The Need for Civil Legal Aid
Release Date:
06/07/2016
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The New York Women's Foundation Honors Saru Jayaraman, Dina Habib Powell and Laurie M. Tisch
Release Date:
10/19/2016
Approximately 300 guests attended the celebration on October 13, 2016, which raised nearly $600,000 to support The Foundation’s mission to achieve sustained economic security and justice for New York City’s undeserved women and girls.
With Support from the Leon Levy Foundation, New York Philharmonic Opens the Toscanini Archives, Providing Digital Access for Maestro’s 150th Birthday
Release Date:
04/04/2017
... two million pages – including correspondence, operation files , marked scores, and more from the Philharmonic’s ...
16
Oct
2013
CEO Interview Series with Earl Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -
3:45pm to 6:00pm
It’s a new era at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This year the venerable $5.3 billion New York-based foundation chose as only its sixth president an esteemed scholar of African American studies, Earl Lewis, to lead its efforts to advance higher...
10
May
2012
Strengthening All Families: Spotlight on LGBT Families of Color
Thursday, May 10, 2012 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
The intersection of inequitable laws, social stigma, and race-based discrimination collide in ways that create significant challenges for LGBT families of color. Children of color are more likely to be raised by de facto parents like grandparents,...
16
Oct
2012
The New Corporate Philanthropy Challenge: A Leadership Conversation
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 -
8:15am to 10:30am
Today, corporate philanthropy has the opportunity to redefine purpose and value for corporate foundations and giving programs. Visionary leaders have demonstrated that when corporate philanthropy is managed as an investment in society, it can become...
17
Dec
2013
Molto Media: Digital Media Culture
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 -
1:45pm to 5:00pm
Studios of WQXR and WNYC
Join us for a discussion among arts funders about the role of digital media within the arts, and the growing funding connections between the arts and media. In addition to data on the field of digital media funding and the arts, we'll explore the...
15
Jan
2014
The Pivotal Role of Leadership in Corporate Citizenship
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 -
2:15pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York
An increasing number of companies are developing strategies that align business goals, social impact, and stakeholder expectations. However, while some companies are consistently viewed as leading corporate citizens, others still struggle with their...
27
Mar
2014
CUNY: The Road to College Success
Thursday, March 27, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
This event will examine the factors that both foster and impede graduation from community colleges, and explore promising programs that work to improve college success by offering intensive support services to students.
01
Apr
2014
Advocacy and Policy Communications: Where Does Social Media Fit In?
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Effective advocacy communications today means successful navigation of social media. It isn’t just Twitter, Facebook and other new distribution channels; blogs, webcasts, digital services, and other innovative technologies offer immense potential...
25
Feb
2014
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VIII: Re-Imagining Impact
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -
7:00am to 12:00pm
Baruch College School of Public Affairs
Join the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York as they present the "BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VIII: Re-Imagining Impact: Leadership Strategies for Greater Results." Foundation leaders,...
25
Feb
2014
Game On: New Tools for Learning and Advocacy
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:30pm
Philanthropy New York
Mobile apps and computer games often spark images of teenagers in basements battling sci-fi creatures. But gaming now goes well beyond pure entertainment and is at the nexus of learning, advocacy and social change. Game makers are creating games for...
Declare Overhead Dead
Release Date:
03/18/2014
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President and CEO Melissa Berman served as the keynote speaker at the recent BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium, where one of the opportunities she touched on for 21st-century philanthropy was changing the language...
A New April 15: Make It a Day of Giving (Efficiently)
Release Date:
03/15/2010
By Eugene Steuerle (This piece was originally published in The NonProfit Times on March 1, 2010, and is reprinted with permission.) President Barack Obama on January 22 signed into law a provision allowing charitable gifts made...
Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Joseph A. Antolin, Executive Director of the Asset Funders Network, highlights a strategy that works with the formerly incarcerated to become entrepreneurs.
14
Sep
2017
ComNetworkNY: September Social on Ford’s Terrace
Thursday, September 14, 2017 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Join us for an informal networking event, hosted by Ford Foundation, Philanthropy New York and ComNetworkNY, the local organizing group of The Communications Network.
The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges
Release Date:
11/13/2017
The Century Foundation (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense claims”—applications for loan relief from students who maintain that they have been defrauded or misled by federally...
James Rothkopf Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
Release Date:
03/12/2018
A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds announced that James (Jim) Rothkopf of Stamford, CT, a prominent finance executive, has been elected to its Board of Directors. FJC manages one of the nation’s largest Donor Advised Funds, as well as Fiscal...
New Report From The Redlich Horwitz Foundation: New York Should Use Family First Act As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care
Release Date:
04/24/2018
The grant maker laid out a slate of recommendations for the state, including limiting the allowable use of group settings and helping private providers change their business models.
Evaluation of OSF-Funded Education Program for Boys of Color Finds Efforts Didn’t Improve Outcomes
Release Date:
05/10/2018
Four years and $24 million, the program has not lived up to its promise, according to a report released Wednesday by the Research Alliance for New York City Schools. Schools in the program turned out to be no better at preparing young men of color...