a foundation is hard. That’ s among the messages in a thoughtful, just-released letter from Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, ... preparing for years." "Easy...
Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition
Release Date:
09/18/2014
... and other extreme events. Funding for the competition is from the Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery ... (PL 113-2). This competition responds to requests from state, local, and tribal leaders...
Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola
Release Date:
09/19/2014
... Tropical Diseases, describes the use of fecal samples from wild great apes to identify populations likely to have ... a laboratory technique that can isolate antibodies from ape feces.... Research Yields Game...
Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
... of Latinos ages 19 to 64 lacking health coverage fell from 36% to 23% between summer 2013 and spring 2014. That ... the healthcare law. The overall uninsured rate for U. S . adults under 65 plummeted ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust and JPB Foundation Among Funders Fighting Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
10/10/2014
... Among Funders Fighting Type 1 Diabetes Researchers from Harvard announced Thursday a breakthrough in treating ... work involves making human insulin-producing beta cells from human embryonic stem cells in...
Daphne Foundation President Highlighted as one of "Seven Women Who Change Their Worlds"
Release Date:
11/05/2014
... as one of "Seven Women Who Change Their Worlds" Disney' s approach to philanthropy focuses on supporting what women ... outlook shared by those involved with The New York Women' s...