What opportunities exist for positive change—for our children, families, educators, and communities—when we reimagine schools as vital public infrastructure?
Brooklyn Community Foundation is announcing $72,500 in new grants through its Immigrant Rights Fund, a special initiative created by Foundation donors in the weeks after the 2016 presidential election to build a boroughwide response to unjust...
The Board of the Fund for the City of New York announced today that its long-time President, Mary McCormick, will step down on September 1 st , she will be succeeded by Lisette Nieves
Last month, the Edwin Gould Foundation and the Education Writers Association announced the winner of the Eddie Award, one of the most coveted prizes in education journalism. This year, instead of a single finalist, it was a tie.
Meeting Summary Storify collection from "Money and Power in Post-Election America." The conference's Breakout Sessions were not livestreamed, and the live Tweets from the sessions enable us to...
Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations,” describes countries where prisons are small, typically housing fewer than 50 people and some fewer than 10, and prisoners are close to their families and communities. This begs the...
The Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock has attracted broad public attention with wider implications for the country as a whole. Reaching the eyes and ears of New Yorkers, this effort is rooted in historical and contentious struggles not only...
DAY 1 February 11, 2013 – New York University Kimmel Center 5:00-7:00pm Reception and Dinner 7:00-8:30pm Why I Do It: Prominent Donors Discuss Why and How They...
by Nina Stack, President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers It is difficult to be patient when lives, and indeed entire communities, have been torn apart. So when Gov. Chris Christie famously declared “Shame on Congress” and...
February 2013 Philanthropy has become more engaged with government and in the process of policymaking than ever. Connections between funders and policymakers and influencers are formal (e.g., the Race to the Top, i3, Partnership...
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers President Nina Stack talks about the role funders can play in providing long-term relief after Hurricane Sandy and addressing the many issues that will remain after first responders leave our region.
With foundations only now recovering from the devastating losses incurred from the recession, one part of the nonprofit sector is still reeling from cutbacks in grants—the nonprofit and philanthropic infrastructure. They have always been challenged...